NEWS FETCH – MARCH 28, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Barrel Stop Gets Offer, Buyer Background Raises Viability Doubts
• Terlato To Enter China Via New Deal
• Napa Planners Nix Reata Winery Expansion
• Vine supply dries up for late-ordering growers
• Chinese Art, Wine Buyers Renege on $22 Million, Force Clampdown
• Recession recovery eludes Central Valley
• Fast-Rising Vintage Point Unveils Flurry Of New Labels
• SeVein marketing vineyard project in Oregon’s Walla Walla AVA
• Wine Industry Executive Mike Kenton Launches OFFbeat Brands
• Industry Vets Form Capital Brands & the Tennessee Spirits Company

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Chinese Ban on govt wine purchase hits stock market
• Kurniawan arrest tip of the iceberg, say Koch and Frye
• Light and fresh styles on Pernod’s radar
• Willamette Valley Vineyards Posts Profit for 2011
• Liv-ex: Pricing Bordeaux 2011
• At what price will Bordeaux 2011 sell?

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Alcohol, Fish and Coffee Slows MS Progression?
• Heart Attack Victims Cut Risk With 2 Drinks, Harvard Study Says
• Which Alcoholic Drinks Are Healthiest?
• Europeans are world’s heaviest drinkers: WHO report
• Average European has three alcoholic drinks each day

MARKETING, SALES & PROMOTION

• Cultural differences, flavors key to attracting Hispanic consumers
• Millennial foodies, check. But no love for the millennial wine geeks?
• Millenials & Moscato: Marketing a shift in palate
• Big Apple Report: Where’s Washington Wine?
• Finding A Kosher Wine Niche
• Added Value Retailer – Food & Wine Pairings
• It’s child’s play at some local wineries

WINE EDUCATION

• ‘The Wine Guy’Launches 5-Minute Wine School
• Sommeliers aren’t wine scalpers, they’re guides
• Announcing the National Wine School

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• 16 Experts Share 60 Wine Trends With Napa Technology
• Data and Design – Looking at Data Visualization
• The Pillars of Influence and How to Activate Cause and Effect

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• House, Senate search out agreement on California water bill
• Water bond teeters, may be pulled from 2012 ballot
• Bud Break In Carneros

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Pennsylvania Senate eyes vote on direct wine shipments
• Alert: Obscure But Important Wine Law Info

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• IL: College students might get to sip some booze in cooking classes
• NY: Nozzolio works for viticulture program funding

EUROPE & THE UK

• Top Bellet estate bought by property firm
• Moldova links arms with Chongqing
• New English vineyard to target independents
• We could be on verge of Greek wine renaissance
• Smith Haut Lafitte plans new winery

OH CANADA!

• BC: Trendy wineries latch on to ‘locavore’ approach
• Okanagan wine a step closer to flowing freely

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Central Otago in bubbles rush
• NZ: Grape crop down but hopes high for top quality wines
• OZ: Bottleshops back new wholesaler
• OZ: Wine industry intimately tied to climate and soil conditions.

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Imported wine market up 94% in China

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Seeking Typicity in Patagonia
• Lebanese Wines from Chateau Musar

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Good Wine: A Matter of Degrees?
• Kosher wines go beyond stereotype
• Words We Love Too Much
• The World’s Best Wine Cellars: For Billionaires And Maybe For You Too
• Putting things in an historical context

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Olivier Humbrecht MW Receives Lifetime Achievement Award