NEWS FETCH – JULY 26, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Vintage Wine Estates Buys Weibel Hopland Facility, Will Rename it Ray’s Station
• Weibel Family Vineyards & Winery Comments On The Sale of Their Facility
• Atlas Peak Vineyard project Fined $65,000
• Bad Massachusetts Wine Shipping Bill Unlikely to Pass in 2012
• Wash Wine Commission’s Ambitious New Plan For Promotion
• Registration Opens for 2013 DtC Wine Symposium
• Examining China’s Biggest Winemaker
• Aussie winery abandons screwcap in favour of cork
• Ningxia Foreign Winemaker Challenge: How To Apply
• Bill Foley knows fast food too
• Man Makes Fascinating Machines Inside Wine Glasses

OH CANADA!

• Thousands sign petition to permit Ontario convenience stores to sell beer, wine
• BC: BYOB Program implemented in Whistler restaurants
• Bill C-311 is the law of the land – now what?

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Broken bottles and other warnings against passion investing
• Schubert named Diageo wine president
• Zacks Reiterates Neutral on Diageo PLC (DEO)
• Acker Merrall Achieves Strong 1H2012 Results
• Liv-ex: Bordeaux buyers look beyond the Firsts

MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT

• How Social Media and Millennials Impact the Alcohol Industry
• 5 Twitter Tools to Enhance Your Marketing
• Big Market Beer Waning Wine, Spirits & Craft Beer Eye Takeover

MEDIA MATTERS

• Let Robert Parker into the Vintners Hall of Fame
• Ethics, Sources and Fact Checking

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Carignan: A Grape From Israel’s Past And Future
• Winegrowing estate in Italy improves flavor via dehydration
• Whats the standard restaurant serving of wine?
• Help Steve Cuozzo navigate a wine list
• Thoughts on the 2009 Cabernet vintage
• Wine balance: Napa’s Phoenix
• The Day We Discovered a Secret French Wine

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Vineyard manager replaces farm workers with sheep
• 50th anniversary events for Napa Valley Wine Library Assn

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MI: Rules on wine shipments confuse vintners, hurt consumers
• NJ: U.S. wine lovers, it’s time to meet Garden State wines
• OH: Growers say this year’s wine crop is looking fine
• WA: Bennu Revives Bottle Plant

PACIFIC RIM

• Ningxia Wine Challenge: Site hacked, contest goes on, details here
• Must-Have Wine : Australia’s Two-Speed Industry