NEWS FETCH – JULY 24, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Fetzer prepares for “rebirth”
• New Wine Industry Trade Event to Focus on North Coast
• Wine Accounting Merger: Moss Adams Combines With Rabanal & Smith
• Warm weather ripens North Coast winegrape season
• Trinchero Family Estates Adds Spirits to Portfolio
• Calif Ag Secretary Hosts Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce
• Accolade Wines fires 175 Aussies in bottling move to Treasury
• Shocked and Appalled’ by PLCB
• Report Expects Consumer Drought Impacts Within Two Months
• U.S. Spirits Consumption Continues 14th Year of Gains
• Class Act: Jack Daniels Writes Polite Cease-And-Desist Order
• Can YouTube commercials be credible?

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• UC Proposes New Wine Extension Positions
• Miramonte Winery sizzles with new expansions
• Nothing rivals state-of-the-art UCD winery

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Lafite’s premium tumbles to 2009 levels
• Smart Labels Help Thwart Wine Counterfeiters

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Top ten trends of the last ten years: 9. Anti-alcohol sentiment
• Supplement wine, chocolate for heart
• Alcohol free flights welcomed
• Drinking after heart attack studied
• UK Report Looks At Tougher Rules for Promoting Alcohol Brands
• Casein Levels in Commercial Wines Not Enough to Elicit Allergic Reaction
• Russia slaps ban on alcohol advertising in media

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A Modest Proposal for Multiple Reviews
• Mustering the Humility and Confidence to Taste Wine
• Parker reaches retirement age
• Rhone Shootout Results: Men & Women Agree!

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• IA: Heat caused Iowa grapes to ripen faster
• NH: Missing: $100,000 worth of wine
• TX: Despite changes, Grapevine Council denies winery again
• VA: Barboursville Vineyards takes a chance with different grapes

EUROPE &THE UK

• Planned Television Antenna Atop Hermitage Angers Winemakers
• Merchant Slapped for Futures No-Show

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Jiangsu province seizes 450,000 bottles of smuggled imported wine
• OZ: Messages in a bottle

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Jamie Oliver Pumps Up Volume With Help From U.S. Friend

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Great American Group Notes Wine Producers, Distributors in Good Spirits as …