NEWS FETCH – JUNE 26, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Alcohol taxes reduce moderate drinking, not bingeing
• UFW ‘disappointed’ in Supreme Court immigration ruling
• Is The Term ‘Sustainable Packaging’ a Red Herring?
• EU fines Italy, Spain, Greece for illegal vine plantings
• Foley launches NZ food and wine club
• Wine Snobs/Suckers Pay More For Hard-To-Pronounce Names
• Lot 18 layoffs: The Corrections
• Argentine Engineer Takes over OIV as President
• Aussie Wine’s Awkward Adolescence
• No $10 Million Check Needed for Argentine Vineyards
• Iranians Get Death Sentence For A Drink

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Alcohol ad limits only solution for binge drinking
• Two glasses of wine “improves quality of life”
• Alcohol linked to breast cancer but may ward off diabetes
• EU plans new labelling laws for wine allergens

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California Nebbiolo Producers Compare Notes
• Trione Vineyards and Winery Hires Boss Dog Marketing Vet
• TCM winery equipment supplier expands to Santa Rosa
• ASEV Merit Award Presentation
• Award-Winning Astrolabe Wines are Now Available in the U.S.

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Pernod Ricard defies gloom in Spain
• Constellation Brands First Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek
• Earnings Preview: Constellation Brands
• Trademark Trolling: Anheuser-Busch, Nashville winemaker want Airport Code
• AB InBev Said to Near Modelo Takeover for Over $12 Billion

MATTERS OF TASTE

• More Alcohol = More Flavor
• Heimoff: Include me as another biodynamic debunker
• Berger: Getting a good wine education
• The Nose Knows A Green Cabernet
• Getting Chile With Master Somm Fred Dexheimer
• Do washington wines age?

MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT

• Packaging, Part 1: Paper, Boxes & Airplanes
• Packaging, Part 2: Break Me Off A Glass Of That 
• Packaging, Part 3: Underwear for wine launched in US
• Brand engagement beyond Twitter and Facebook

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Using an Electronic Nose to Control Wine Quality
• Raisin and Wine Grape Mechanical Harvest Safety Training

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MI: Sparkling wine production conference July 16-19
• NY: Cold Climate Grape Field Day
• UT: Liquor regulators to select new director

EUROPE

• Louis Roederer now Champagne’s biggest biodynamic producer
• Moderation at the Bordeaux Wine Fair
• Gerard Bertrand to increase China exports by 40% ‘minimum’
• Recap: Severe Hailstorms Ravage Champagne
• Languedoc producer targets Chinese exports
• South West wines give consumers “new taste” of regional France
• Co-op embraces branded shift

THE UK

• Portman seeks new complaints panel chair
• Suppliers fret over D&D Wines International debt

OH CANADA!

• Rules against wine shipments are all about the taxes

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Grant Burge Wines says developments worth $7.5 million held up

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Frogs, Secrets & Satire: Extreme Wine Goes to the Movies
• HOW Wine Barrels are Made and Toasted