NEWS FETCH – APRIL 3, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Kiwi Sauv blanc shortage pushes spot price up
• Americans Drinking Increasing Levels of French Wine
• Calif Wine Experts Explain Chinese Market
• PA Wine Lovers Bent Over–Over Direct Shipping of Wine
• What’s really being sold in wine ads?
• Do wine writers write only for the one percent?
• Royal WineTargets 60% Jump To 400K Cases For Bartenura
• Emerging markets still in the driving seat for alcoholic beverages
• Exports lead San Joaquin Valley economy upward

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Constellation Brands: Earnings Preview
• Goldman Sachs Upgrades Constellation to Buy
• Liv-ex: Fine wine prices stabilise in Q1
• Hong Kong fine wine auction shows market is ‘humming with variety’

MARKETING, SALES & PROMOTION

• Show Off Your Terribly Awesome Wine Slogan
• It’s All In the Mix: Maximizing Return on Brand Investment

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Rotating Banners? Just Say No!
• Smartphone App Monitors Wine Temps During Shipping
• GrapeBuddy Launches Marketing App

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why Rosé Is the Perfect Anti-Wine
• The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Spit Bucket
• Wine Wars Update: University of Pinot
• California’s new Golden Age of Zinfandel
• Consumer Wine Awards Go to Spectrum of Tastes, Prices
• Deadline April 13 For 2012 San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Wine Competition

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Anthocyanin Content and Antioxidant Capacity of Port Wines

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• DrinkLocalWine featured on #winechat
• MN: Wineries Wary About Returning Frost
• NY: Fight to put wine in supermarkets continues
• NY: Push to sell wine in grocery stores runs dry
• NY: Wines from Hastings Resident Catching on in Westchester
• NY: State Wine may make splash in Chinese markets
• TX: ABC Launches Online Database for Alcoholic Beverages
• WA: Castle Rock Spirits vying to stay afloat as liquor privatization takes effect
• WA: Knomad Wine Group to Host Wine Industry Delegation from China

EUROPE

• ‘Mixed’ findings from Bordeaux 2011
• St Emilion 2009 lives up to reputation while Pomerol falters
• Bordeaux 2011: growing confidence in quality
• 2011 Chateau Latour On the way to Biodynamic in Pauillac
• Rhône 2010 in top three vintages of last 40 years
• Cazes: We’ll lower our prices to a reasonable level

THE UK

• Zinfandel focus for new UK importer
• Cheers! Toast UK royal jubilee with English bubbly

OH CANADA!

• Wine lovers rally against cross-border sales limits
• Winery for sale, still gets awards

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• OZ: Scientists wonder about NSW massive grape loss
• China wine drinkers move upscale, taking pressure off brewers

LATIN AMERICA

• Arizu and De la Mota, president and vice-president of Wines of Argentina.

SOUTH AFRICA

• KZN wine estate liquidated
• Only in the Swartland: Hárslevelű and an underwater wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Snakes saved by a wine chiller are released
• Embark on a Wine Adventure With the Albarino Explorers Club
• Reconnecting with a Grandmaster – Richard Mansfield
• When wine means backache
• What Do “Legs” in a Wine Mean?

RAMBLING, CLUELESS AMATEUR HEADLINE OF THE DAY

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