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May 17, 2013	TOP NEWS Spirit Sales Outpace Wine and Beer Restaurant sales up in April Environmentalists Slam New Fed Fracking Rules Study says Gen Y shoppers hiding in plain sight Another UK Ł4.5m wine fraud China Buyers snapping-up one French chateau per month Why a PE firm is playing in the Willamette Valley wine grab Northwest Acquisitions Heat Up CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Coors Wine Anyone? Napa County says winery suits are not a crackdown The South Will Rise Again—Beware The Santa Rita Hills Water group blasts Delta Plan PRIVATIZATION Facts Contradict Claims of Liquor Monopoly Supporters PA Senate Narrows Privatization Focus DRUNK DRIVING LIMITS How to Measure Drunken Driving Proposal To Reduce Legal Driving Limit To 0.05% BAC Attracts Wide-Ranging Opposition MADD: Lowering DUI LIMIT Not Best Way to Stop Drunk Driving Wine Industry Responds To Lowered DUI Limit. (Oops! Sorry. There should be an article here, but the industry is still MIA on this issue.) THE FARM BILL Senate Committee Support of Specialty Crops In Farm Bill Stabenow Outlines Plan Forward For Senate Farm Bill PUBLIC COMPANIES Diageo Seeks Turkey Drink Limit Balance After Mey Icki Purchase Anatomy of the 10-K INVESTING & AUCTIONS Liv-Ex: Market forces Stop Whining About Bordeaux Futures (Drink Something Else) MARKETING & SALES Is Fetzer's Zipz glass the answer for portable wine? Sheraton Extends Specialty Wine Program Burgundy's Ponsot Adopts In-Case Trackers SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH Social Media No-No: Amy’s vs. The Entire Internet The Elements of a Perfect Facebook Contest App: INFOGRAPHIC Apps that bridge old world winemakers and younger drinkers TTB GUIDELINES ON SOCIAL MEDIA Legal Analysis: New TTB Guidelines on Social Media and Alcohol Beverage Advertising More On TTB's new social media rules MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT Will Immigration Reform Help Immigrant Farm Workers? MEDIA MATTERS Wine In 140 Characters or Less Charm School Dropouts at Wine Tastings Sideways author releases Pinot Noir Washington Post joins the Wine Club craze MATTERS OF TASTE The Feiring Squad Misses The Rapture Wanted: Vineyard Owners with a Sense of Daring What's the best wine ? Whatever wine you like. OH CANADA! Canadian wineries finding focus New rules for liquor sales, and more, in Saskatchewan U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS 2013 International Cold Climate Wine Competition Registration Opens NC: Kinkead Ridge Winery is for sale AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS Can native plants fight vineyard pests? EUROPE & THE UK French appellation wines top previous export records in 2012 Selfridges expands wine store and overhauls range 1855 – a symbol of Bordeaux wines that needs further protection Italian Wine: Land of Plenty France – wine industry warns that ‘sin taxes’ would undermine country’s image DOWN UNDER OZ: Push behind Aussie Reisling OLIVE OIL EU to ban reusable olive oil bottles in eateries Forget the IRS — There’s an Olive-Oil Scandal Afoot

May 16, 2013	TOP NEWS Bill Hambrecht: Billionaire’s Cash Flow Issues Have Broad Impacts Kosher Wine Company Victimized by Charity Extortion Plot TTB Says Social Media Must Comply With All Regulatory Ad Requirements Napa's Goosecross Cellars Bought By Colo Firm House Ag Committee Passes 2013 Farm Bill Senate Passes Water Resources Development Act Parker slams concept of ‘Parkerisation’ Climate Change Prompts Renewed Interest In Native Missouri Grapes Tractor Fire destroys Lake Chelan winery CALIFORNIA BRIEFS UC Davis Tops Ranking For World's Best Ag Colleges Calif Winery Ads Pair With Sex, Drugs and More Sex Luna Vineyards Hires Trade-Focused Sales Team DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION Perpetual Problems Plague PLCB INVESTING & AUCTIONS Rare Italian wines to be auctioned in HK Bordeaux 2012: Still waiting for big names Richemont Chairman Rupert to Take Sabbatical After 25 Years ALCOHOL REGULATION Impact of Lower DUI Levels on Wine Lovers The federal government's three-drink limit Wineries need to label alcohol percentage accurately MARKETING & SALES Sainsbury's to focus on lighter-style wines Top 5 of the most exported brands and wineries in United States MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT Five things to consider when writing your export strategy Farm Bureau Says Health Tax Will Hurt Small Business Employees Senate committee to consider ag workers, E-verify next week MEDIA MATTERS Sifting Through the Wine Media: A Slog With Rewards MATTERS OF TASTEHelp! I’ve Fallen and Can’t Get Up—The Natural Wine Edition Irony In Uruguay Nose in the nooze When Terroir Was a Dirty Word Nebbiolo fetishization Alexander Valley, here I come! Photos from a Tasting at Shake Ridge Vineyard, Amador U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS OR: Chair of Oregon liquor agency resigns AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS Investor Groups Buys Almond Equipment Icon EUROPE & THE UK Italy is “Open for Business” Chase to make biodynamic wine and vermouth in Provence Hillebrand and Accolade sign major deal Merchant declares Bordeaux 2012 overpriced and skips vintage UK Merchant gives private buyers chance to sell at market price ASIA & PACIFIC RIM China wine portfolios: CWS adds Inner Mongolia’s Chateau Hansen LATIN AMERICA Wine in a sombrero? AROUND THE GLOBE Jordan: an unlikely winery visit NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE 5 Ways to Demystify Bubbly The World in Wine – INFOGRAPHIC

