NEWS FETCH – JULY 11, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine’s US Business May Prove Fruitful: BofA
• Wine Wins In Court: Would You Like Me to Autograph Your Bottle?
• Lodi-Based Vintner’s group expands to former Buena Vista winery
• Duarte Appeals Rootstock Commission Decision
• El Nino to heat the Pacific 2012 hurricane season
• Millennials drive restaurant drink trends
• Courts consider decisions in two Calif water-use cases
• The US needs a farmworker visa now
• Bodegas Franco Españolas Focuses On U.S. As European Markets Struggle
• Rhone Wine Region Celebrates Double-Digit US Growth
• Cornell Asks the Industry to “Name That Grape”

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Experimenting With Vine Stress
• Technology helps reduce water supply gap
• Farmers back air quality program

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• 8 Health Benefits of Drinking Wine
• Three Drinks Weekly May Halve Arthritis Risk, Study Says

MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT

• How to capture a wine consumer in under 40 seconds: public lecture
• Sociable Labs Signs Up Wine.com, 19 Others For Its Pinterest-Like EverShare
• Millennials Emerging as Most Influential and Important Adult Beverage Consumers
• Chinese wine consumers steer clear of modern labels, says research
• People tweet about church more than beer

MEDIA MATTERS

• Eric Asimov Talks Wine Criticism, NYC Sommeliers
• The 57th Report On The Death Of Wine Blogs
• Bluff the reader wine challenge!
• ‘Sideways’ Author Talks New Book, Impact On Wine Industry

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Cheap vs. expensive? Yes, Virginia, there is a difference
• Natural Wine = Consumer Fraud?
• UCD study to compare corks vs. screw caps

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Wineries grow more than just grapes
• MD: Vineyards gain from wine delivery ban repeal
• MD: Regulations for events at wineries in Montgomery Ag Reserve relaxed
• MO: Scientific alliance may be named after Hermann Jaeger
• NY: Top 10 New York City wine bars
• WA: Father of Washington State wine honored with premium label

EUROPE & THE UK

• Weather “not a disaster yet” for UK wine
• Mondovino domaine boosts Burgundy holdings
• Beltrán Domecq appointed president of sherry council
• Port prices set to rise
• Burgundy’s Domaine de Montille Acquires Château de Puligny-Montrachet
• Bordeaux 2011 Futures Fizzle
• Beyond the Iron Curtain, Georgian Wines on a Global Stage

 

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Japan: Wine consumption rises
• Hong Kong Wine? You Better Believe It

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Space, wine and the Nobel Prize

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• NEW LA WINE COMPANY FOCUSES ON HOLLYWOOD’S WINE ENTHUSIASM