NEWS FETCH – November 26, 2013

TOP NEWS

• China May Solve—Not Cause— Wine Shortage
• Foley takes stake in NZ restaurant empire
• Legislators Push Back On Proposed FDA Rules
• BC Winery Robbed Of $30,000 Of Ice Wine
• Marketers Remain Wary of ‘Holiday Creep’ Backlash
• From Bordeaux to Warhol: How Amazon goes high-brow

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Vintage Report: Italy
• Rhône harvest reaps benefits of Med climate
• Mouton to Pavie to Bottle Less Top Wine After Chaotic’Season
• OR: Rogue Vintners see a glass half full
• Icewine harvest starts early for Vineland Estates

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

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Drought preparedness workshop
• Raisin growers will get $1,650 per ton for raisin crop
• Stanislaus nearly passes Merced in farm income
• Sonoma State Wine Taste Competitor Wins Trip to France

LEGAL MATTERS

• Hennessy wins Chinese trademark case
• Pinnacle Vs Pinnacles Trademark decision

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo prizes scale as basis for Asia Pacific success
• European Stocks Decline as Remy Cointreau, Pernod Ricard Retreat
• Rémy feels impact of Chinese austerity
• Diageo hopes to prop up United Spirits deal with Whyte & Mackay Sale

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Structure, guidelines underpin Pernod Ricard’s social strategy
• The next social imperative
• Twitter trying to keep the kids and booze apart

OH CANADA!

• BC should act quickly on new liquor sales report
• Updated: Canadian company buys all 670 acres of Red Mountain land

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• North Bay distillers seek direct sales to consumers
• OR: Liquor store owners wary of state plans to expand sales locations

HEALTH

• Red Wine Compound May Improve Mesothelioma Treatment

MARKETING

• How To Pitch Your Brand In National Restaurant Chains

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Style and eccentricity in wine
• Mac Forbes, Yarra Valley, Australia
• Wine Criticism, Intentionality, Terroir, and Aboutness
• Drinking Chinon
• Five Hanukkah wines to sip with those latkes
• California and Oregon Pinot Noir can age gracefully
• Steven Spurrier On The Judgment Of Paris
• Drinking naturally

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

TASTE, BUGS!

• Microbes May Add Special Something to Wines
• Talking terroir: Taste the wine microbes!
• Wine’s terroir mysteries yield to science
• UC Davis Sequencing study lifts veil on wine’s microbial terroir

WINE EDUCATION

• Burgundy-Based School of Wine & Spirits Business launched

EUROPE & THE UK

• Scotland’s multi-buy booze ban ineffective

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• An Abundance Of US Wineries For Thanksgiving
• Somm Gratitude From This Thanks Giving Turkey
• Giving thanks to local wine

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