NEWS FETCH – JULY 10, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Barrel Stop Winery Sold, Still Heads For Liquidation
• Tudor Wines Sues American Wine Distributors
• Gallo Targets 1 Million Cases Of Washington Wine
• Languedoc US Promo Doubles Sales in Second Year
• Vivino: A Beautiful Wine App In An Era of Exposure
• Wine Industry Must Adapt or Face Digital Darwinism
• Heat Warnings for Vineyard Workers
• New Label Revisions Allowed By TTB
• Labor is Like Fine Wine: Expensive
• Aussie Vineyard Prices Plunge 50% Since 2007
• EPA sets Central Valley public hearing on particle pollution
• Grape glut gone, gone, gone
• Wine is China’s Favorite Alcoholic Beverage
• Natural wine: Italian government crackdown
• God Particle Physicist Shuns Prosecco

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Cardella family focus is water efficiency, quality wine
• Napa Vintners Appoint Dragon Phoenix to Represent Trade Group in China
• Sonoma State Cellars is open for business
• Oakstone Winery destroyed by fire

MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT

• Riunite Wine Drops “On Ice, So Nice” For “Just Chill”
• White Zin Cool Again?
• Banfi Launches Riunite Ad Campaign, New Sweet Varietals
• When buying wine is like a poker game

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How Expert Opinions Influence Consumer Wine Purchase Behavior
• The ins and outs of wine -tasting terminology
• Taste: In Your Head, Not The Wine
• What is a Sommelier?–Happy Hour for I Know Jax
• French cows fed wine to increase flavour
• How to extend life of opened wine bottles

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• 3 Reasons to Worry About Central European Distribution
• CEDC and Russian Standard Amend Strategic Alliance
• Ripples from A-B/Modelo deal could extend far and wide
• Bordeaux and Burgundy beats estimates at Bonhams
• Liv-ex: Year to date performance of wines in the Bordeaux 500

GLOBAL HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Price vs. Ads: Which Drives Drinking?
• OZ: Conflict claim on binge drink probe
• OZ: No plan for alcohol ads ban
• UK Doctors Want to Ban TV Advertising for Alcohol
• Russian Duma Further Limits Alcohol Ads

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• VA: Local Wineries Feel Effects of Summer Heat
• WA: History in the Making: Mosquito Fleet Winery
• WA: Wine shop seeks world record for uncorking

EUROPE

• Burgundy’s Domaine de Montille Acquires Château de Puligny-Montrachet
• Rhone producers ‘will block roads’ to stop new TV mast
• Bordeaux Grand Cru Classes Expand With Vineyard Purchases

OH CANADA!

• No reasoning behind high B.C. liquor prices

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Turnaround for Riverland grape growers
• OZ: Jacob’s Creek is number one again

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China releases 12th Five-Year Plan for wine industry
• Ningxia becomes the first Chinese OIV observer of provincial level
• Wine Intelligence’s report on wine labelling in China

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa’s wine tourism raises the bar