NEWS FETCH – October 16, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Artesa’s Clear-Cut, Chainsaw Wine
• Yellow Tail maker to push $100 wine
• New Calif Law May Let Big Beer Crush Local Cider Makers
• Supreme Court tosses Santa Maria groundwater rights case
• Treasury To Intro Top Selling Aussie Red In US
• FedEx to Halt Shipments to North Dakota
• NY Liquor Board: If They Only Had A Brain
• Wines & spirits drive LVMH growth

• 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

• Staggered harvest in the Rhône
• Medoc chateaux lifted by Cabernet harvest
• NZ: Critical year ahead

FINANCE, M&A

• Angel Groups Syndicate 3 Out of Every 4 Deals

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex: Falling ratio points to falling prices
• In praise of Second wines

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

HEALTH

• Musings on Resveratrol from a Wine and Vine Expert
• Winemaker Confession: I Don’t Wash my Grapes

SHUTDOWN HANGOVERS

• TTB Label, Formula, and Permit System Clogged
• Compliance Backlog for Wine Industry

LEGAL MATTERS

• Champagne enforcers chase 1,000 cases per year
• Akerman Senterfitt Alcohol Beverage Attorneys

MARKETING & SALES

• Has Yellow Tail hurt Australia’s reputation?
• Economists explore ‘loca-pouring’ of wines
• Wine Label receives Global Award
• WineStyles Converts 15 Locations As Part Of Brand Revitalization

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Women in Wine Leadership Symposium

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The State of the Wine App
• Growing Delectable through VinTank

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Best Wine Business Consultant – Your Customers

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• France’s Oldest Vines Don’t Make Great Wine
• Is Snobbery Dead?
• How Prohibition affected America’s wine palate
• We Don’t Drink Chardonnay Anymore
• Book’s new way to think about wine

• 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

• Cornell Develops Sensors To Detect Water Level Of Plants

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

EUROPE & THE UK

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

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Multi-millionaire wine veteran funds America’s Cup bid

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine Country Fall
• The Top 5 Best and Worst Things About NorCal Wine Country

• Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2014 [Sponsored Link]

OLIVE OIL

• California olive oil producers report good yields, quality
• Catalan Competition Authority Considers Investigation Into Price Manipulation
• Quality Seal Sought to Protect Image of Spanish Olive Oil

JUST CAN’T MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS UP

• Police smash fake wine chicken farm
• Wine for cats goes on sale in Japan