NEWS FETCH – SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Diageo Sued in Cellphone Text Spam Case
• Barrel Stop Now In Chapter 7 Liquidation
• FDA Takes a Growing Interest in Winery Safety
• The California wine industry, from dual perspectives
• Crushpad’s Structured Solutions Updates Aspect Commercial Clients
• Overcoming Barriers to Innovation in the Wine Industry
• Small players the big winners for tomorrow’s vineyard
• Wine: Chile and China rising
• US trade negotiators hate consumers
• TTB Approves Vintage Dating for American Appellation of Origin

HARVEST 2012

• Brunello looks forward to good 2012
• WI: Hot, dry summer means early grape harvest for some
• 2012 a “Very Good Year” for Wine
• South Australia production and prices up in 2012

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Purple Wine & Cechetti Make Inc 5000
• On The Silverado Trail With Hagafen Cellars
• Sonoma man pleads no contest in vineyard sprinkler thefts
• Judge denies preliminary injunction for foie gras ban
• Livermore’s Page Mill Winery keeps name despite move
• The wines of San Louis Obispo County

OH CANADA!

• Ontario winery road trip: Thirty Bench
• BC: Di Bello Wines will be made at Okanagan Crush Pad
• The Okanagan’s Great Search for Signature Grape
• Inniskillin entwines its roots in a new contemporary label

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Just one glass of wine a day could trigger breast cancer
• Smoking, drinking tied to earlier pancreatic cancer
• Calis AlcoActivists target Fresh & Easy’s self-checkout liquor sales
• Australian medics slam social media for marketing alcohol

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Goldman Sets Constellation Price Target at $40
• Pernod Ricard subsidiary slams Czech spirits ban
• Petrus 2009 Fetches $50,190 as Top Lot at Hart Davis Hart Sale
• Liv-ex: Calon pushes on
• Calon-Ségur prices climbing

MARKETING & SALES

• WineFinder Mobile App Offers New Wine Buying Experience
• Champagne in Cans – You’ve got to be kidding
• Beer Now A Big Holiday Gift Item, Competing With Spirits And Wines
• Alcohol Brands, Consumers Connect on Social
• More ‘Girlfriends’ hit wine shelves this fall
• Diageo launches experiential marketing yacht for John Walker & Sons

MANAGEMENT

• Seven Traits of a Good Keynote Speaker

MEDIA MATTERS

• When, where and how should you submit your wines for review?
• Pathetic PR: Calling all wine coinsures
• A Piece of Wine News That’s Fit to Spit
• Wine Grapes – The Most Complete Guide to Vine Varieties and their Wines Ever

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The 47% Wine: Red headed stranger sighted behind closed-doors
• Wine, Cheese or Friends? What is most important?
• Make It Taste $20 Better. Learn When To Decant Wine
• Why it’s Time To Stock Up On New Zealand Wines

WINE PORNOGRAPHY, GREATER FOOL EDITION

• Iconic chef first to purchase $168K Penfolds Limited Edition Ampoule in Hong Kong

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Enamoured by the seduction of grenache
• Institute of Masters of Wine elects first-ever American Chairman
• Silicon Valley’s Roland Micu is America’s youngest master sommelier
• Oregon’s Delicious, Cooler Climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NW Wine: Red blends continue to gain in popularity
• TX: Wine industry grows
• UT: Lawmakers balk at gov’s ABC nominee
• VA: Vineyard Science Hayride: September 22nd at Doukenie Winery
• VA: 1st Annual Virginia Wine Summit for the Trade to Take Place October 2 in Richmond
• VA: More On Middleburg AVA
• WA: BevMo Opens Store in Tukwila

EUROPE

• Spain export growth ‘substantial’
• Cru Bourgeois 2010 announced
• Chateau Croque Michotte owner slams Saint Emilion classification
• Bordeaux says no to American “chateaux”

THE UK

• Bordeaux Index moves to state-of-the-art warehouse

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Blazing through the north’s wine trail

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Changyu chateau named for master vintner Robert Tinlot
• Increasing rate of wine industry shows inflection
• Imported wine will be leaving the times of excessive profit

LATIN AMERICA

• Salentein launch shows impact of Argentine altitude