NEWSFETCH – January 9, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Premier Pacific cuts 57 jobs
• EU Legalizes White Zinfandel
• It’s true — Americans don’t drink much wine
• Wine Sellers Aim High Ahead of Chinese New Year
• Panel clears biologist berated in CA water case
• Peachy Canyon proposes new Central Coast facility
• Reworking Norman Vineyards in Paso Robles
• Interview: Penn. Liquor Control Board CEO Joseph Conti
• Eastern Ice Wine a 2012 Vintage
• Distribution: The biggest challenge to a family winery
• Parts of Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
• How to Import Wine, An Insider’s Guide

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Planning under way for Napa’s Copia
• San Fernando Mission’s wine cellar reopens to the public
• The evolution of Napa’s most ‘Vindependent’ winery
• Sonoma Valley gets starring role on The Bachelor
• Ackerman family turns wine profits into charitable support

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Doubling Down On Dividends With Diageo And Realty Income
• Wine fund predicts double-digit rise in 2012
• LVMH appoints champagne heads
• Liv-ex: Take the Cellar Watch tour
• Constellation steadies its ship

HEALTH

• A regular glass of red wine ‘can help women ward off breast cancer’
• The 411 on Wine & Health
• Consumption of alcoholic beverages is known to be a human carcinogen
• Red Wine Reduces Breast Cancer Risk
• Two drink-free days a week needed, MPs’ report says

MEDIA MATTERS

• What do wine writers buy when they’re not drinking for free?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What makes one wine “better” than another? The score as metaphor
• The Point-Less Life
• Less oak, alcohol on the wine horizon for ’12

WATER & SUSTAINABILITY

• Future climate uncertain, Napa grapegrowers focus on here and now
• Dry season threatens farmers, return of salmon to San Joaquin River
• Benefits to flow from Aussie farm water scheme

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• IL: Carpentersville winery to expand in Algonquin
• IL: Office manager at Wirtz Beverage accused of stealing more than $1 million
• NJ: WineAmerica Testifies in Favor of Direct-to-Consumer Shipping
  
• NJ: Agriculture, Wines Intersect At Terhune Orchards
• NJ: Proposed Bill Would Let Wineries Ship Directly to Garden State Customer
• OR: New Blue Heron Vineyards takes root in Garden Valley
• MO: New winery opens near Millersburg
  
• NY: State unveils program to promote its wines
• PA: One of Pennsylvania’s best kept secrets? Its wine industry
• VA: Madison winery sold for $10.2 million to AOL founder
• WA: Woodinville Wine Country Appoints New Marketing Coordinator
• WI: Omro school to become winery

EUROPE & THE UK

• Online wine retailers slash prices in January sales
• Selfridges toasts return of wine sold ‘by the sip’
• Biondi Santi family relations ease but rift still apparent
• New man at Moët & Chandon helm
• British adults underestimate units in wine
• Wines from the United Kingdom (I)
• 1855 (1855.com): towards the perfect zero
• TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson caught shoplifting cheese and wine
• Online Fair Grows as Bordeaux, $3.3 Million Freuds Test Auctions; Art Buzz
• The Beaujolais Boys

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Only the strong will survive
• OZ: Predictions of a vintage crop for Aussie wines
• OZ: Premium drops in short supply
• OZ: Margaret River wine region is a culinary feast

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Pútáo people: Who’s Who in the China wine scene, part 1
• Filling in the blancs: Indian wine is young, but maturing nicely
• Chinese demand for Napa Valley Cabernet only just beginning
• The International element in the Indian wine industry
• India and Wine – New Developments

LATIN AMERICA

• The panorama of Argentine wine exports, today

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa and alcohol: Don’t touch a drop!

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Look for “Bin Ends” to Save Serious Money when Shopping for Wine
• Wine Time: Moldy Cork (Is Actually a Good Sign)
• 10 Hilarious Old Commercials for Terrible Wines
• Pub sells beer for dogs
• Can we bring wine to a party and not share?
• Baseball’s Mike Piazza on Nero d’Avola