NEWS FETCH – MAY 2, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Geyser Peak Sale Pending, Ascentia’s Demise Close
• Aussie Wine Set To Boom Again?
• US to review online marketing of beer, liquor and wine
• Direct Wine Shipping Comes to the Garden State
• Castel fined for infringing trademark rights of Robert Parker’s ‘new friend’
• Global Winegrape Harvest Round-Up From Ciatti Company
• Wine: What should the wine label disclose?
• More Details: MendoWine Group seeks dismissal of Dolan lawsuit
• Lapostolle Moves From Moët Hennessy To Terlato

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 falls 1.24%
• Diageo Bets on Fast Growing Emerging Markets, Cautious on Trends
• Constellation Brands 4Q Net Down 63%; FY View Weak

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Could Red Wine Be the Secret to Anti-Aging?
• Federal Trade Commission to demand winery tweets?
• Majority of states fail to address youth exposure to alcohol marketing
• Stop “Drink Responsibly” Charade Says Alcohol Justice

MARKETING, SALES & PROMOTION

• Fat Wine: Middle Class, Middle Market, Middlebrow
• Why Today’s Wine List Theater Is a Flop
• Costco: Not Wine For Dummies

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Parker Drops The Gloves In Sommelier Journal Interview
• Wine ratings: a numbers game or useful information?
• A New and Hidden Code of Wine Tasting
• Some thoughts on Wine Stars, a new competition

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California water supplies adequate despite thin snowpack
• Napa River Rutherford Restoration Receives $750,000 Grant
• Lodi winery keeps alicante bouschet alive
• Napa Valley pushes for greater brand protection

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CO: Local wine conference reaches peak
• IL: Winery ordinance to be tweaked – Northwest Herald
• NJ: Wineries Can Now Ship Directly
• OH: Northeast Ohio wine grapes ‘devastated’ by hard freeze
• TX: With grape demand up, vineyards are expanding
• WA: Wine industry’s growth leaves room for more
• WA: Napa Valley’s loss was Maryhill Winery’s gain in winemaker

EUROPE & THE UK

• China to attend LIWF/Distil
• Global warming makes Barbaresco more New World
• Vinitaly Turns Over a New Leaf
• Bordeaux 2011: Releases rush expected after quiet start
• Is Bordeaux 2011 Really Better Than 2008? – Analysis on Parker’s Scores

OH CANADA!

• BC Wine Region Matures

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine grape production at 5 yr low
• NZ winemakers plan to stake claim in moving China market
• OZ: Henschke winery excluded from Barossa Valley protection zone
• OZ: Vintage dispute in supermarket war
• OZ: Wineries in distribution reshuffle

LATIN AMERICA

• Drought leaves mark on Chile’s wines

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Drunk tourists fined for stealing penguin
• Wine World of Hit and Miss
• What’s the Deal with Non-Vintage Wine?
• First World Wine Problems
• Buying wine in futures can be risky