NEWS FETCH – MAY 25, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Foppiano wine family dispute back in court
• Concha y Toro commits to Fetzer
• Booze Biz is a Lose Business for Taxpayers
• State-by-state wine tax rates
• Calif sets up tip hotline for labor violations
• Study: Drinking Red Wine Good for Digestion
• Bill Passes Senate Allowing USPS to Ship Beer, Wine, and Spirits
• Restaurants to Add 450,000 Summer Jobs
• Brown Administration to push through Peripheral Canal say Delta groups
• NYC’s ‘Stealth’ Starbucks Will Serve Beer and Wine

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Citi Waiting Patiently for Constellation Brands’ Strategy
• Liv-ex: Latour and Cheval release at €440

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Solving Consumer Issues Of Vintage Variation
• Sustainability and the Politics of Pleasure

MARKETING, SALES & PROMOTION

• Restaurant Wine Prices Are Outrageous!
• Robert Mondavi: Winemaker and Zombie Killer
• Dear (insert business name), what’s your promise?
• Who Are The Social Media Influencers & How DO We Find Them?

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Vineyard water tips offered in workshop
• Napa Vintners’ Global Charity Wine E-Auction Goes Live May 27
• New board members for Napa Grapegrowers
• Grgich Hills Estate hires sales manager
• Aaron Fein Appointed Head of National Sales For Heron Wines
• Setting the stage in spring yields great wine in the glass
• Temperature – how important is it?
• Napa comes up roses in Greenbelt risk analysis

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• FL: Board OKs beer, wine sales for Legoland
• FL: Future of wine in Florida real estate
• TX: Vintners anticipate a big rebound in Lone Star wines
• VA: New Winery to Open in Centreville
• WA: Region Pursues AVA

ACADEMIA

• UC Davis dedicates Trinchero building

EUROPE

• Finally Latour emerges but campaign far from over
• Spurrier unveils ‘Judgement of Paris’ canvas at The Vineyard

THE UK

• Argentina’s wine exports to UK rocket
• English winemaker stages sit-in against “Best of British” display
• Trade bodies brand Scottish endorsement of minimum pricing bill “disappointing”.

OH CANADA!

• Symposium chance for Maritime wineries to step up and be seen
• BC VQA Rules Questioned … Again

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Irrigator groups angered that Basin plan may not change
• NZ: US billionaire savours blending

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• ‘Discover the Chinese wine lover’ at Vinexpo Asia-Pacific
• Yunnan wine market shows great development potential

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina, Malbec Reign
• Is the global wine market threatened by Brazilian resistance?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Trail-ready wines in pouches and cartons break the glass habit
• True or false? Food myths busted