NEWS FETCH – JULY 2, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Restaurant Index dips in May
• Wine Sleuth Sniffs Out Fakes, Takes Hammer to Lafite
• Cooperatives Merge to Become France’s Biggest Player
• Schumer pushes for end to restrictive Canadian wine taxation policies
• OIV Development trends and market on world vitiviniculture
• For wineries seeking capital, be prepared
• Kurniawan: Details from a sealed deposition
• Salinas Valley Growers Want More Wineries
• Mexican-American Vintners Announce Charity Event, “Alianzas”
• Wine Industry Needs To Counter Neo-Prohibitionist Ascent

OH CANADA!

• Wino with a shotgun
• BC Cancels Moratorium on Private Liquor Licenses … in 10 Years
• Good BC wine country coverage in USA

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• S&P affirms Constellation Brands at ‘BB+’
• China’s wine industry posts 6.35% profit surge in Q1
• Liv-ex: Summer bubbles

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Red wine helping Alzheimer’s
• A Little Alcohol Aids in Social Bonding
• Breathalysers – Now Mandatory for Driving in France
• NZ: Raise alcohol buying age
• NZ: Minimum alcohol price might backfire

MARKETING & MANAGEMENT

• ‘Surprising’ wine label study shows brands should speak to Chinese
• Liquor brands learn to segment the female market
• What Twitter has done for wine
• The Dream of Data – Why the Wine Industry Is Stuck in a Nightmare
• Wine Ecommerce is NOT a field of dreams
• Employee Commission Agreements Need to be in Writing Soon

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Chardonnay Symposium: afterthoughts
• A Conversation With A Wine Newbie
• Astringency In 1,024 Words
• The Problem With Low-Alcohol Wine
• Alcohol. How much is too much?
• Save the Wine Geeks! (Donate here … )

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Finger-Pointing Our Way To Luck in America
• On Independence Day, We’re more Interdependent than Ever
• Interview Michel Chapoutier: “I’d invite six Jewish men who marked the history of humanity”

LATIN AMERICA

• Tannat: The Rising Star of Uruguay
• Ojo de Vino invests USD 2.6 million in the construction of its winery

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CO: World-Class Wine In Harsh Conditions
• NY: Wine industry’s impact spreads far and wide
• NY: Wine lovers mark 50th anniversary of Frank Wine Cellars
• OK: Grocery-store wine-sales measure advances
• WA: Total Wine & More: Where are the Locals?
• WA: Wine grapes aren’t for the faint of heart

EUROPE

• ViniPortugal’s Vale Discusses Portuguese Wines (Audio)

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Naked Wines launches Down Under
• OZ: New fortified wine terms become official
• OZ: The rest of the world should be a bit scared of a place like Margaret River
• NZ: Amisfield Wine Company Appoints Chief Executive Officer