NEWS FETCH – MAY 10, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Shamed Diageo illegally blackmails small competitor out of award
• Diageo apologises to BrewDog
• Rudy Kurniawan indicted
• Labels, visceral responses and disruptive business models
• Developing Effective Marketing Strategies for Millennials
• Screw-capped sparkling to revolutionise the category
• Wilson Purchase Of Blackstone Winery Confirmed
• Wine Stock Roundup: Most OK Except Constellation
• SAfrican wine industry expects a promising grape crop
• Canadian white wine grape prices rise 3%

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Suisun Valley: European Grapevine Moth Update
• Winemaker Bernard Portet Celebrates 40 Years in Napa Valley
• 2012 California table grape season off to a strong start
• New group wants to preserve ag lands – Santa Ynez
• Star/NVV panelists evaluate e-auction wines, experiences

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Constellation Improves Financial Flexibility
• Tasmania ranked No.2 (Behind China) for wine investment
• Hawesko: a good start in fiscal year 2012
• Constellation Brands Inks Deal at Levi’s Plaza

MEDIA MATTERS

• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blog

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Adam Lee leaves wine style decisions to the vines

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Winners Of The DLW 2012 Colorado Wine Taste-Off
• NC: Local wineries don’t expect price spike
• OR: Documentary Chronicles State’s Wine Pioneers
• VA: Honesty doesn’t work for Roanoke restaurateur

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bordeaux campaign set to pick up speed
• Investment goes sour for wine makers De Bortoli
• Sainsbury’s own label wine range performing strongly
• Mischief & Mayhem Buys Vineyard in Burgundy’s Aloxe-Corton
• Bordeaux 2011: Pontet Canet release galvanises en primeur
• 90 -92 Parker points at £2 a glass EP – What a bargain!
• Cono Sur unveils premium packaging for Bicicleta

PACIFIC RIM

• Three-Year French Campaign To Educate China’s Wine Newbies
• China Imported wine Integrity Forum held in Beijing
• OZ: Viticulture training to continue
• French vintner brings grape expectations to China

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina keeps growing in Brazil

SOUTH AFRICA

• Four new Cape Wine Masters announced
• South African wine to carry ‘fair labour’ seal

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine Lover’s Bill of Rights
• Washington State Wine Facts Infographic
• The Wonder of Wine

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• ShipCompliant Schedules ‘Direct 2012’ Conference

AMATEUR, ARROGANT, WANDERING NEWS RELEASE OF THE DAY

There might actually be news here, but this transcendentally offal news release won’t tell you what it might be. Lack of organization, absence of clarity, nauseous, self-congratulatory, “look how great I am!!!!” tone makes this wordy train wreck fail the “who gives a *bleep*?” test.

• Disruptive Wine Business Model Targeted by International Venture Capitalist