NEWS FETCH – DECEMBER 13, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Want To Sell Wine In Asia? You Need To Be There
• Big brands to start making money from social media in 2013
• Calif economy to lag, grow schizophrenically
• Vivino Raises $1M From Creandum, For Mobile Wine Cellar
• Restaurant: pros and cons of daily deals
• Oregon wine sales up 9% in 2011
• Winemakers should put the correct appellation on the label
• Distributors Don’t Want You To Drink What You Want To Drink
• Champagne Cheats Fined Three Million Euros
• Popular Herbicide Scarce in California

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• First North Coast Wine Expo Draws More Than 2,000
• Listening to the grapes
• Stanton Family’s legacy of excellence

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Drinks shares yield handsome rewards
• Brown-Forman Corporation – Shareholder/Analyst Call

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Nobles Crus: some comments on their letter to investors
• Time to buy Lafite?
• Bordeaux creates obsession in people, wine expert suggests

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Parker’s Singapore Sling
• European palates and “a hole in the middle”
• Red or white wine? Secret behind drink choice revealed

LEGAL MATTERS

• Food Facilities Registration for Alternating Proprietors and Mobile Bottling Units
• Strike & Techel Welcomes Dan Kramer, Linda Gago-Seco and Manny Diaz

ACADEMIA

• Sonoma State: Modern Wine Sales Channels
• Sonoma State: State Compliance for Direct Shipping: A Hands-On Overview
• Sonoma State: Buying and Selling a Winery or Vineyard

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MO: Missouri Winery Seeks Label Art
• WI: Winery proposed for Germantown

EUROPE

• Louis Latour cements Beaujolais presence

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Chinese businessmen buy stake in Langhorne Creek winery
• OZ:South Australian grocers push to sell wine in aisles

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Shanghai is still a good bargain for many expatriate talents

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wines of Jewish Origin to Toast Chanukah