NEWS FETCH – JUNE 20, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Moderate drinking in early pregnancy branded ‘safe’
• Sonoma County grape values down, sheep, apples up in 2011
• Top advocate gives up on Pa. liquor bill, for now
• Ag Export Coalition Opposes Cuts & Limits In Market Access Program
• Global Grape Supply: Lots of Grapes, Fewer Vineyards
• 2012 Southern Hemisphere Harvest Report
• UK: Alcohol consumption would fall 25% if cannabis cafes were allowed
• Diageo to focus marketing on women
• Honesty & Crushpad’s “Closing” Vs. “Imminent Closing” Controversy
• Crushpad Napa warns closure imminent
• Crushpad denies closing
• Is Two-Buck Chuck bad for California wine?
• Screaming Eagle Thwarts “Selfish Greed”
• New Rule Regarding Specimens for Trademark Registration

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Update on North Coast Frost Protection Rules
• TCW Equipment moves to Santa Rosa after 46 years in St. Helena
• SF Bay Area and Livermore’s Rising Stars
• Making Wine and a Difference

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Blue Index Founder Used Insider Trading Gains on Wine, Clothes
• Livex: how the 2012 Firsts have fared
• Lafite worst performer of 2012 so far

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Low-Alcohol Wine Is Still Heart-Healthy, but How’s It Taste?
• Wine warnings ‘to cause fear and guilt’

MANAGEMENT, MARKETING & SALE

• Gérard Bertrand Aims To Build Languedoc-Roussillon Category In U.S.
• How to start a winery – legally

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Social Media: “I like” wine and it is a “social trend”
• Woot Founder,Daily Deals Pioneer Leaves Amazon
• Alpha Introduces Two High-Theft Solutions to Protect Wine and Spirits

MEDIA MATTERS

• Media Relations Do’s and Don’ts
• Burned by Rudy
• Tough Luv For Wine Bloggers
• Wine Wars is Now Well Read

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Big wine competitions have lots of problems
• The Real Significance for Judgment of Princeton
• The Institute of Masters of Wine slowly opens up

EUROPE

• Pernod Ricard CEO to Become Head of French Business Lobby
• In Spain, Sherry Producers Learn to Think Small

THE UK

• In UK, Majestic Wine eye Olympics cheer
• Furiously budding plants a step towards Scotland’s first commercial wine
• Paper wine bottle UK launch imminent

OH CANADA!

• Northern bound! Erin visits BC wine country’s outer edge

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Imported wines now face moment of reshuffle

LATIN AMERICA

• Is Bonarda the new 100% Argentine star?

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Labeltronix Introduces Sleek, Scuff-Proof, All-Black Label Material
• Wine Corkcicle, NASCAR recognized at American Business Awards
• Deutsch Joins Forces With Sportscaster Nantz On Upscale Sonoma Wine Brand
• O’Neill Vintners Announces New Changes with Wine Portfolio

VAGUE, WANDERING HEADLINES: MAYBE NEWS, MAYBE NOT.

• California Grapes International, Inc. Wraps up Southern China Wine …
• Napa’s St. Supéry Estate Vineyards and Winery Announces Third …