NEWS FETCH – JUNE 7, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Restaurant Index Falls
• Brown (booze) is the new black for investors
• Bottle closures not a priority for US consumers, says survey
• £3.59 bottle of plonk sparks UK panic buying
• Diageo Reshapes Portfolio, Focuses On Millennial Segment
• Italian Wine At The Brink
• Argentine bulk exports rise and bottled wine exports fall
• The Greeks have Fallen and they Can’t Get Up!
• Wineries Use Data to Build Sales
• Opus One CEO David Pearson on fakes, strategies and styles
• Pajamas and the Status of Wine Bloggers

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Voters will kill a peripheral canal
• Winery events on SJ County planners’ agenda
• Mendocino County wine commission to disband
• Mendo Growers Split With Vintners Over Commission
• Calistoga council approves scaled-down winery plan
• Fresno State sets up Zaninovich table grape endowment

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex: Investing in Silver Wine, Art & Gold

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Liquor store privatization should take a backseat to more important matters
• Will Union Contracts Stop Liquor Store Privatization?
• Some Washington liquor consumers find bargains in Oregon

EXPORTS: REACHING FOR ASIA

• Argentina aims to place wines in China
• Aussie winemakers look to South Korean market
• Oz wine seeks rising Asian middle class (repeat from yesterday)

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Saying A Sad “So Long” To Dandelion Wine
• Heimoff Interviews Winemaker Nick Goldschmidt
• Q & A: Daryl Groom
• How to beat rising wine prices

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Rosé Means Dry? In the Finger Lakes, a New Idea Gains Momentum
• Silver Oak: Reappraising a California Cabernet Icon

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Sound As Alternative to Chemical Pesticides
• CSWA: New Videos on Energy Efficiency and Sustainablity

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: Planting, teaching in the vineyard
• WI: A Winemaker’s Journey Towards a New AVA

EUROPE & THE UK

• Asian Investors Snaffle French Vineyards
• UK Supermarkets buoyant over Jubilee sparkling wine sales

OH CANADA!

• Canadian wine soon to flow freely between provinces?
• Canada’s Direct Wine Shipping Prohibition About to End

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Price foam of 30% exists in Xiamen wine market
• Building wine brands in China is complex and costly

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Argentina’s Insider Red Grape
• Adyar: Organic wine in pursuit of Lebanese flavor