NEWS FETCH – APRIL 10, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Bankers Quit Wall Street to Find $50 Million for Wine
• Wine CFO Hedges Pinot to Manage Growth, Demand
• Restaurants are recipes for job growth, says report
• Study Finds Carcinogens in Alcoholic Beverages
• Bordeaux looks to China amid slump
• USDA Helps Wine Institute Fill Belgian Glasses with US Wine
• The Real Dirt on the Parker Theory and Chateau Al Gore
• Bold and brassy doesn’t go over in NYC? That’s weird
• Judging a wine by its label

GLOBAL SUPPLY ESTIMATES FROM CIATTI COMPANY

• SAfrica: Harvest Delayed, but Looking Positive
• OZ: A Land of Flooding Plains
• Argentina: Predicting A Shorter Than Average Crop Size
• Italy: Pricing Trend Still Rising
• Chile: 2012 Grapes are Ripe and Healthy
• US: Buyers’ Choice: High Prices or No Supply

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• No Oregon liquor privatization initiative this year
• Washington state’s private-liquor law to change how the wine world operates
• A Little Whining About Mexico & FedEx

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• DoctorsHealthPress.com Reports on Study Touting the Benefits of Red Wine
• Low alcohol gathers pace
• Sports stars promote alcohol and junk food against personal beliefs

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• One of Sonoma’s Oldest Zin Vineyards Gets a New Lease on Life
• Bud break on anniversary of devastating Central Coast Frost
• Wine Grape Scholarships
• Wine industry veteran DeLuca joins Wells Fargo
• Restaurateur being sued by Francis Ford Coppola: ‘It was disappointing’
• More: Grapevine shortage squeezes wineries

MEDIA MATTERS

• New standards for Top 10 Wine Lists
• The art of the interview
• 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Start a Blog – Part 2

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Defending Cali Pinot
• Champagne and hot dogs
• Wine Talk: The master educator

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OH: New winery coming to Miami County
• NE: Grape Growers Combat Cold Weather
• NY: $3.3 Million for Finger Lakes Wine Center
• The State Most Likely To Survive Climate Change Is…

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Skinner Launches Fixed-Time Online Auction Platform
• Six Key Questions to Ask before Launching Online Contests

EUROPE

• Portuguese wine exported to China grows by 91.7% in 2011
• Petits châteaux big winners of 2011 vintage
• Georgian wine to return to Russia
• Sorting skills key to a good 2011 en primeur vintage
• First Growth buyers look to other ‘hot’ Bordeaux wines
• Seely seeking Burgundy property
• En Primeur 2011 Summary
• Herve Berland moves to Chateau Montrose

THE UK

• Ambitious plans for Rhythm & Booze
• Tesco’s Fresh & Easy Venture Under Fire From Shareholders

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Vok Beverages buys premium SA winery
• NZ: Winery told it’s not a factory
• NZ: Call for collaboration in wine industry
• OZ: What’ll it be? Wallaby
• OZ: Hunter farmers say Government’s forgotten the

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• ChangYu Pioneer Wine to expand imported wine business

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina needs to “focus on whites”

ONLY IN AUSTRALIA, MATE

• Emu poo could bring the quandongs back