NEWS FETCH – MARCH 23, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Other Guys Aims For 300,000-Case Mark
• If You Think a Glass of Wine Will Help You Sleep, Read This
• Constellation stock hits 52-week high
• CORRECT LINK: Hot Brands From The Wine, Spirits and Beer Business
• Changing the Perception of Australian Wine in America, One Glass at a Time
• World wine consumption increases in 2011
• BevMo announces Washington retail sites
• Are Wine Tasting Notes Really That Effective?
• Now the 100 point bashers are taking aim at tasting notes

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• 5 Reasons to Mix Diageo Into Your Portfolio
• Krones warns fraud case settlement could still strike profits
• Constellation Price target Raised to $26 by B of A
• Liv-ex: Masseto – the (very) super Tuscan

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Nebraska Senators Stampede for Big Alcohol Tax Breaks

MATTERS OF TASTE

• No wine color codes in fish pairings
• Which wine with Crème Brûlée?
• Fine Wine — A tube of red, please

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Pruning vs Pre-pruning

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sante Arcangeli’s John Benedetti, Santa Cruz Mtns. AVA
• Nonprofits fear harm from new SB county winery rules
• Lake County Growers’ Efforts Proceed
• Coppola’s Theme Park Styled Winery Opens For The Season
• ‘A Vineyard in Napa’ offers Shafer’s memories of industry’s rise
• Longoria reviews 30 years of winemaking
• Wine Country in SoMa: a vineyard on the Chronicle’s rooftop

U.S. REGIONAL NEWS

• Seattle gets Oregonized
• TTB Establishes Wisconsin Ledge AVA

EUROPE

• EU scuppers Anglo-Argentine collaboration
• Spain’s Vinoble cancelled
• Vinitaly 2012: Focus on the U.S. and China
• Wine investment in Italian brands strong as market grows?

THE UK’S WAR ON ALCOHOL

• Cameron Plans Minimum Alcohol Price in Bid to Curb Disorder
• Minimum pricing to be forced through
• Police Chief Call For Curb On Alcohol Adverts
• Supermarkets and bulk wine retailers targeted by government
• Minimum pricing no “silver bullet” for abuse
• UK faces cut in wine funds
• Alcohol strategy must also address Britain’s hidden binge drinkers
• Diageo Says UK Alcohol Minimum Pricing Plan ‘Misguided’

THE UK

• Better than expected trading for new Oddbins
• Majestic demands 5% from Portuguese suppliers
• Tesco in supply base cull

PACIFIC RIM

• NZ: Fears bad summer puts grape harvest in peril
• OZ: New player declares war on liquor’s big two
• NZ’s potential for top quality sparkling wine – expert
• Chengdu Wine Fair expecting record visitors

LATIN AMERICA

• Mexico: Baja Norte’s Valle Guadalupe Wine Country
• Brazil’s wine imports threatened

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• How to Decant Your Wine With a Milkshake Blender
• Wine tips for young players
• Modern Manners + Etiquette: Handling Wine Snobs + More
• Genetically-Modified Corn Nearly Unavoidable in Bourbon Distilling
• Pink slime, move over: How about glitter in booze?