NEWS FETCH – JUNE 27 2012

TOP NEWS

• Deceptive Retail Discounts: How Much is that Wine Really Discounted?
• Insurance for crop quarantines proposed
• Freaked By Grape Shortage Potential, Wineries Snap up Vineyards
• Economic Study of Pennsylvania Wine Monopoly (AAWE-PDF)
• Eggs making waves & lawsuits in wine industry
• Stockton files bankruptcy
• Reata Winery drops bid to become Napa’s 5th Largest
• Farmers’ campaign aims to ‘Stop the Flood of Regulation’
• Italy’s Cantina Di Soave Investing Aggressively In U.S. Market
• A Wine Lover’s View of Healthcare and the Supreme Court
• China to drink more white wine, says study
• Society of Wine Educators’ 2012 Conference: Top Speakers

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Is flavour a property of the wine?
• Expert Opinion and Quality Perception of Consumers (AAWE-PDF)
• Do Chardonnay Wines Show More Terroir ?
• Why Wine Geeks Have Short Memories When It Comes To Spanish Wine

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Grapes drag Monterey crop values down
  
• Sonoma County Vintners Co-op Elects New Officers
• Copia Leasing Agent Named
• Hess Shirtail Creek Monterey Chardonnay Now On Tap
• VIDEO: Stockton’s bankruptcy – the political impact
• VIDEO: Stockton’s bankruptcy – the economic impact
• Napa Valley vintners find silver lining to Chinese smog
• Healdsburg Planning Commission To Consider New Projects

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Compulsory Breathalyzers: Help or Hindrance?
• NeoProhibitionists and Other Busy Bodies

MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT

• Mabray: Wineries who shun social media will experience “digital Darwinism”
• Heimoff: Debunking inflated social media claims
• For Wine Industry Social Media Success…You Need a Blog
• Sorry, Marketers, You’re Doing Twitter Wrong
• Get Some Action – 6 Steps to Higher Conversion with Email
• Comparing Wine Purchasing Behaviors in Ireland and Calif (AAWE-PDF)

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Constellation Brands Stock Rating Reaffirmed by DA Davidson
• Using European Uncertainty To Invest In Wide-Moat Distiller Diageo

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• IA: Winery’s proposal to sell on site tabled
• IL: Variable weather a challenge for winemakers
• MI: Wine industry growing in ‘Tip of the Mitt’
• MI: ABC’s ‘Bachelor’ to court wine lovers in Michigan
• OR: 2012 Growing Season Update

EUROPE

• Jadot’s Winemaker Calls it Quits
• Crushpad Bordeaux not in financial trouble
• Louis Roederer expands champagne vineyard

OH CANADA!

• Okanagan wineries anxiously await changes to regulations

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Export initiative helps Aussie wines shine
• NZ: Winery waste a promising venture
• OZ: Relevancy of Climate Change to Business: Evidence from the Margaret River Wine (AAWE-PDF)

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• What’s Wrong With This Picture? DRC Lafite Languedoc

LATIN AMERICA

• Piedra Negra, François Lurton’s Renamed Argentina Winery, Unifies Its Offerings
• Estimating the Effect of Climate Change on Argentine Viticulture (AAWE-PDF)

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• How To Retire To An Argentine Vineyard For Only $150K
• Sauternes is a sweet wine, but there’s more to it
• Thinking about Buying a Wine Fridge? Read This First!
• Talk to Winemakers Before You Buy

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Newly Launched VelvetPalate.com Offering Small-Production Wines
• Monvera Glass Décor Announces a New Bottle Decoration Service

LONG, WANDERING HEADLINE – MAY BE NEWS OR NOT

• California Grapes International, Inc. Wraps up Southern China Wine …