NEWSFETCH – June 10, 2011

TOP NEWS

• CA Bill Would Ban Retailers From Selling Alcohol Through Self-Service Checkouts
• Red wine partly behind good SLO County Jobs Report
• Lodi reaches out to expand trade with China
• Soaring beer, cocktail sales prompts restaurant to ditch wine list
• Calif. wine grape growers suffer a sobering spring
• Wine: Now THAT’S a Lousy Business
• MW: Is the reputed “hardest test of knowledge” in the wine world worth taking?
• Online wine auctions uncork a global market
• How NOT to Invite a Journalist to Your Event
• University Of Bologna Creates Food And Wine MBA
• Regional Promotion: Losing the plot
• International Wineries Commit to Reduce Global Warming
• Still too early to make Napa grape harvest predictions for 2011
• Distributor Wine Warehouse Appoints New President & COO

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Diageo Close To Bribery Charge Deal
• Constellation To Report Q1 Fiscal 2012 Results

HEALTH

• Alcohol Use Among Top Causes of Disability in Young People Worldwide

DIRECT SHIPPING & THE THREE-TIERED SYSTEM

• Maryland set to allow direct wine shipping

WATER

• Interior Dept’s pumping cutbacks prompt lawsuit
• Bill may create new water war
• Bechtel family wades into California’s water wars

AROUND THE STATES

• VA: Wine Makers Come on Strong

EUROPE

• Germany unveils extreme 2010 vintage
• Burgundy’s Maison Champy Gains Control of Volnay Winery
• Bordeaux 2010 review: Repeat performance
• Some Top Bordeaux Estates Release 2010 Futures Prices
• Champagne 2011 harvest could be earliest since 2003
• Geoffroy makes progressive Dom Perignon pledge

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Nanny is back and she is after your wine cask
• OZ: Vintage Good but Crush remains High

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Groupon Was “The Single Worst Decision I Have Ever Made As A Business Owner”
• Direct Wine Sales: Internet, the channel of the future
• Facebook Top Marketing Method for Small Biz

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Six Aromas You Don’t Want to Smell in Your Wine
• Dalia Ceja: Finding her place in a family business
• Wine is wine, but watch what you call Burgundy
• Packaging wine… beyond glass bottles?

CHARITABLE & GREEN AND SOCIAL CAUSES

• Napa Barrel Auction raises $1.2 million
• Helping make the Napa auction ‘green’

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Precept Wine Brands changes name to Precept Wine
• Sonoma Gets a New Winery
• New hires at Charles Krug Winery
• Celebration for Calistoga AVA planned