NEWS FETCH – October 25, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Hambrecht Debt and Legal Woes Keep Mounting
• Farm income forecast at highest level since 1973
• French Wine Exports Reach Record Highs
• Screwcaps damage wine more than cork
• A Golden Age for Golden State Wine
• China and Europe make up after averting trade war
• The Most Avid U.S. Wine Cities

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Sauternes producer says tenth of 2013 harvest stolen
• South American Growers Assess Frost Damage
• Aussie Wine Exports Increase

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• SJC supervisors incapable of small winery decision
• St. Helena postpones vote on small winery rules
• Schedule Set for 2014 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Workshops
• Hall Winery Owners Buy Anderson Creek Vineyard

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Free my Canadian grapes and other love songs
• WA: Alcohol Crimes Decline After Privatization

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Cheval Blanc ’08 Falls to Record Low
• Liv-Ex: What’s in (half) a point?

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HEALTH

• Drinking and Pregnancy: A Revelation
• Alcohol Justice to Release New National Report on Alcohol Advertising

MARKETING & SALES

• Thugging up a wine brand
• Is neuro marketing about to revolutionise how we understand shopper behaviour?
• Wine Stores Rise Again
• Mob Wines You Can’t Refuse?
• The First Rule of Wine Club

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MEDIA MATTERS

• Do You have A Mobile Web Disaster?
• Kermit Lynch: Prophet or Prophet of Doom?
• Quick & Easy Ideas to Jumpstart Your PR Efforts

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Carmenere Characteristics: The Chilean Master Class
• Why Not All Vegan Wines are Vegan
• Ballard Canyon, 2011 Pinots and Screwtops
• Why Cheap Wine Matters
• What’s a Unicorn Wine?
• What steakhouse patrons want in a wine

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U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MN: Wine industry continues to grow
• NY: Finger Lakes Wine Country’s New President Has Difficult Task
• NY: Chateau LaFayette Reneau Sold

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• New grapevine assessment tool aims to reduce trunk diseases
• Daughters taking charge of more farms
• Saving The Bee A Major Issue At Oregon State
• Farmers’ Ages Still Older than rest of U.S. Labor Force

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EUROPE & THE UK

• Burgundy Winemaker Patrick Bize Dies

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Moët launches two Indian sparklers
• China, a very attractive market for Spanish cava

LATIN AMERICA

• Santa Rita plans expansion in Chile’s Pumanque appellation

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Why Women Have A Complicated Love Affair With Wine
• Photo essay: Autumn in the Vineyard

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

OLIVE OIL

• An Open-Air Workshop of Sustainability
• Mouse in Olive Oil Cruet Spurs New Push For Ban

JUST CAN’T MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS UP

• Woman Swaps Live Explosive for Wine