NEWS FETCH – MAY 3, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Diageo Third-Quarter Revenue Rises on Emerging Markets
• Wine prices in 2012, one more time
• Nothing Like A Good FTC Probe To Bring ANOTHER Headache To Wineries
• Wash State U Announces $5 M Investment For Organic Ag Farm
• Laithwaites introduces Amazon-style wine recommendations
• Clock ticks on Koch case over fake Jefferson wine
• Napa group to hear report on economic impact of immigration
• Wine Fundamentals Class Offered in Webinar Format

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex: Champagne and Burgundy prices hold firm
• Central European Disto to Host Q1 2012 Call
• Diageo’s Emerging Promise
• Constellation Brands and Crown Imports Ring in Cinco de Mayo at New York Stock Exchange

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Red Wine Consumption & Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Study examines red wine’s anti-aging ingredient

MANAGING

• The Path from a Social Brand to a Social Business
• Business Manners that Pay

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Wine Shippers From Forest Floor
• Winery Tank Temperature Control System Delivers Major Power Savings
• Functional Technologies Announces New Wine Yeast Strains

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CO: Olivia Wilder’s listeners love us (and more reports from DLW)
• NJ: Opens Up to Direct Shipping
• TX: State’s Wines Are Talk of the Town
• WA: New winemaker quickly finds fit
• WA: Valley wine pioneer returns to her roots
• WA: Total Wine Reveals First Washington Location

EUROPE

• Chateau Montus suffers 50% hail damage, Bordeaux flooding
• White Burgundy Looks Beyond the Mystery of Premox

THE UK

• “English wine now deserves to be taken seriously”
• English vineyards hope for bumper harvest
• Wine-drinking etiquette if ever in the Queen’s presence

AUSTRALIA

• Mixed bag for wine production
• Beer Drinking Slumps to 65-Year Low

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Thailand’s grape hopes
• Many Older Vintage Wines in Asia `Suspect’

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina: Lower grape volumes and excellent quality

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa pioneers ethical seal

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What’s the ROI on Rosé?
• Italy’s lesser-known winemaking regions
• Brad Pitt to Star in The Billionaire’s Vinegar
• Rock Band Train Ventures Into The Wine Industry (VIDEOS)