NEWS FETCH – JUNE 14, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Study Indicts Toxics in Recycled Wastewater For Irrigating Vineyards, Other Uses
• Constellation Brands Unifies Businesses Under One Name
• US becomes the world’s leading still light wine market
• Jackson Family Wines takes over Ramal West Vineyard
• Senate Sweetens Farm Bill
• Champagne’s Biggest Brands Post Solid Growth In Ongoing Rebound
• [Your brand].wine, [Your brand].beer, [Your brand].sucks
• Top wine trading company ‘filled vintage bottles with cheap alcohol
• Pernod Ricard New Zealand to Close a Hawkes Bay Winery
• You Might Have to Wait Until 2013 to Close your Vineyard Purchase
• Bottle Design and Trademark Law: Lessons from the Maker’s Mark Case
• Facts from the Fine Wine Trade Monitor Report, Part I
• Top 10 Wine Trends in Hong Kong
• Talkin’ AVA boundary blues
• Oregon wants to double UK sales within three years
• The forward-thinking, life-saving Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
• UK Doctors Want to Ban TV Advertising for Alcohol

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Nomura Upgrades Diageo PLC to Buy
• Diageo’s focus on spirits should lift profits, says Nomura

MARKETING, SALES & PROMOTION

• Getting Realistic about Social Media
• Basics of Customer Relationship Management
• Altering Sauvignon Blanc Wines to Match Consumer Preferences

MEDIA MATTERS

• ‘Moms Who Wine’ Goes Social
• Movie rights sold for “A Vintage Crime”

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Living With Wine’s Flaws
• Trench Warfare In The Low Alcohol Debate
• BioDynamics: The Wine Industry Should Commit to Telling The Truth

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Kathleen Heitz Myers Elected 2012-2013 Wine Institute Chair
• Peripheral Canal opponents urge Interior to block project
• Honored Winemaker to Expand in Santa Maria Valley
• Annadel Estate Winery

EUROPE

• Jadot Sees Potential In Burgundy’s New Côteaux Bourguignons Appellation
• Greek Wine Revival
• Why Yquem decided to hold back from en primeur campaign

THE UK

• Brand Bordeaux takes a hit – with 2011 merchant sales just one fifth of last year
• Premium wines buck weak UK market

OH CANADA!

• Wine Shipping Law Reform Moves to Final Vote in Senate
• Canadian Wineries Still Face Shipping Hurdles

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Merchant jailed over wine scams

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Grape quality vital to Chinese wine’s global success

LATIN AMERICA

• Sustainability developments in Argentina
• Argentina’s 10 best-selling brands
• Insight: Brazil protects its … wines?

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African wine needs to rejuvenate image

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• NextGen 2012 Wine Competition Results Announced