NEWS FETCH – November 13, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Fire Sales Ease Entertainment Properties’ Winery Exit
• Another Obamacare Shock Due in January
• Don’t click ‘like’ unless you’re paid to
• E. & J. Gallo Winery Donates $100K To Philippine Relief Fund
• Chenin Blanc/Petite Sirah Conference Canceled
• Judge OKs Kurniawan Sanity Exam

• Dallas’ mayor pays too much for wine — where’s the cheap wine book when he needs it? [Sponsored Link]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Ramona Seeks To Move Up The Vine As A Wine Tasting Region
• Meet WWS New Young Professionals Development Director
• Raisins hit record price in 2012
• Lodi Poised To Cash In On Petite Sirah
• Tight Harvest Window in Amador, Calaveras Counties
• Napa Supe to Lead Global Wine Tourism Group
• Lake County presents Momentum! workshops
• Harvest At Pagani Ranch, Sonoma
• Claiming a family legacy on a storied Napa spot
• Sandra Day O’Connor To Visit Iron Horse Vineyards

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Willamette Valley Vineyards Posts Profit

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Italian Company Fights Wine Fraud With “Clickable” Corks
• How to avoid a hangover after investing in fine wines

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

HEALTH

• New Book Links Alcohol Violence and Brain Inflammation

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• AWCC Testimony on Massachusetts Direct Shipping
• Legal Highlights from CalPoly’s New Wine & Viticulture Program
• 5 weird ABC laws that kill Virginia’s buzz

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Retailers use social media to make more consumer friendly wines
• The State of the Wine App (Part 2)

MARKETING & SALES

• Krug Offers Rosé Magnum, Bottle IDs
• Labeltronix Launches waterproof, chill-proof label
• Alternative Wine Closures
• Wine needs to be more engaging
• Majority of Brits prefer cheap wine

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWine China opens to tough times for fine wine
• 2014 RAW dates – London and Vienna
• ProWein 2014 Announces Tasting Zone and FIZZZ Lounge Topics
• Over 500 alcoholic beverage makers from 50 nations gather at festival

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Labor Management Seminar Offered

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Everything you know about wine is wrong
• Kimpton’s Master Sommelier Emily Wines
• On The record With Bo Barrett
• Burgundy’s 2013 Vintage: Small But Perfectly Formed
• The Import Snobs: A Quick Observation
• Biodynamic Wines from Argentina
• Taste the soul of the soil
• World’s Best Wine Writer

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

WINE EDUCATION

• Fresno Winery interns learn on the job
• Washington Grape and Wine Education Consortium
• Jancis Robinson passes the torch as WSET honorary president

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Experts discuss ways to boost honeybee forage
• Oregon next battleground for GM labels
• Promotion of veteran-raised ag goods goes national

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

WHAT THE HELL COULD THEY HAVE BEEN THINKING?

• Baptists Cancel Duck Dynasty Fundraiser Over Wine Deal
• Sam Adams lights up cigar market with 28% ABV
• Hello Kitty Cuvée Spéciale Champagne launched
• Beaujolais Bath Marks Japan as Benchmark for New Vintage

EUROPE & THE UK

• Lea & Sandeman appeal for information after Champagne theft
• Vineyard prices in Burgundy
• Virgin Wines plans expansion after buyout
• Austrian Wine-Grape Crop Seen Below Average

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

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

OLIVE OIL

• Mediterranean Diet in Midlife Results in Better Quality of Life in Old Age
• Tips for Wine Tasting at Napa Valley Film Festival
• Olive Oil School

A SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE

• In-N-Out Burger bites into New Zealand market