NEWS FETCH – October 24, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Blames Reporting System For Plonk Disaster
• Ag economists say farm bill future uncertain
• China To Drive Global Wine Consumption
• Reds Overtake Whites in Popularity Stakes
• Exotic Scents Made From Genetically Engineered Yeast
• French Student Dies in Winery Accident

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• The Frost Effect in Chile
• Italy: Harvest at the end of the earth
• Gehringer brothers hail BC vintage

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Marlboro, Ste. Michelle Owner Altria 3Q profit more than doubles
• Pernod’s Sales Decline By 1% In Q1, As Chinese Clampdown Hits Bottom Line
• Successful start for Stock Spirits

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Potential BottleRock investor drops out, Expo says
• Michigander makes his mark in Sonoma
• Napa Valley’s Top 10 Iconic Images
• Sonoma State Wine Industry Cases Win Multiple Awards at NACRA Conference￿

FINANCE, M&A

• OZ: City Beat: Brothers vin
• UK: Murray exits as Inverarity Morton buys Forth Wines

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Three arrested in yet another wine investment scam
• Counterfeiters fake Burgundy worth $12K a bottle
• L’Evangile 2010 Falls to Lowest Level Since Release on Liv-Ex

LEGAL MATTERS

• Prêt à Boire: A Mark “Ready to Register” on the USPTO Supplemental Register

MARKETING & SALES

• Designing Your Wine Logo is Like Getting a Tattoo
• Price, value, and the California wine business
• 5 tips to make you an email marketing pro

MEDIA MATTERS

• Two New Wine Guides: The Hedgehog and the Fox

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Variety vs varietal: The Sound and the fury, Signifying …?
• What We Drank To Protest Penn Puritanism
• Nuking Your Pinot Noir

OH CANADA!

• Trade Deal May Pressure Canadian Vintners

EUROPE & THE UK

• Vranken Pommery Monopole sees Champagne sales rise

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Ukraine wine with high copper levels found in China

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Let’s Settle that Beer vs. Wine Debate … Kind of
• Sometimes, Just A Feel Good Wine Story
• The mystery of Zinfandel

JUST CAN’T MAKE UP IRRATIONAL STUFF LIKE THIS

• Christians to get 80 lashes for drinking communion wine in Iran