NEWS FETCH – November 12, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Southern Loses MO Wholesaler Appeal
• Virgin Wines’ UK business in £14m management buyout – More in UK section
• World’s Most Powerful Fine Wine Brands
• EPA Proposes Stricter Control of U.S. Tributaries, Lakes
• China Poised to Overtake US as the New Wine Country.
• Eleven Eleven Winery replacing Napa’s Dominari
• Unified Debuts Keynote, Tours

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Big North Coast harvest drives financing demand
• Gallo Enters Cambodian Market
• West Coast Wineries Quietly Up for Sale
• SB County Sets Next on New Winery Rules

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

CALIFORNIA NOTICES & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Wine warehouse set to open Windsor expansion
• Winners of first Wine Industry Awards named
• DIAM Names Francois Margot USA Export Manager
• Burr Pilger Mayer To Open Napa Valley Office

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Revamps Leadership At U.S. Wine Division
• Beam and Diageo : Which Booze Stock Is Top Shelf?
• Constellation Brands Closes at New High
• Crimson Wine Group Financial Results for Period Ending Sept 30

FAKES AND COUNTERFEITS

• Downey On Fake wine: Just scratching the surface
• Almost 70% of the Wine Sold in China is Fake
• eBay defends anti-fraud plan over wine label concerns
• Kurniawan lawyers keen to avoid trial delay
• Convincing Fakes
• Dr. Conti Pleads Insanity

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Burgundy 2012 en primeur kicks off with some allocations already gone
• North American buyers bouncing back at auction
• Pavie ’01 Advances to Record $3,020

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

HEALTH

• Pregnant moms who drink wine may be healthier in other ways
• Wine just desserts

LEGAL MATTERS

• You Need an Approved COLA Before You Have a Valid Trademark?
• Do feds seek power over every pond, puddle and pothole?
• OZ: DIY phylloxera laws go online

MARKETING & SALES

• Asian wine drinkers offer hope for the world’s vintners
• The New Chinese Wine Consumer
• 5 ways 3D design can help your marketing

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Marketing, UCDavis Update:Chenin/Petite Conference Nov 14-15
• Millésime Bio increases floor space for organic wine in 2014

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Pressing Data Into Great Wine Brands & Social for Restaurants
• The Art of Digital Engagement

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• $10 Minimum Wage + ObamaCare = 70% Labor Cost Hike

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Dr. Oldman on how he saved Wine Spectator
• Wine Spectator’s Wine Review Double Standard
• The Role Of The Blame-Throwing Wine Writer
• 2013 Digital Wine Communication Conf: Vineyards and Volcanoes

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A Question of Authority: Responding To Heimoff
• Shifting Perspectives on Idaho Wine
• A California critic tastes Saint-Emilion
• Single vineyard wines: like painting in monochrome
• Many Vintners Use the 100 Point Scale
• Climate change affects flavor, production of Great Lakes wine

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

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Will Mass Lawmakers Finally Act On Shipping?
• Direct Shipping Laws Are Fermenting on Beacon Hill

WINE EDUCATION

• Awards for new MWs announced

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Red Mountain AVA land up for auction

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Attack of the Wine Drones

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Virgin Wines sale: UK market still key, says Direct Wines chief
• Virgin Wines aims for faster growth away from Direct Wines
• Italy October Average Wine Prices

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Hong Kong love affair with Burgundy will continue

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The rise of statement wineries

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

OLIVE OIL

• EU Olive Oil Sector Eager for Details of New School Promotion Plan
• World Olive Oil Production Predicted to Top 3.2 Million Tons
• Olive Oil Sidelined at Nutritionists’ Meeting

SAY WHAT? TOO VAGUE TO GRAB READER INTEREST

• Vino, vidi, vici