NEWS FETCH – January 27, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Napa Lawsuits Snarl Chinese Tycoon’s Howell Mtn Land Buy
• Allied Grape Growers Places Its Bets On California 2014
• 13,000+ expected for Unified Wine Symposium
• 2014 SVB Wine Report: Webcast, Q&A
• Smoke taint costing Aussie wine industry millions
• 2013 China wine import stats show France versus everyone
• Winebow CEO Jon Moramarco To Depart

• Craft Distilleries Grow From Embryonic Stage [Sponsored Link]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Beijing and a secret hope for Lodi wine
• Sonoma economy brighter UCLA economist says
• Construction to start on farmworker housing in Calistoga
• Craft Brewery tackles drought with tech

• The Wine Savant: A Guide to the New Wine Culture [Sponsored Link]

TRANSITIONS

• Doc McPherson, 1918-2014
• Jim Mitchell, winemaker for Idaho’s Miceli Vineyards, dies
• Iconoclast, Reporter, Crusader—Wine Folks We Miss

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Eric Vallat Replaces Piana As Rémy Martin CEO
• Brown-Forman: the next big deal?

FINANCE, M&A

• Farm Loan Volumes Slow in Fourth Quarter
• BC: Fitzpatrick Family sells CedarCreek Winery
• Napa cooperage buys barrel-alternatives maker

• When the Money Runs Out: The End of Western Affluence [Sponsored Link]

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Lafite ’12 Drops, Liv-Ex 50 Extends Retreat
• Interest in white Burgundy at Sotheby’s
• The search for value: First Growths
• The decline of Bordeaux

• Breakfast at Sotheby’s [Sponsored Link]

HEALTH

• What does the world’s top nutritionist eat & drink?
• Alcoholism: Vargas’ Nightly glass of wine

LEGAL MATTERS

• The Patented Grape Caper
• EU Passes Stricter Legislation for Labeling Sangria Wines

MARKETING & SALES

• Bordeaux tries to recapture the imagination of U.S. wine lovers
• Ten Proven Methods to Motivate Your Sales Team
• How to Encourage Sales After the Holidays

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• How to use Twitter for your Wine Business and Marketing [Sponsored Link]

MEDIA MATTERS

• Groundbreaking Book for Wine Business: Global Collaboration
• Clark Smith and His Postmodern Winemaking

• The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking [Sponsored Link]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Force Behind Deutz Champagne
• New appreciation for SAfrican black winemakers overseas
• Lessons relearned from the recent ZAP tasting in San Francisco
• Winemakers to Watch
• Ice wines for icy times
• What are the world’s 100 best types of wines?

• The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert: Take a Whiff of That [Sponsored Link]

WINE EDUCATION

• Summit State Banks on Sonoma State Wine Program
• China’s New Obsession: French Wine Education

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• VA: Wines set another record in 2013
• TN: Convenience stores want in on grocery store wine talks

• Canadian Wineries: The story of Canada’s entry into the world of world-class vintages [Sponsored Link]

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Ergosterol: A Novel Indicator For Testing Fungal Infections in Grapes

• Postmodern Winemaking: Rethinking the Modern Science of an Ancient Craft [Sponsored Link]

EUROPE & THE UK

• Rias Baixas (Ree-ahs Bai-zhaas)
• British Students Protest University Wine Bills
• Slovenian winemakers seek apostles to spread the word
• Purity of beer ‘threatened’ by fracking

• Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer’s Tour of France [Sponsored Link]

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• APEC Looks To Demolish Obstructive Wine Trade Barriers

• How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World’s Most Dynamic Region [Sponsored Link]

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentine Stores Mark Up Imported Wine After Peso Devaluation

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Sexy Italian Wines
• Wine + Life: How To Impress Someone With Wine

• The Science of Cheese [Sponsored Link]

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Oregon’s Clear Creek Distillery has been acquired by Hood River Distillers