NEWS FETCH – JUNE 4, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Where is the Global Wine Industry Headed?
• Geyser Peak, Accolade, Ascentia’s Implosion: Two Years In The Making
• WineDirect Acquires Vin65
• Why Vin 65 Sold and How It Affects Customers
• Accolade Wines buys Geyser Peak Winery, sister brands
• Ironies of wine’s legal matters
• Wine drinkers warming to synthetic corks
• Glass cork’s the way forward: Henschke

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Liquor sticker shock stirs up Washington state drinkers
• Retailers, customers welcome Wash booze sales
• Deal to privatize liquor sales eludes PA lawmakers
• PA: Top 10 Reasons PLCB Makes Taxpayers Losers

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• LVMH: The empire of desire
• Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 Index falls 4.01%
• Forget 2011 Bordeaux Futures, Buy Wine in Bottles Now

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Alcohol Consumption Boosts Breast Cancer Risk
• Two glasses of wine a day will bring down cholesterol level
• Alcohol adverts ‘target teenagers’ despite strict code

MARKETING, SALES & PROMOTION

• Chateau Ste. Michelle, wine marketing, and wine blogging
• Can tweets, likes and follows boost business?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Under the Tuscan Scum
• How much alcohol is too much? Part 2
• California’s Rhône Movement: At a Crossroads
• What’s the Deal With “Old” Wine?
• Do Aromas/Flavors of “Barnyard” and “Dirt” Indicate a Wine to be Bad?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Credit USDA program for many popular grape varieties (Warning: Annoying self-starting video)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa vs Sonoma Wine Countries: A World Apart
• Auction Napa Valley revenues top $8 million

EUROPE & THE UK

• Royal Jubilee Drinks Down the Years
• A brilliant resource for Douro fans: map of the Quintas

OH CANADA!

• Vintner welcomes research that wine institute will offer

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine boss fires parting shot at big two’s retail ‘mafia’
• NZ: Move to Marlborough reaps rewards for scholarship winner

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Boutique chateau, wine giant and a grape personality