NEWS FETCH – JULY 17, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Crushpad: Shoot The Messenger And Maybe Nobody’ll Notice Us.
• Google Drops Alcohol from Product Listings
• Interview, David Kent, CEO, The Wine Group
• Moet Hennessy withdraws batches of Krug Champagne
• More Women at Acclaimed Wineries
• US buying more Aussie wine
• Q2 restaurant earnings to be mixed
• Pesticide linked to Parkinson’s disease
• The Missouri Miracle: Booze Wholesalers Lose
• Young female enologists prepare to take over Santorini, Greece
• In Depth: A New COLA Form for Faster Reviews
• Foie Gras Goes Underground at California ‘Duckeasies’

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Gold Beats Lafite as Wine Tracks China Stocks
• Counterfeit wine scams “tip of the iceberg”
• Rothko, Private Sales Help Boost Christie’s Revenue 13%

MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT

• What’s inside the bottle has to over-deliver
• Social Media Litigation: Phonedog v. Kravitz and Lessons for Best Practices
• Social CRM, or “We’re Not in Indiana Anymore”
• Important Limitations Clauses In Your Warehousing Agreements
• Marketing that Matters: Boomers, Media Moms, and Lower Income Consumers
• Understanding the Consumer-centric Path: The Future of Digital Commerce

MEDIA MATTERS

• A New Wine Blog That’s Important
• Sideways writer pushing for film sequel
• The Dullness of Wine Reviews Cured!
• Point scores for wines

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Are (wine) women different from men?
• Objects, types and tasting wine
• Can White Zinfandel Ever Be “Cool” Again?
• Checking for phthalate migration from cork stoppers into wine

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Pot-smoking moms tired of being judged by wine drinkers
• Health body calls for “tobacco-style” graphic health warnings on wine
• Russia: Alcohol producers’ websites could be outlawed
• How Common Are Wine Allergies: The First Study Results
• PA: PLCB Awards Grants to Prevent Underage and Dangerous Alcohol Use
• Good case for a total ban on alcohol advertising
• Fresh blow for Brewers as Russia plans advertising ban
• Alcohol advertising on billboards, buses banned
• MPs to warn drinks trade over lack of action on binge drinking

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OH: Lorain store clerk smashes wine bottle over robber’s head
• TX: Prospective wine-grape grower workshop Aug. 10 in Houston
• OK: Proposed law could benefit Oklahoma wineries’ growth

THE UK

• Laithwaite’s Wine sponsors bloggers conference
• Sisseck trialing natural wine at Pingus
• Tesco lists first wine after Dragons’ Den initiative at LIWF

OH CANADA!

• Researchers at Univ BC a work to create hypoallergenic wines and sequence the genome of Chardonnay
• BC lifts limit on wine imports from other provinces

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Coonawarra grape prices rise sharply
• NZ: Wine – A Glass Half Full

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Diageo, Toblerone and L’Oreal among sponsors of China retail event
• Wine Wars in South Africa: Nederburg Auction Keynote
• Rabobank Report: Global Wine Inventories Tightening as Wineries Move to Fill

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Impress your friends with sophisticated wine terms
• Forty Lashes for a Drink
• 21st Century Reality: American Solar help to make American Wines
• ‘Apprentice’ Candidate Creating Waves In Wine World
• Keep your eye out for Vino-Lok closures