NEWS FETCH – JUNE 6, 2012

TOP NEWS

• The Wine Market Sobers Up
• Branding Nightmare #1: Beer And A Cannibal Killer
• Two Central Valley deaths may be heat-related
• Congress must provide immigration solution for farms
• Don Sebastiani Earns Slot As a Top-100 Political Donor in California
• Moss Adams announces 2012 Wine Industry Financial Benchmarking Survey
• How Consumers Feel About Shopping In-Store, Online, and via Mobile
• Sonoma State Online Wine Biz Management Certificate Accepting Applications
• Australia out to capture rising Asian middle class
• Organic trade between the United States and European Union begins
• Jim Delegat onboard damaged yacht in offshore ace
• Backers of privatization bristle as liquor clerks OK 3-year contract
• U.S. Farm Bill on the Move
• PA: Liquor-store pact could stall privatization
• New Constitutional Battle? – Missouri Challenge To Wholesaler Residency Requirements

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Registration Now Open – 2012 Wine Industry Technology Symposium
• Wine Industry Banker Joins Bank of the West’s Premium Wine Group
• Viticulturalist Roy Chavez Dies
• Are California grapegrowers getting too cocky?
• Madera vineyard to receive prestigious award
• Paso Robles Winery Pioneer Doug Beckett Turns Another Corner for Peachy Canyon
• Lodi winery signs with big distributor

MARKETING, SALES & PROMOTION

• Beer-Branded Wine?
• Vintank Shows Us the Future of CRM for Vertical Industries
• Wine veteran sees red over ‘copycat’ brands
• Sheraton Launches Premium Wine Tasting Social Hours

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• You’re fired! Lord Sugar rejects fine wine hedge fund
• Brown-Forman Q4 Profit Down 37%
• Wealth managers toast wine funds

MATTERS OF TASTE

• French still the best winemakers?
• An imaginary conversation between a critic (me) and a cult winemaker
• Record numbers aspire to be Masters of Wine
• Money-blind Wine Tasting
• Are low-alcohol wines on the rise?
• Sending Wine Back

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Explore all the Pacific Northwest has to offer
• Pacific Northwest wine brands lure Gallo
• AZ: Water, wine — Arizona?
• CO: Denver Winery Wants National Recognition
• KY: Winery opening will help boost area wine trail
• NY: Legislation Would Save Farm Wineries Money, Time
• VA: Winery at Bull Run opening in Centreville
• WA: Gallo – smitten by Washington wine

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• “Love your Liver” leads UK responsible drinking effort

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Pollination Dynamics of Cabernet Sauvignon

EUROPE

• Bordeaux vineyard prices up 10% in 2011

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Henderson to appeal wine ruling
• OZ: Federal Government to be asked to approve wine bodies merger

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• India a ‘slow burn’ for fine wine despite tax hope
• 2012 Hangzhou International Imported Wine Exhibition to be held

LATIN AMERICA

• What to Call Espumante Brasileiro?