NEWS FETCH – MAY 17, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Labor firm settles federal lawsuit over local vineyard workers’ treatment
• Sierra Club loses vineyard parcel split case
• In US, Wine Consumption Stays Steady
• Shortage? Ot Not? Are Growers About To Over-Plant Again?
• Grape Growers Hear Good News
• Justin Vineyards Focuses On Quality With New Vineyards, Winemaker, Label
• U.S. Court invalidates NLRB election ‘ambush’ rule
• ‘Confusing’ EU wine labelling rules unfit for consumer needs
• Chilean Wine Enters the Big League in Asian Auctions
• How big is that vineyard? Franzia/Bronco edition

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Wine Consumption May Not Lower Mortality
• Health Groups Urge Obama: Don’t Water Down Alc Bev Calorie Labeling
• Ban alcohol adverts across Europe, urges alliance of experts

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Washington Liquor privatization sales go to state’s high court
• Pennsylvania wine lovers have reason to whine
• Direct shipping and underage drinking

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Two wine buyer delegations from China coming to Lodi
• Driving & Drinking: Chevrolet building to become winery
• Women for WineSense celebrates its roots
• Buellton supports wine groups’ position
• Lodi balks at proposed crackdown on winery events
• Napa Valley wineries need to develop their own ‘look’
• Silver Rose developer hopes to break ground within a year
• The Biggest Myths About Napa Valley

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• SecondMarket Acts to Offset Facebook Fees By Selling Wine
• Stamford Targets $100 Million for Bordeaux Wines, Jade Antiques
• Calon Segur trades on secondary wine investment market

MARKETING, SALES & PROMOTION

• What’s In A Name, Anyway? Releases From Not-Quite-Family-Named Brands
• Fresh & Easy Expands Wine Range for Summer
• Passive-Aggressive Wine Store Owner Helps a Customer Choose a Wine.

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• New Crush25 Facebook Application Empowers Amateur Winemakers
• Clout vs. Klout – Or the Real Meaning of Social Influence

MEDIA MATTERS

• The way bloggers are now being pitched – What a laugh!
• Inside the oenophilic mind of Jay McInerney
• Wine Economist Milestones

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The irrelevance of terroir (to most people)
• 2010 vintage, revisited
• When it comes to wine, no one likes it hot
• The 2 most common winemaking mistakes
• Restaurant Rip-Offs To Avoid: America’s most expensive corkage
• Solving the Mystery of the “Coury Clone”

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MN: Southern Wine & Spirits Enters New Phase of Growth
• OK: Novice grape growers invited to Field Day

EUROPE

• Change at the top of ProWein
• Merchants: 2011 campaign “worst in recent memory”
• Liv-ex:Calon Segur 2011 finds a market

THE UK

• Indies buy wine direct to benefit from euro exchange rate
• England and China noted in rules of wine
• English wines step up presence at LIWF for Jubilee and Olympics

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Illegal foreign workers taken into custody in Northland
• OZ: McWilliam’s recalls fortified wines
• OZ: King Valley ruling in its own right
• NZ: Vineyard sales pick up

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Reaching the New Chinese Consumer
• 80% increase of imported wine to Hubei provice
• 280 cases of disqualified imported wine destroyed in Wenzhou
• Imported wine via Lianyugang port surges