NEWS FETCH – JUNE 8, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Opponents file lawsuits over massive Sonoma County vineyard project
• Penn Gov disputes job guarantees for PLCB liquor store workers
• Restaurants’ traffic gain best in four years
• Global food prices fall 4 per cent
• A Short-Sighted Decision in Mendocino Wine Country—Inevitable?
• Sonoma State Online Wine Biz Management Applications Close June 15
• Farm bill offers mixed benefits for California
• Stonebridge Fine Wine Trade Monitor Report Released Today
• Biltmore Signs with Youngs to expand distribution into West
• Ping-Pong Socialism and Wine
• Tax man always wins at wine auction
• Government stuck on stupid (Part 1,347)
• Alcohol advertising ban: Politically correct, shortsighted, wrong

GLOBAL EXPORTS

• Chilean Wine Exports to Vietnam & Thailand Up 23.4% & 34.5%
• Bottled wine imports to China have continued their strong growth
• Thirvin strikes deal with Dxcel for California wine distribution in China
• The Fine-Wine World Continues to Look East
• Santa Barbara Wines: Big in Beijing

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• San Joaquin County puts off vote on wineries
• California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition underway
• State Fair Needs An App For ‘The Matrix”
• Latino Vintners from Napa and Sonoma to Present in San Francisco
• The Serious and Lighter Sides of Winemaking

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Constellation, family give $4M to health network
• Liv-ex: Vieux Chateau Certan overcomes 2011 apathy
• Brown-Forman Reports Full Year 2012 Results

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Bloggers Conference in Portland Is Sold Out

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Confessions of a wine sommelier
• Tasting Wine, Broadly Speaking
• Thursday Thorns I Can No Longer Afford La Tache—Part Deux

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CO: New Independent Mega Beverage Store Opens In Boulder
• WA:1183 A “Seismic Shift” for Spirits Value Chain

EUROPE

• Going to Great Heights for a Taste of Alpine Wine
• Mosel bridge still going ahead, say officials

THE UK

• Apprentice finalist defends wine investment plan

OH CANADA!

• B.C. versus Ontario: Who has the better wine?
• No longer Vancouver ‘Playhouse’ International Wine Festival

EXHAUSTIVE COVERAGE OF CANADIAN DIRECT SHIPPING

• BC Reverses Bill C-311 Wine Shipping Law
• Quenching the thirst for out-of-province vintages
• Coleman says new interprovincial wine shipment law ‘no big deal’
• Ottawa drops ban on wine transport
• Wineries optimistic Bill C-311 will pass the Senate

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Winery shakes off $25m sale talk

SOUTH AFRICA

• Klein Constantia And Anwilka Vineyards Merge

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The journey of an accidental sommelier
• Is Rose Lower In Calories Than Other Wines?
• Would smells from the root cellar damage my stored wines?

GOOD ARTICLE, LOUSY HEADLINE

• How Nelson Family Vineyards Teamed with WineMaps, Inc. to Promote their …