NEWS FETCH – JUNE 12, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Diageo considers Hong Kong listing
• Transitions and New Beginnings: Ray Bradbury & Vintank
• Pernod Ricard shakes up senior team
• Aussie Symposium To Unlock Latest Smoke Taint Research
• Missouri Franchise Bill Would Artificially Protect Wholesalers
• New Canadian liquor rules reimpose shipping chill, wineries say
• Nitrates in groundwater: Farming’s dark side?
• Ferreting Out Faux Bordeaux
• Vanity Fair’s Exhaustive Look at Kurniawan
• “Kurniawan had an accomplice”

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Pa. House suspends debate on liquor privatization
• WA->OR: Driving to drink
• Was Wash privatization campaign just deception?

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Remy Cointreau Full-Year Profit Gains on Asian Demand
• Acker Merrall Marches On at June Chicago Auction
• French fund bets on wines as safe-haven investment
• Central European Distribution Investigation
• Diageo’s star rises in the East
• Willamette Valley Vineyards net profit up
• Willamette Valley Vineyards drops distribution unit
• Wine investment returns
• Rémy toasts “outstanding” results
• Carruades 2011 fails to climb in price

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• UK Health lobby wants alcohol sponsorship ban
• Alcohol Mistaken for Water Hospitalizes Central Calif Infant

MARKETING, SALES & PROMOTION

• TTB Guidelines for Promotional Programs with Retailers
• Driving Forces Behind Millennials & Corporate Responsibility
• Brown Brothers next generation targets younger wine consumers
• Buy Wine Online, Invest in Indie Winemakers
• Waiting for Godello: Bringing an Alternative Variety to Market
• 5 Ways Not to Get Ripped Off When Shopping for Wine
• The Distracted Buyer
• Blue Nun Gets a Makeover

MEDIA MATTERS

• Changes to UK libel laws affecting bloggers and the internet
• Pioneering Wine Blogger Proclaims Blogging Dead
• UC Davis discovers what makes a video go viral

MATTERS OF TASTE

• On translating Robert Parker’s wine tasting notes into Chinese
• The big lie about low alcohol wines
• Chateau Larrivet Haut Brion Ages Wine Under the Sea
• Record numbers take MW Exam
• Making Sense of Wine’s Tween Years
• Can you distinguish cheap from expensive?
• Bordeaux to offer training course for sommeliers
• Institute of Masters of Wine Exam Paper 2012

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Ag Lending Institute heads to Fresno State
• Ceja Winery lauded at Calif Small Business Day
• Sierra Foothills Demonstrate White Wine Potential
• Lodi vintners welcome Chinese taste for wines and investments

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MI: Ada Township approves winery license for Sietsema Orchards
• NC: Vinifera Shines in the Yadkin Valley
• OR: The other pinot
• VA: Newly opened winery unites history and wine

EUROPE

• Miguel Torres Jr anticipates return to Spain as father’s retirement approaches
• Russians may be forced to dine sans wine
• Roederer knocks late-disgorged Champagne

THE UK

• UK retail shows its strength

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Exporters urged to promote more varied wine list

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Vinexpo Asia-Pacific announces record attendance
• China: Let them drink wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Culture of Wine
• Appellations of origin names
• Find Good People – Build Great People