NEWSFETCH – January 23, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Restaurant comps set records in December
• Wine trends for 2012
• John Wright: Domaine Chandon Founder Dies
• Vintus Wins U.S. Import Rights To Tommasi
• Costco To Open 20 New Units in Fiscal 2012
• The Wine World Gathers in Sacramento for the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium
• New generation winemaker turns to beer
• Incubators help grow Idaho wineries
• Time For Industry to Think about Pink
• Krug, Rubens Lure Wine Buyers as U.S. Fights Rise of Hong Kong
• The women behind the wine at top NYC restaurants
• Fresh Interpretation of Traditional Winemaking
• U.S. Economy Most Toxic of 24 Issues
• Natural wines “not for the masses”
• Direct Through Trade – Social Media Redefining The “Customer”
• Australia Raising the profile of Tempranillo
• Seminar on How to Collect on Deadbeat Accounts

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Pernod Ricard Selling $2.5Bln Of Bonds In Three Parts -Source
• Pernod Ricard’s purchasers get clarity on marketing spend
• Magnotta Winery Completes Share Buyback To Go Private
• Acker wine auction serves up mixed results
• Multinational drinks companies continue to invest in Africa

HEALTH

• Alcohol For A Longer Life?
• Drink firms hijack Aussie youth events: AMA
• Canadian pus to halt liquor advertising
• New Israeli law bans alcohol advertising

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine writer Matthew Jukes wins top Australian award

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Would you buy a “bad vintage”?
• The 2010 Pinot Noirs: an assessment
• How the right turned brie and chablis into an epithet

WATER & SUSTAINABILITY

• Is the world facing a groundwater crisis?
• Calif Gov seeks delay on water bond

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• VIDEO: Winery expands in Lodi
• Planners approve Aetna Springs project
• ‘Tired’ Napa vineyards being replanted
• Keeping the vino in the family
• Winetasting Network Appoints Angelica De Vere VP, Merchandising, BizDev
• V. Sattui Winery Hires Tom O’Higgins as Marketplace Manager
• Chalone gets top talent with Hammond
• Copia helped reshape Napa, now Napa can reshape Copia
• J Vineyards Attains Certified Sustainable Status

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• DrinkLocalWine visits Denver, and Denver is thrilled
• MD: State could gain as much as $173M from online sales tax
• NJ: Some Roast, Some Toast New Wine Shipping Bill
• OR: Can Pinot Gris Get a Grip on State?

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK and EU Wine Law
• Champagne plans partnership with Usher

CANADA

• Cold snap sends Okanagan winemakers back into the vineyard

AUSTRALIA

• Sobering issue as wine imports hit home
• Oliver Discusses Australia Wine Industry
• Wine Exports Hit as Aussie Surge Aids Bordeaux
• Drinks downturn hits bottle manufacturer O-I
• Wine worth $32m hanging on Swan Valley vines
• Grapes of wrath
• To serve and protect
• Corker season in the Valley
• Winemakers fear vineyard squeeze

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• India struggles to develop taste for wine
• The future of expensive Bordeaux wines in China
• India’s changing lifestyle drives Fratelli Wines growth

LATIN AMERICA

• New Players On The Los Cabos Wine Scene
• 2012 began with five great investments in Argentina
• Seismic shift in South American wines

SOUTH AFRICA

• The Pinotage Association release a new wine guide

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Fun with wine clubs; the unusual, experimental and limited
• Dear Undercover Boss Rick Tigner, why was I chosen to be involved?

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