NEWS FETCH – October 30, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Amazon selling wine in China
• CA Gov Vetoes: “Serve a Minor” Felony Penalty Bill
• NY Issues Survey re Proposed “At Rest” Legislation
• Tough Job Ahead For Farm Bill Conferees

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• NZ wine exports on rise after record harvest
• World Wine Shortage? NOT!

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

PRIVATIZATION, REGULATION

• BC considers grocery store liquor sales
• PA: LCB Releases FY 2012-13 Annual Report
• Wine Growlers From a Keg Still Restricted

PUBLIC COMPANIES & FINANCE

• Q&A: Thierry Budin, general director of Crédit Agricole
• Pernod Ricard rises on unique marketing
• Talk Of ABI Play For SABMiller Heating Up Again

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Brown signs West Coast pact on climate change
• Central Valley team going after direct foreign investments
• Zinfandel Advocates & Producers:New Experience Format, Site
• Winiarski’s Wine Among Smithsonian Picks
• Linda Wish Joins Hess Collection

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Burgundy Charity Auction Smallest in Decades
• ChâteauOnline, a subsidiary of Héraclés (1855) in administration

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

MARKETING & SALES

• Deutsch’s Josh Cellars On Pace To Surpass 300,000 Cases
• Time in the street? Now there’s an idea!
• Winemakers & wine lovers: like a bad marriage
• Wine biz’s inability to understand consumers prevents many from liking wine
• Recognizing Consumers, Predicting the Future

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• No, Google isn’t selling banner ads
• LinkedIn’s mobile madness finally pays off
• Photo-destroying app Snapchat could be worth $4B
• 1 billion reasons why the ‘social enterprise’ isn’t played out yet

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Writing Income Continues to Challenge
• Why The Spectator’s new wine submission policy is bad

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Canadian Wine Culture Debated
• The Value of Professional Wine Certification Programs
• Oregon riesling: A turnaround developing?
• Lou Reed and the natural wine movement
• Natural Wine: Evil?

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

TASTEMAKERS

• Leslie Sbrocco: Bringing Women to Wine & Wine To Women
• Featured Winemaker: Álvaro Palacios
• Spain’s Termanthia: Putting Toro on the Wine Map
• Q&A: Nicolas Audebert, winemaker at Cheval Des Andes
• Featured Winemaker: Ridge Vineyards’ Paul Draper

CORKS & SCREWCAPS

• Tyrrell’s swaps cork for cap with sparkling
• More on the MW screwtop dissertation claims

LEGAL MATTERS

• Castel Frères to Pursue TM Battle Against Panati in China’
• Castel TM battle with Pancho Campo’s friend to China’s Supreme Court

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Intrapreneurship helps big cos think and move like startups

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• BC: Wine Institute inks Hong Kong Deal
• Moet Hennessy, Sula chase sparkling wine sales in India
• Zombies, vampires, ghosts and other China wine horrors

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MO: Love Letters from Missouri Wine Country

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWein: Creating A Competitive Advantage

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Be prepared for changes to the state diesel truck rule
• Permit not needed for stormwater runoff, court says

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Barolo producers split as court reverses Cannubi ruling
• Brothers jailed over £6.4m booze tax fraud

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

LAS CASES CAN’T CATCH A BREAK

• Toxic smoke damages Leoville Las Cases 2013 harvest
• Las Cases vines poisoned by neighbour

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile steps up clonal focus

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The World’s Most Challenging Vineyards

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

OLIVE OIL

• Sonoma Olive harvest begins as grape harvest ends

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Fairfield CA, promotes self as Ideal For Craft Beer Industry

JUST CAN’T MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS UP

• PUPPY! … Firefighters free puppy from a wine rack
• $38,000 For Old Sheep Shears: Only In Australia!