NEWS FETCH – MAY 30, 2012

TOP NEWS

• International Wine Industry Leaders Discuss US Wine Market Investment
• Napa ag land values seriously clobber Sonoma’s
• Total Wine To Add 10 Stores In WA, Further Expansion In TX
• Rabobank Report: China Wine Market – “Mind The Gap “
• Hearing in Russian River frost-protection case set June 4
• The Washington State Alcohol Experiment Begins
• Extreme Wine: A Sideways Analysis of the World of Wine
• WSWA: What Happened in Vegas?
• Joe Robert’s wine cellar auctioned for $1.8 million
• Wine vending machines offer savings
• Tin cans and cartons to replace glass wine bottles?
• Americans Don’t Know Their Grapes
• Does Wine Industry Get Poor Advice?
• More Wine Billionaire News: The wealthy and their vineyards

MARKETING, SALES & PROMOTION

• Flash-deal wine sites mature
• Why Millennials Don’t Read Emails
• Infinite Substitution: You’re Screwed Without A Unique Brand Message
• Wineries: Time to Get Mobile

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine pioneer Changyu has storied history, bright future
• Hong Kong wine auction achieves full expectations

HEALTH

• Can a Glass of Wine a Day Keep the Bed Bugs Away?

MEDIA MATTERS

• China overtakes UK and US as number one visitors on Decanter.com
• Globe wine writer Stephen Meuse bids farewell
• Wine Industry DUI—A Scary Story

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Can A Wine Really Be Bad for Your Soul?
• Can a wine have “soul”?

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sideways now a play in Santa Monica
• Napa River Project Receives Senate Recognition
• Wine marketers boost Asian sales
• Klinker Brick zinfandel finds favor in Mexico
• Barefoot Wine Founders at Book Expo America
• Legislators seek ways to slow rural metal thefts
• SJC Council Inks Deal with New Winery
• There’s a wide variety in Calif. wines

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• AZ: Verde Valley Wine Trail Raises $8,000 for Yavapai College
• ID: Get a Lesson in Vino at Wine Wise Labs’ Wine 101
• IL: Building a better grape
• NY: A Mostly Objective Look at Long Island Winery Websites
• WA: Washington grocery stores prep for Friday liquor sales

ACADEMIA

• Wine Education Needs Business Element

EUROPE

• Hailstorm causes havoc with French vineyards
• When Is a Wine Not a Wine? When European Regulations Say It’s Not
• Saignée rosé “not true rosé”

THE UK

• Oddbins hunts for Britain’s best amateur wine taster

OH CANADA!

• NDP Delays Wine Shipping Law Reform
• Oenophiles cheer as wine -transport bill gets broad support

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine wars over grape vine disease
• OZ: Fungus alert to winegrowers

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine consumption reaches to 45 billion Yuan in 2011
• Port heavyweights unite to take on Asia
• Ningxia Wine Challenge in Nanjing

LATIN AMERICA

• Fair Trade looks for a spot among Argentine wineries

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• California red wines becoming red again
• Talking wine with Francis Ford Coppola
• An easier way to find the riesling that suits your taste buds