NEWS FETCH – JULY 30, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine Estates Mulling Big China plan
• Is California Wine At a Pricing Inflection Point?
• Land Values Keep On Climbing
• Estate tax debate heats up in U.S. tax fight
• Thinking Positive: The 2012 Wine Industry Financial Symposium
• The Small Distributor: An Update
• Washington law boosts Idaho and Ore. liquor sales
• Canadian Wineries still live in fear of liquor control boards
• The Horror! The Horror! Celebrity Pinot Grigio

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Lake County crop value increased 4% in 2011
• Charles Krug to build $6M new hospitality center
• Meritage expansion boosts Napa Valley tourism
• UC Davis Mondavi research winery nearly done
• A crop of new, noteworthy California wineries

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Brown-Forman AGM okays stock split, elects board
• Moët Hennessy USA Sales Up 7% In First Half
• You Don’t Know Jack: Brown-Forman’s Shares Are Currently Overvalued
• Constellation Brands Having Record-Breaking Year
• Liv-ex: Beyond Bordeaux: best of the rest

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Is yours a red wine and cola?
• Taste What You’re Missing: Taste science gets girly
• Priority Access
• What is an “intellectual wine”?
• Do “real oenophiles” like local wine?
• When food and wine pairing go awry

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Houseguest Wine: Yes to Albariño, No to Malbec
• College Level Philosophy: The Wine Edition
• What wine writers talk about at dinner

MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT

• Social media leads drink and food choices
• Redefining Engagement in the Social Age
• Wine on Tap = Greener Wine
• “Freshbag” – French for wine kegerator
• World’s Best Sale Pitch: “My Product will help you Increase Sales”

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• IN: Wine distributor Goes Eco-Friendly
• NM: Wine a budding business in the Mesilla Valley
• NY: Bloomer Creek, Cult Winery Continues to Take Chances
• NY: Winegrape Renamed ‘Geneva Red’
• OR: Claude Gros a brilliant mercenary winemaker
• WA: Seattle’s Precept Wine brims with growth across Northwest

EUROPE

• Burgundy harvest squeezed by poor weather
• Rioja Gems Part II: Family and Tradition

THE UK

• UK consumers open to untraditional wine packaging
• Waitrose becomes Principal Supporter to the Institute of Masters of Wine

OH CANADA!

• Langley winery Blackwood Lane has 5200 bottles of high-end wine stolen

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: More cuts loom as Owens-Illinois blames local market
• OZ: Farmers and grape growers work together to stop spray drift damage

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Building a Winery in China From Scratch
• Red wine leading the way in China

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• B Cellars Partners With Vin Divino for National Sales and Marketing