NEWS FETCH – November 1, 2013

TOP NEWS

• 4 HONEST Charts That Debunk The Shortage Hype
• California 2013 Vintage Set To Equal 2012 Abundance
• Restaurants Gloomy After Rocky Sept
• French winemaker fined for smuggling illegal pesticides
• Wine Industry Leaders Confident About Global Economy
• U.S. Wines Grow 6% Off-Premise in October

• A happy reader writes: “The community is abuzz about this book:” Wine Curmudgeon’s Guide to Cheap Wine. [Sponsored Link]

“SHORTAGE” — REALITY

• OIV: 35.7 Million hectolitres Of Excess Wine
• Psst: There’s a global wine shortage. Pass it on.
• Bottoms up: There’s enough wine to go around
• French Wine industry experts rebuff dire shortage warning

“SHORTAGE — “WISHFUL THINKING

• Shortage couild be sweet for NZ producers
• Global  Shortage Good For South Africa
• Shortage may help NW wineries
• Supplier relations key to tackling shortage says Virgin
• How NY wineries may benefit from shortage
• IN: Global Wine Shortage Could Be Good News
• VA: Possible  Shortage Could Help Local Vineyard

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Employers reminded of valley fever risks
• ZAP gets smaller, with half as many people hopefully half as drunk
• State comes up with broad plan to manage water
• Sonoma State Offers Wine Trends Seminar with Liza Zimmerman

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• US Wine Wholesalers to the Rescue in the UK?
• Idaho: Less Frequent Reporting for Direct Shippers
• Wine Consumers Seek Lawmaker Attention, Amendments (pdf)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Truett-Hurst Sets Earnings Release Date

DEALS, FINANCE, M&A

• Chateau Prieuré Lichine Acquires Pontet Chappaz
• OZ: Woolworths buys premium Barossa label

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Lesser Vintages Of First Growths Outperform Best Years
• Fine Wine Demand Has Always Exceeded Supply
• Gruaud Larose 2005 Nears Liv-Ex Record
• Warnings of false label trading on web

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

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• Study Advocates Tax Cuts for Beer

MARKETING & SALES

• What’s the Difference: Marketing Wine to Boomers vs Millennials?
• Tasting in the Dark:New Light on Marketing

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Eastern Winery Exposition 2014 Online Registration open
• London Wine Fair adds “Esoterica”

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Is LinkedIn Intro good, bad, or impossible?

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The Cost of Your Wine Seminars on Winery Finance & Accounting

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Media Relations and The De-Newspaperization of America
• Vineyard & Winery Management: “20 Most Admired” List
• iVery iSorry for iLate iReplies – Thanks Apple (NOT!)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Zinfandel, Primitivo two sides of same coin
• What does “organic” mean in Italy?

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

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• OR: Ag Agency Fines Nine For Pesticide Violations
• WA: First Yakima water project underway

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Farm succession should be viewed as transfer of legacy

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bordeaux Halloween Tricks: Poisoned Vines and Stolen Grapes

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Indian Drinkers Get First Taste Of Home-Grown Moet
• China’s online wine retailers hoping for Singles’ Day boost

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

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

OBSCURE, WANDERING HEADLINE – WORTH READING

• The Carnal, the Corporeal, the Somatic Indistinguishable from Each Other: Conversation w Abe Schoener
• Use Sharp Headlines To Hook Readers – Or Else

OBSCURE, SHORT HEADLINE – WORTH READING

• A spoonful of sugar
• Use Sharp Headlines To Hook Readers

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