NEWS FETCH – MARCH 26, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Louis J. Foppiano Dies, Age 101
• Global Wine Industry Finally Bouncing Back
• Darden: Consumer sentiment still choppy
• You Want Innovation, Vintank Wants Your Support
• Online wine sales outperforming the market, says IMRG
• Wine Enthusiast’s Adam Strum on YesMyWine partnership, China mag
• The $1.3 million Kiwi wine scam
• The avoid-brands wine selection strategy
• Wine line cultivates women in their 20s
• Diners punt on over-priced beverages wine & soda
• Grape pickers receive plaudits in Benicia filmmaker’s latest work, ‘Harvest
• Can wine become an American habit?
• The Future of American Wine
• Wine producers serving greener packaging
• Bill Clinton Addresses Impact Marketing Seminar

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Sotheby’s auction is second biggest ever
• Hawesko plans to pay a dividend of EUR 1.60 per share
• Petrus Beats Estimates With Latour as Bordeaux Prices Rally

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Raise a glass of wine to resveratrol
• OZ: Alcohol advertisers to be ‘named and shamed’ by new review board
• UK: Moderate consumers penalized by minimum pricing

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Social networks are becoming the go-to platform for alcohol marketing
• Words with Friends wine edition

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Hannibal Lecter’s Beloved Chianti Gets More Sophisticated
• Wine experts strike back at bashers
• Wine Samples: How to (and how not to) Get Them
• Variations among expert tasters
• Do scores equate to price?
• Ever confuse wine varieties? “Not since lunch”
• Masters of wine: Master Class Opens New Links with Italian Wine Professionals

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Making the Mondavi Legacy New Again
• The SF Bay Area’s incredible shrinking wine lists
• Mendocino Hires Wine Marketing Veterans
• Salmon Water Now: Myth or Fact? Westlands & Reality
• California Farmers Feel Pain

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• FL: Bradenton wineries see progress
• MN: Roll out the barrel for omnibus liquor bill
• NC: Biltmore Estate exploring wine possibilities in China
• NY: Growers fear losses from frost
• NY: Winery Takes ‘Buy Local’ Mantra to Tasting Room
• OH: One Of State’s Best Kept Secrets Is Wine
• UT: Judge to hear arguments over suit on liquor laws
• WA: Cave B Winery Sale Deferred
• WI: Sauk City Winery Protecting Itself Against Spring Freeze

EUROPE

• Italian wine exports overtake automotive industry
• Italy winemakers seek fashion boost on global stage
• The Austrian Vintage 2011 – good wines, good quantities
• Château Guiraud awarded organic logo
• Masnaghetti maps Bordeaux
• Will Sicily take the spotlight at Vinitaly?
• Prosecco rise ‘good for Champagne’ says Lanson
• Turkey’s EU ambassador accused of ’embezzling wine’

THE UK

• Retailers’ own labels overtaking branded wines
• Kent Malbec is an experiment, but not for sale
• Major new Sussex wine estate starts planting
• Majestic commercial director dies
• John Avery MW: 1941-2012

OH CANADA!

• Booze sales up in 2010-2011 fiscal year, with beer still the favourite

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Clare vineyards at risk from water cost
• OZ: Booze cheaper than water in Perth
• OZ: Follow UK drink rule, say Greens
• OZ: Perils of a parallel (importing) universe

LATIN AMERICA

• Brazil could move to restrict imports
• Focus on: The Brazilian wine market

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Bringing Focus and Attention to Jazz and Wine
• Is expensive wine worth the money?
• Flaming Bag
• “Col Fondo, not Sur Lie”