May 15, 2013	TOP NEWS Truett-Hurst IPO Struggles With Wary Investors, Pricing, Delays The CDC Goes To War Against Wine IRI: Successful Brands Must Fulfill "Good for You" Promise Biggest ever crop for SAfrica WINERY, VINEYARD TRANSACTIONS Bacchus Invests in Pacific NW OR Winery’s 400-acre land grab protects turf Precept Wine buys Yamhela vineyard in Oregon Three Bordeaux estates bought by Chinese LOWER DUI ALCOHOL LEVELS? YES - NTSB Endorses Lower Legal Alcohol Limit for Drivers YES - Drunk Driving Standards Need Toughening Says Alcohol Justice MAYBE: MADD Equivocal On Lower Limit for Drunk Driving NO: ? MIA: : Wine Industry CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Reclamation cuts water allocation for Friant Division Take Advantage of Calif's Sweepstakes and Contests Laws Calif Bill would study ag water storage Sonoma State's Online Wine Biz Classes Have International Reach Allen Wine Group Appoints Manager Zack Honeycutt DIRECT SHIPPING, PRIVATIZATION & NEO-PROHIBITION PA senator sees support to privatize wine , liquor A Brutal Takedown of Anti-Alcohol Minions Anti-Privatization Study Dismantled World Market Wine Deal Nixed By 1939 WI law PUBLIC COMPANIES Constellation Arranges Financing for Beer Acquisition Treasury Up As Aussie Dollar Falls Willamette Valley Vineyards Posts Profit for Q1 2013 Buy Diageo or SABMiller? Diageo United Spirits Bid Fails at 0.4% Offer Acceptance Pernod Ricard SA Receives Neutral Rating from Nomura (RI) INVESTING & AUCTIONS Johnson auction nets Ł88,000 Wine Forger's Handbook warns of dangers of fake wines HEALTH The Effect of Red Wine Consumption on Sperm Performance MARKETING & SALES New Digital Influencers: The Coming Youthquake Wineries Try New Plant-Based Packaging MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT Modern Etiquette: When a colleague is abusing alcohol MEDIA MATTERS In defense of wine tasting notes Is Wine Tasting Bullshit? No. How Wine Criticism Is Changing Wine Bloggers Set to Run for the Border MATTERS OF TASTE What can a wine teacher learn from her students? Brett, the spoiler, gets a reprieve The Little Spanish Grape That Could U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS NY: Lisa Donneson, Owner, Bouke and Bouquet Wines EUROPE & THE UK French Wine Sales Fall Turkey’s PM plans crackdown on alcohol Proposed French wine tax baits chardonnay uprising New map of the Douro offered by Christie’s Pfister family helping to put Alsace's Bas-Rhin on the map DOWN UNDER OZ: Hardys Celebrates 160th Anniversary LATIN AMERICA Argentine wine industry strives to expand internationally SOUTH AFRICA South Africa: Old World, New World, Or In Between? NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Trying to make sense of crazy wine markups What Software Coding and Great Wine Have in Common

