NEWS FETCH – October 29, 2013

TOP NEWS

• World Wine Production Seen at 7-Year High
• Reality Check: Global Wine Supply & Gullible Brokerage Analysts
• Italian vintners look abroad as home sales slump
• Four new AVAs approved in California
• Farm Bill Isn’t Only Ag Policy Focus This Winter

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• World’s Vineyard Shrinks But Production Shows Rise
• German Wine Output Seen Little Changed in 2013 as Whites Rise
• Calif Wine Grape Harvest Estimated at 4 Mil Tons
• Santa Barbara County vineyard yields a winemaker’s harvest
• Bordeaux Producers Called to Resist High Prices
• Bordeaux 2013: hardest of past 30 years

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Delano farm plagued by repeated grape thefts
• CDFA Accepting Proposals for 2014 Specialty Crop Grants
• Crucial vote looms for Napa recycled water pipeline
• Winery Exchange Expands Sales Force
• Innovation Napa Valley summit focuses on economic growth

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Liquor Privatization Saves Lives? Part II

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Eyes $100M Tequila Buy
• Troublesome quarter for Pernod Ricard

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux’s Most-Wanted: Petrus
• 05 Haut-Brion slips below £5,000
• Latour 2000 Above $13,000

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

MARKETING & SALES

• Anatomy of Australia’s New Wine Strategy
• Wine clubs: convenience, value but may not be for everyone
• Flash Sale Wine Websites, What’s the Deal?
• China’s rush for Downtown Abbey wines

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

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Why opening up about failure makes you a more ‘authentic’ entrepreneur

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Do we really need all these wine certification programs?
• Sta. Rita Hills 2013 Wine and Fire
• The Cold Coastal Region of Leyda, Chile
• Why wine ratings have nothing to do with price
• A serious state for American sparkling wine

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

OH CANADA!

• B.C. vintners show strong sales growth
• Ontario rejects selling of beer and wine in convenience stores

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Mondavi connection launches new Umpqua Valley winery
• VA: State wine industry is growing

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Liquor Privatization Saves Lives? Part II
• UK Christmas Champagne price war begins early
• Has Leoville Poyferré Contaminated Vines at Leoville Las Cases?

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

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Israeli Wines Battle for Recognition

OLIVE OIL

• Spain Starts Season with Low Stocks, Concerns About Forecasts
• Mediterranean Diet Gaining Among Nutritionists But Olive Oil Still on Sidelines

JUST CAN’T MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS UP

• Dwarves! Lord of the Wrongs