NEWS FETCH – MAY 15, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Global Supply: Bumper wine crop predicted in Chile
• Import/Export: Aussie farmers welcome falling dollar
• Ascentia Spins Off Ste. Chapelle Winery To Precept
• Alcohol consumption increases sexual assault risk: New Study
• Cool wine regions to benefit from research on new pathogen
• Protecting Wine From Transport Heat Damage
• Chapoutier considers legal battle with concrete egg maker
• Wine flows, warehouse vacancy slows
• Tight, Fat, and Uncorked: Three Wine Scenarios

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Diageo begs for mercy. Asks BrewDog to stop “witch hunt”
• Diageo trimming Greek marketing, has contingency plan

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Lodi Names New Exec Dir For Winegrape Commission
• Critic blasts newest plan to ‘save’ the Delta
• Antioch OKs zoning change, clears way for winery
• Wine Country DUI Investigation

MEDIA MATTERS

• When does a wine critic cross the line and become a brand advocate?
• My hero, wine forger Rudy Kurniawan
• Uncomfortable Truths: The Wine Edition

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Cono Sur pushes chilled Pinot Noir
• Wine competitions: is bigger really better?
• Study Finds that Great Wine Tasters are Born that Way!
• Wine.com Offers Personalized Recommendations
• New wine glasses aim to balance “water and fire”
• Evaluating the taste and cost of “Two-Buck Chuck”

MARKETING, SALES & PROMOTION

• Formalization of Wine’s ‘Fifth Column’: Third-party Marketers
• Finally – A Promising Buzz in the Social Media Marketing Atmosphere
• Buying Local Wines: Does the Idea Travel Well?

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Mobile Bottlers Pop Up in Midwest
• AZ: Check Out the New Arizona Winery Hops and Vines
• OR: Drivers Can Buy A Specialty License Plate Highlighting Wine Country
• VA: Supreme Court rules in favor of Marterella Winery
• WA: Seattle Area Wine Sales & Tasting Center Closes

EUROPE

• 5 tips for a successful En Primeur Campaign
• Haut-Brion emerges with hefty price cut
• Shipwrecked Champagne to be auctioned

THE UK

• Rebranding planned for Laithwaite’s Wine
• UK importer takes ‘largest-ever’ list from Finger Lakes

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine region survey points to boycott over CSG
• OZ: Coles and Woollies not entirely to blame for supermarket wars, Dick Smith tells Inquiry
• NZ: Mission buys failed Marlborough winery
• OZ: Bright star invigorates

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Chinese wine market grown by 20 percent
• China’s wine investment market cools down
• China winemakers seek to compete with the French vintners

LATIN AMERICA

• Brazil targets Argentina with trade licenses
• Uruguay exports focus on quality

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Edible ‘stop signs’ in food may halt overeating