TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Perpetual Problems Plague PLCB

• Rare Italian wines to be auctioned in HK
• Bordeaux 2012: Still waiting for big names
• Richemont Chairman Rupert to Take Sabbatical After 25 Years

• Impact of Lower DUI Levels on Wine Lovers
• The federal government's three-drink limit
• Wineries need to label alcohol percentage accurately

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

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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

NEWS FETCH'S FAVORITE SONG TODAY:

While creating this issue, I liked this song best: Sons and Daughters By The Decemberists.

TODAY'S FEATURED WINE

As always, SavvyTaste.Com has my full description and opinion of this wine: Lewis Perdue's Rating of Produttori del Barbaresco: Nebbiolo: Piedmont - Langhe: : 2007: Italy

This 2007 is so complex and deep you could fall in and drown (happy). Smooth, rich really balanced tannins and a faint cherry/plum hint. Had it at Poggio in Sausalito. A kind friend bought it.