NEWS FETCH – October 23, 2013

TOP NEWS

• A New Spin: TWE says bad US wine would’ve destroyed the brand (Scroll down for More TWE)
• Chinese court freezes Castel assets
• US Overtakes UK As #2 Export Market For NZ Wines
• US Ag Is Well Capitalized for Downturn

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Bumper Crops Leave Chile Awash With Wine
• Willamette Valley Winemaker Optimistic about 2013
• Napa Trumpets Great Harvest

• Pay for your own wine? Then your best buy is Wine Curmudgeon’s Guide to Cheap Wine. [Sponsored Link]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• High hopes for Mayacamas in a new era
• Bogle Projects Double-Digit Growth For 2013
• Winetrepreneurs : Josh Phelps and Carlo Trinchero
• Economist advises Napa to diversify its economy
• Wine-themed float to debut in the Rose Parade
• UC Davis viticulture-enology emeriti honored
• Acting on a Dream at Casa Dumetz Winery
• Calaveras vineyard, winery up for sale

• A Man and his Mountain: The Everyman who Created Kendall-Jackson and Became America’s Greatest Wine Entrepreneur [Sponsored Link]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• IPO could unleash Chinese food, wine, luxury goods retailer

TREASURY WINE ESTATES

• China’s austerity drive takes toll on Treasury
• TWE Affirms Forecast Despite US, China Troubles
• Treasury Wine Estates in global search for new CEO
• China’s appetite for wine lower, says Treasury

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fake DRC On Market For Years
• Lafite Rothschild ’09 Slides to Record Low
• More Wine Fraud Yet To Be Uncovered

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

MARKETING & SALES

• The Science of Selling Wine
• Millennials and wine , a quirky relationship
• Another 100% Bordeaux wine bar opens in Shanghai (Calif AWOL?)
• Wine labels try to show more info
• The New Chinese Wine Consumer
• OpenTable’s Top 100 Wine Lists

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Social Media Matures Into Social Business

MEDIA MATTERS

• Respecting Historic Wineries, Reasonably Priced Pomerols
• Authorized Jess Jackson panegyric hits the shelves

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Dispensing with the Unjustified Criticism of Big California Wines
• Thoughts on the Inaugural Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak AVA Tasting
• Terroir: The good parts and the not-so-good parts
• Penfolds recorking clinic unearths secret Grange

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

HEALTH

• New Women Alcoholics: ‘Looking at Red Wine Like It’s Chocolate’

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• Richmond, Calif bans alcohol ads on billboards
• 67% of Ausssies Want Alcohol Ads Banned from Sports

OH CANADA!

• BC: OK Crush Pad turns 2! More Okanagan wines to be raised in concrete

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• SD: Growing a Wine Destination
• VT: Climate change boosts wine production
• WA: Longtime Yakima Valley winemaker set to retire

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Safety Tips For Agritourism
• CAPCA 2013 conference draws big crowd

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

DOWN UNDER

• Australia exporting more expensive wine

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Hong Kong wine sales to increase 11% annually
• After wine, Chinese consumers want a slice of cheese

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentine Muscat exports up 270%

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Infographic: Wine 101: A Girl’s Guide to Wine

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

OLIVE OIL

• Conditions Ripe in Andalusia for Return to Peak Olive Oil Production
• Olive Oil Tops List for Food Fraud

THERE’S A PONY UNDER THIS PILE OF … BAD WRITING

• Vida Ventures Ltd. announces receipt of TSXV conditional approval for its qualifying transaction

JUST CAN’T MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS UP

• UK Students rate Jägermeister as more important than toilet paper