NEWS FETCH – MAY 11, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Imported Wine Category Shows Growth After Three-Year Slump
• Glass named president of Mendocino Wine Co.
• U.S. Wine Shipments to Canada Up
• Hustling Wine to Millennials Is Serious Business
• Which restaurants win with Millennials?
• Wine workshop’s focus: Millennials
• Corked Champagne “costing billions”
• The Reality of On-Line Sales to Minors
• Congressman trying to ban more salmon from San Joaquin River
• New faces at powerful Calif Water Resources Control Board

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Oldest bottle of Krug found
• Bill Harlan’s Promontory Project
• Duckhorn signs deal for Three Palms Vineyard grapes
• Vintners join oriGIn
• Inglenook label returns
• Winemaker Inman named a Rising Star

WINE LAW

• Design Elements Creating Distinctive Packaging Can Be Protected
• Appeals Court Grants Wax Seal to Maker’s Mark

EUROPE & THE UK

• Cos defends 2011 release price
• Asda turns back to the Old World
• Lafite president will announce action of cracking down on counterfeits

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• The transformation of Japanese wine
• Hong Kong the key to trade with China

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine without preservatives: a moral dilemma
• Discover Your Strengths and Weaknesses Before You Start Your Business

GOOD HEADLINE, BAD HEADLINE

• GOOD: Hope Family Wines expands to Ontario
• BAD: Hope Family Wines Expands Trialto Wine Group Partnership to Include Ontario Market

FLASH! ACTUAL NEWS DISCOVERED

Kudos (and sympathies) to North Bay Business Journal for wading through the mishmash of yesterday’s pathetic news release and (a) finding actual news and (b) writing an intelligent headline.

• Healdsburg wine company gets $2.5 million investment