NEWS FETCH – MAY 31, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Vineyard Pesticides Linked To Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
• Study says 3 glasses of wine a week is enough for health
  
• Stockton prepares for bankruptcy within four weeks
• Napa’s Costly Fight Against Moth
• Canadian wine shipping reform stumbles,back on table in Ottawa
• Chinese wine import market grows 73%
• Wine Industry Network Continues Rapid Growth
• All Lafite bottles to carry Prooftag
• Sommeliers on What Sells, What Doesn’t
• Food & Beverage Corp Firebombed By Mexican Drug Cartel

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Red Wine May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in Premenopausal Women
• Young Brits drinking more responsibly than over-25s
• Analyzing Gluten Claims on Beer, Wine, and Distilled Spirits Labels
• Half a unit of alcohol a day best for health: study

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Research shows fine wine investors should diversify
• 1855: share price drops back to 0.05€
• Liv-ex: Carruades 2011 released on day one of Vinexpo
• Analysis: SABMiller faces long haul to turn around Foster’s

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Au revoir, Hospice du Rhône
• Hospice du Rhone Changes Direction, Ends Big Paso Robles Events
• Lodi finally finds its Grand Cru vineyard
• Peripheral Canal, a giant tunnel or something, says new report
• Long-time Central ValleyCooperative Extension advisor Bentley retires

MARKETING, SALES & PROMOTION

• Death By Marketing: Artisanal Dies at Age 474
• Facebook to Marketers, It’s Time for a Click to Action

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Opposed to Dry : a Manifesto
• Food experts debate best wines to go with Chinese cuisine
• Natural methods shouldn’t govern winemaking
• Taking green to the extreme
• Defining Wine

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: Damage may trigger crop aid
• WA: WSU Extension trains U.S. troops about Afghanistan grape growing

EUROPE

• FranceAgriMer heads campaign to promote French regions in China
• The Battle for Brunello

OH CANADA!

• NDP denies putting cork in liquor bill
• Inter provincial wine sales will remain illegal- for now

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Women warming to white wines in China: experts
• Vinexpo Asia-Pacific records 38% surge in visitors

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Dr. Ruth: Sex therapist launches wine to “arouse”
• The Natural Wines of Splooge Estate
• Why most wine is not made to age
• What are Green Wines? – Infographic
• Wine Myths…Busted: Never Choose Wine Based on the Label.