NEWS FETCH – JULY 6, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Australian Wine Glut Easing But Not Over
• Study: 7 percent of people are “wine intolerant”
• Burgundy wants UN World Heritage Status For Terroir
• Global wine market projected to reach 27.5 billion litres by 2017
• Grape buyers Returning to Lake County
• UK’s D&D wines to go into liquidation
• Wine, grocery stores, and dog food
• Calif Legislature postpones water bond to 2014
• Ag land preservation is focus of next CDFA board meeting
• Celebrating 150 years of the Morrill Land Grant Act
• Worst New Drink Trend? Natural yogurt liqueurs
• Airport Idiocy: TSA Demands Passenger drink samples

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• For lease: Copia
• Rodeno joins Bank of Marin boards of directors
• Robert Biale Vineyards – The Most Significant Planting of Zinfandel
• Kelly Fleming names Wolf as new vineyard manager

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Deal Sends Constellation Shares Soaring
• Diageo confirms redundancies and restructure
• The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Constellation Brands, Anheuser-Busch InBev

MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT

• Using Social Media to Promote an Underdog Wine
• CRM: Technology doesn’t matter – just start walking
• Sauvignon Blanc no longer tipple of choice as women opt for Pinot Grigio
• Sassicaia’s success
• Live from #OPENNYT: Is it time to join the evolution?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Science, Dirt, and Fine Wine Glasses: an Interview with Stu Smith
  
• Discoveries in kosher wine
• Carrying water, waiting for the wine
• Summertime, rosé wine and what to drink on vacay
• The Drops of God (beach reading)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Testing a wine expert’s ego
• The Most Important Skill for Wine Professionals
• Boxed wine may not travel as well as you’d think

WASHINGTON STATE WINE NEWS

• Warmer Spring Good for Ag
• Retailers simplifying liquor-price tags to include taxes
• The surprising places you might find liquor

EUROPE

• Wines in Cyprus: A taste of things to come
• Chateau Olivier owner dies
• What the rich and famous see in Champagne
• Calon Segur family wanted properties to go to French company
• Navigating Portugal’s Unfamiliar Grape Varieties

THE UK

• UK: Stressed Brits drink too much
• Cellarhand site connects flying winemakers
• BBPA queries Olympic alcohol poster regulations

NEW ZEALAND

• Higher grape prices expected
• Foley’s empire gathers grapes

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Taiwan’s wines gaining international recognition
• China’s earliest wine unearthed in NW tomb
• Building A Wine Culture in China: Yantai’s New Wine City