NEWS FETCH – October 14, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Wine-On-Tap Trend Gains Steam On-Premise
• US Chugged Beer To Get Through The Recession, But Wine Comes Back
• How the Baby Boomers invented wine
• Millennials Aren’t All That.
• Calif Grocers Assn v. ABC: Appeals Court Bans Alcohol Sales at Self-Check Out
• Shutdown Affecting Wine Imports
• Eco-Terrorist Cops Plea

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Memorial Event to Honor Winemaker Raphael Brisbois
• Yountville looks at annexing Domaine Chandon site

• The Wine Curmudgeon’s Guide to Cheap Wine: Everything you need to know from someone who has made it his life’s work and isn’t embarrassed by it. [Sponsored Link]

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Harvest Notes from Santa Rita Hills
• South Paso Harvest Report 2013
• Harvest Crazy In Cote Rotie
• Sonoma County Grape Harvest Running Ahead
• Harvest time in the Finger Lakes wine region
• Chile Wine Prices Seen Rising After Freeze
• All Signs Point To A Vintage Year In Champagne
• Bordeaux 2013 to be a Cabernet vintage
• Vouvray and Montlouis
• Northwest wine industry welcomes forecast for warmer warmer

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pressure on Diageo over sales in emerging markets

FINANCE, M&A

• Stock Spirits set for stock market floatation
• Riding the wave of big bargain buy-ups
• How Keeping Wine Cold Became a Hot Business

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Asian buyers snap up Pétrus in NY
• Wine Spectator Auction Index Remains Static in Q3
• Mouton ’06 Near Seven-Month Low

• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market [Sponsored Link]

HEALTH

• Fungicide Exposure from Grapes May Be Linked to Thyroid Cancer
• The French War On Wine
• Grapes aid bone health, study finds
• Dietary polyphenols may be associated with longevity
• Red wine , grape skin compound could treat cancers

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• BC Liquor Policy Review: Some Great Submissions

LEGAL MATTERS

• Interviews and copyright, a grey area?

MARKETING & SALES

• Lindemans launches million dollar global ‘sunshine’ campaign
• The Irrational Behaviour Of Wine Consumers
• How Wine Labels Trick Us Into Buying
• WA: Walla Walla Valley group hires marketing maven
• NZ Wine is ready for young Chinese ladies

• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends [Sponsored Link]

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Reports makes case for digital connections with consumers

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Hidden costs of making wine
• Tips to Avoid Expensive Health Insurance Mistakes

• From Bubbles to Boardrooms: Act 1: Startups Are Such Fun By Michaela Rodeno [Sponsored Link]

BOOKS & MEDIA MATTERS

• The Wine Curmudgeon’s Guide to Cheap Wine

MATTERS OF TASTE

• In Praise of Lesser Vintages
• Malbec smackdown
• Why Good Wine Tastes Like Buttery Popcorn
• The Team Sport of Trained Sensory Tasting
• David Adelsheim: A “Latecomer” Oregon Wine Pioneer
• Winemaker Adam Richardson
• Scope of the blending discussion and some noteworthy blends

• Extreme Wine: Searching the World for the Best, the Worst, the Outrageously Cheap, the Insanely Overpriced, and the Undiscovered [Sponsored Link]

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Fertilizer research conference set for Modesto
• Idaho proposes credit system for private aquifer recharge

• Understanding Wine Technology, 3rd Edition [Sponsored Link]

EUROPE & THE UK

• Young Winemakers Battle Old Timers in ‘Barolo Wars’
• Berry Bros posts £7.3m loss
• Georgia Gets Russian Agricultural Access After Seven-Year Ban

• Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France’s Greatest Treasure [Sponsored Link]

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Tahbilk ‘not dropping pants’ for sales
• OZ: Champagne Ruinart investing in Australia

THINK ABOUT IT

• For Us, There is Only the Trying

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The New California Wine: A Guide to the Producers and Wines Behind a Revolution in Taste [Sponsored Link]

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Interactive Maps of the Beer Market