May 14, 2013	TOP NEWS House Bill to Cap Farm Payments Joins Senate Version Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch Buys LA Vineyard Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws Wine shortage good for struggling wineries Why cheap wine will never be profitable Consumers to drive transparency in wine Wine skeptic takes on climate change report The Coming Crisis in Argentinean Wine Wine Australia CEO resigns CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Napa Cab: Overoaked, Overhyped But A Great Moneymaker K-J Pres On Undercover Boss, 5/17 Napa Businesses report mixed experiences during BottleRock Napa Grapegrowers Look to 2030 Encore! Glass, Inc. Announces Relocation to Fairfield, California DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION PA Privatization: Reckless Scheme or Reckless Ad? PA senators to hear from beer, liquor sellers INVESTING & AUCTIONS Petrus Tops Johnson Sale as Mouton Featured at Christie's Pichon Lalande listens to the market Petrus tops Hugh Johnson cellar auction HEALTH Alcohol Makes You Pudgy and Saggy MARKETING & SALES Tesco launches Co-buy wine scheme The Heat Is On In Wine Country 10 Ways Whole Foods is Raising the Bar in CSR MATTERS OF TASTE How an electronic nose could change the wine industry Re: Wine tasting is bullshit How the death of a fad gave birth to beautiful color in wine An Albarińo from California? UN urges restaurants to put more bugs on the menu (Wine Pairings Anyone?) A Wine Education in the Sweet and Obscure Terroir: Do We Have Evidence? Challenging Assumptions About Terroir and Technique MEDIA MATTERS Mea Culpa, Willamette Valley OREGON Jancis Robinson made honorary Vintner U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS MN: Alcohol tax hike would cause widespread damage NY: Wineries in Danger as Record Lows Threaten PA: Frost advisories have vineyard, winery personnel on edge TN: Wine country blossoms WA: Grapes dodge freeze, hits cherry crop forecast WA: Walla Walla Community College names new wine program director AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS Managing wine's waste EUROPE & THE UK Classification May Prove Savior For Beaujolais Customs seize 5700 litres of alcohol in raids Vintage boss wants British alcohol tax fix ASIA & PACIFIC RIM Cheese and South African wines in Beijing Moet Hennessy toasts launch of Yunnan winery LATIN AMERICA The new wines from Patagonia SOUTH AFRICA South Africa Wine Exports Setting Records on China Demand The South African Wine road trip NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Spending Some Time With Old Corks Turn a Colorblind Eye to Your Spring Wine Sonoma Wine Map OLIVE OIL Growing Thirst for Olive Oil in Japan and India MEANDERING HEADLINES Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association Submits Testimony for the Senate Law and Justice Committee Hearing Focusing on Retailing and Alcohol Sales Privatization The Century Council Statement on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration "Talk. They Hear You" Program Roust Trading Ltd. Announces Extension Of Its Exchange Offer For 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2013 Of Central European Distribution Corporation Hire a professional or stop slinging all this BS.

May 13, 2013	TOP NEWS Jackson Family Wines buys another Willamette Valley vineyard Central Valley Ag company challenges CA labor mediation rules Farm Bureau Pushes For Healthcare Tax Rollback Christie’s launches agency to help Chinese buy wineries Immigrant raid rumor fuels fear in Central Calif Wine studies, wine analysts, and wine foolishness Fracking Water Use Draining Resources, Especially In West Interior Secretary: Fracking Regulations Will Be Based on Best Science CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Charles Banks: The New Man Behind Mayacamas The grape guy from corn country steps down CalifRaisin Delegation Heading For Europe Wineries Rock at Napa Festival PUBLIC COMPANIES Diageo Won't Sell Guinness - Report INVESTING & AUCTIONS Liv-ex launches new comparison charts Liv-ex: Pichon Baron misses the mark 2012 Angelus Price Hike Prompts Back-Vintage Surge Pichon-Longueville '10 Falls to 5-Month Liv-Ex Low MEDIA MATTERS “I don’t read wine blogs anymore” Lyricism and the Power of a Great Wine Review SAfrican wine writers: from bad to bizarre MATTERS OF TASTE Advice to the Chinese: don’t classify A Comprehensive Guide to Getting Saucy in Germany's Wine Regions Looking Behind The Remarkable Resurgence In Petite Sirah Organic Wine: What to Buy, What to Avoid Tasting Rosé Stuck in Lodi Again? Not Such a Bad Thing Spanish Wines Come of Age, Offering Great Summer Bargains the stu sutcliffe and pete best of bordeaux grapes MARKETING & SALES Wine Marketing: Science or Magic? Five of the best wine apps Google+ Is A Desolate Wasteland MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT Learn something from Wonder Woman and Amy Cuddy. OH CANADA! Private liquor stores could add $1B to Ontario coffers U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS MD: Restrictions easing on Md. farmers' market wine sales NY Finger Lakes Riesling - what’s all the fuss? WA: Proceed with caution on DUI legislation WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY Restrict the Endangered Species Act so farmers get more water Calif Sustainable Winegrowers Get Green Award. EUROPE & THE UK Chateau La Fleur Jonquet sold to Chinese architect Bordeaux Price Dip Not Enough, Say Negociants Fortescue to step down as chairman of the Portman Group DOWN UNDER OZ: Tasmania tempts foreign investors NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE The Soul on Mothers Day The Silence of the Alambic – The Spirit of Romano Levi Drinking wine without the headaches

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