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ALCOHOL REGULATION

• TTB COLAs Taking Longer
• Opposing Alcohol Franchise Laws: The Right Thing To Do

LEGAL MATTERS

• A Hit Like a Ton of BRIX - Trademark Office Protects Restaurant's Rights

MARKETING & SALES

• Lining Up for 'Perfect' Wine
• Retailers go to war over fine wine

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Fleeing Facebook: Study examines why users quit

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Cornell lecturer says labor law divide is sign of broader conflict

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A Winery Chef’s View on Food and Wine Pairing
• Are We Losing that Wonder about Wine?
• Tone down the perfume
• Organic wines can be good for the environment and taste good
• To Every Wine, There Is a Reason
• Extreme Winemaking Hits New Heights In Bolivia
• Weird new spirits: green sparkling wine, prison liquor and Vodquila

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWein 2014 Exhibitor Registration Open
• LIWF bookings down 25%

OH CANADA!

• Winery celebrates MarketPlace home - Vineland Daily Journal
• Licensing Requirements Pinion B.C. Wineries

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U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• AL: Wine tasting room bill clears committee; sponsor says passage unlikely this year
• IA: Wirtz, Johnson Brothers Partner In Iowa
• MN: Legislature considering tax hikes on alcohol
• OH: Bill would exempt wineries from pure food and drug law
• WA: Popular KP winery is up for sale
• WA: Winery Sustainability Sessions Slated
• WI: No whining in Wisconsin's wine country

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• House Members Request More Complete ESA Pesticides Report

EUROPE & THE UK

• Frescobaldi Up 3%: U.S. Exports Offset Italian Struggles
• Croatia fights for right to use Teran on labels
• New drink-drive regulations to be introduced
• EU: Debt crisis claims finest French wine

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: New wine tourism initiative
• OZ: Pernod Ricard celebrates 2013 vintage

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• The Falsification of a Terroir

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Moralist and the Wine Blogger
• What could give red wine a chemical taste?
• Pairing Wines With A Good Strong Read

OLIVE OIL

• Aussie Olive industry struggling on Southern Tablelands
• UN Field Reports to Improve Olive Council Forecasts
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NEWS FETCH'S FAVORITE SONG TODAY:

While creating this issue, I liked this song best: The Rifle's Spiral By The Shins.

TODAY'S FEATURED WINE

This is my own wine.

I dreamed it up. Wrote it into a thriller and it became real.

Read on down for more about the fictional wine that wound up in a bottle.

From the Rutherford Bench and Stags Leap district with a combination of hillside and valley floor grapes. Blackberries and a hint of oil-cured olives.

This is aging smoothly and gracefully. Has good, solid fruit, tannins and structure that still play well together. Many years left. 182 cases made.

I created this wine as the signature for a major character in my novel, Perfect Killer.

The fictional wine became reality with the help of gifted winemaker Charlie Tsegeletos.

Find out more about this wine at Xantaeus, and Castello DaVinci.

The book blurs reality. So does the wine. Can you tell what's fiction and what's not?

As always, SavvyTaste.Com has my full description and opinion of this wine: Lewis Perdue's Rating of Castello Da Vinci: Bordeaux Blend: Napa Valley: Xantaeus: 2003: United States