NEWS FETCH – SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Acquires O Wines
• California fracking takes less water than Texas
• Aussie winemakers well-placed to take advantage of the US market
• Farm Bill Now! Rally Speakers Announced
• Does wine have to be certified organic to be sustainable?
• Pinera Bullish on Chilean Growth Amid ‘Gloomy’ World Picture
• Climate study tipped to grow NZ wine production
• Winemaker says US cash could flow Australia’s way

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Interim dean named for UC Davis Ag College
• Kosher Wine Finds Champion in Livermore
• Good Times Return to Napa
• 70 Willamette Valley Wineries Visit San Francisco

OH CANADA!

• Fire destroys part of B.C. wine history
• Canada Shipping Law Update: 69% Open?
• Why Are Ontario Wines So Expensive?

HARVEST 2012

• Cal Central Coast harvest kicking into gear
• The Big Wet in England and France
• Sierra Foothills/Ed Dorado County Harvest Report: Fair Play
• ‘Average’ Winegrape Harvest Greeted with Relief
• White harvest begins in Bordeaux

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• RBC Capital Reiterates Outperform on Diageo
• Wine giant Pernod committed to NZ
• Australian Vintage appoints Dyer general manager
• Flying start for Hong Kong auction season
• Acker Merrall & Condit New York Wine Auction Totals $3.2 Million

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Regulating Alcohol: Should We Still Be Interested In Temperance?
• Study: Red Wine Is Healthier When It’s Non-Alcoholic (Sorry)
• How drinking a glass of wine in a UK park during a family picnic is now a crime
• Heavy Drinkers at Greater Risk for Stroke

MARKETING & SALES

• Pouches Proving to Be a Hit With Booze Marketers
• Cash-Rich Boomers Do Poorly With Visual Complexity
• Are Restaurants Jacking Up Wine Prices?
• New Daily Deals Site Focuses on Beer, Wine, Liquor
• Gallo partners with Universal Pictures

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Geeks Preaching To The Choir
• The New Wine Demagoguery
• New Bottles + Old Wine = Good Reading

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Tasting the Visual, Sharing Influence: Shape Tasting
• The Influence of Cherry Wood Barrel Aging on Red Wine Color
• Move over, red and white — here comes orange wine
• Three new MWs take total to 300

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Wizard of Flaws
• Forget the Martini; 007 Will Have Chateau Angelus
• New Israeli wines
• Smithsonian Tackles Wine for the First Time
• Passionate on Two Topics: Wine and India
• WATCH: Graffiti Artists Create Wine Labels

PACKAGING

• Nomacorc commissions new oxygen management research
• Closures: Part 2 – in praise of screwcaps
• Conservatives and liberals may differ on wine packaging

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Growing pains for Southern Oregon wines
• OR: Alcohol rules come under fire
• WA: Liquor sales in state picking up
• WA: Training Students for Jobs in State’s Wine Industry

EUROPE

• French Farm Exports Climb in July on Sales of Wine and Cognac
• Something Old and Something New in the Douro
• Saint Emilion 2012 Classification – Declassified Chateaux

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: After the deluge, 2011 reigns
• OZ: Naked Wines seeks winemakers for $1mill global wine competition

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• S.Korea: Free Trade drives up wine imports from U.S., Europe
• Misdirected efforts of Indian Wine Producers
• French wine cellar settles down in Wurumuqi
• Ministry of Commerce has accepted application of anti-dumping probe into EU

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• New Research Models Carbon Footprint of Beverage Products