NEWS FETCH – October 31, 2013

TOP NEWS

• BofA Throws Beringer Under Bus, Urges Treasury To Divest ASAP
• Wine “Shortage” Is Bull: Here’s Why
• After years of delay, House and Senate negotiators meet on farm bill
• How China Became An Unlikely Wine Superpower

HARVEST 2013

• Washington’s record harvest nearly complete
• Napa Harvest: Tricks and Treats
• Idaho Grape Harvest Near End
• Etna Harvest Report

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Why economics dictates no global wine “shortage”
• Morgan Stanley report “Just wrong:” Silicon Valley Bank Wine Division Founder

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Silicon Valley Bank 2014 Wine Survey: Join For Your Own Good
• Congressman intros law for Chumash SB vineyard annexation
• $3 million from Auction Napa Valley given to health groups

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• BofA/Merrill Lynch’s Love Affair With Treasury Wine Australia
• Dearie Responds To Treasury’s Board In Wake Of Firing
• Could soft drinks scupper potential $100bn AB InBev deal for SAB Miller?
• Pernod aims to be world’s biggest in premium wine

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine “Shortage:” Not A Good Investment Opportunity
• Active Liv-Ex markets up 50% in 4 months
• Tuscan Ornellaia ’04 Climbs to Record $2,670

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

MARKETING & SALES

• Banfi’s Marc Goodrich Named President Of Excelsior Wines
• What do US microbreweries have in common with UK “indie” wine retailers?
• U.S. Beer Consumption Increases; Rising Demand for Higher-Priced Offerings

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

OH CANADA!

• BC Winery Spearheads New Appellation
• Adelsheim Vineyard enters Canadian wine market
• Burgundy-loving mortgage exec now a top Niagara vintner

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The #1 Trick (or Treat) to Successfully Engage Your Facebook Community
• 12 words that cost Facebook $18 billion today
• What the Amazon tax ruling means for the future of e-commerce
• PayPal waives $50K worth of processing fees for lucky startups & offers ‘white glove’ dev support

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Agritourism requires added insurance coverage

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Spectator’s Jura Unicorns
• Childhood fantasy as the basis of wine writing
• Book Review: Divine Vintage by Randall Heskett and Joel Butler
• Vespeth’s World Tour Update: VinPro and the Unified Sympoisium

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Let the Consumers Decide if Natural Wines Are Popular
• Do The Many Personalities of Syrah Confuse The Issue?
• Zinfandel – the long strange trip from… somewhere

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Local wine industry trade show now North America’s second-largest
• Oregon Wine Symposium to return to Portland for third year

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• Wine Politics In Washington, DC

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Groundwater nitrate issues reach political level

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Anyone up for Cabernet Gernischt Day?

LATIN AMERICA

• Finca La Luz goes heavily for the Argentine wine industry

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Walking through Downtown Mendoza, Argentina
• A Halloween wine tale 2013

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

OLIVE OIL

• Fruit fly infestations may reduce Napa olive harvest
• Argentina’s Olive Oil Industry In Crisis
• Disease Could Spell Disaster for Europe’s Olive Trees