NEWS FETCH – OCTOBER 25, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Brown-Forman Management Shakeup
• Salinas Valley wine biz slow growing
• Beer Sales Bouncing Back
• Fake MW targets trade on social media
• Screaming Eagle phenom “not healthy”
• Silicon Valley Bank Wants Participants In State of the Industry Report
• The buying a winery shell game
• Vintank’s Wine Competitions with Jet Fuel
• New study: Expensive Wines Perceived As Better

OH CANADA!

• BC: South Okanagan has spectacular havest
• BC: Pinheads spoil wine fundraisers
• B.C. Steps Up Green Energy

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Disputed Graton winery wins county approval
• Helen Keplinger Leaves Bryant Family Vineyard
• Flash Wine a Hot Business
• Storm prompted busy Napa harvest weekend
• Backyard winemaking flourishes in Bay Area
• Wine Train seeks longer platform for Napa stop
• Gallo keeps on boozing: buys Shakers Vodka trademark

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Wine, Snacks, and Naps May Be Secrets to Long Life
• ‘Dirt cheap’ alcohol cause of ‘mayhem’

MARKETING & SALES

• Pre-filled wine glasses at Sainsbury’s
• Safeway, Truett-Hurst Partner On Occasion-Based Wine
• $20 Malbec, Argentina’s new move
• Wineries’ paltry websites under fire
• Selling wine by telling stories

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Pernod Ricard reports ‘good sales’ in Q1 but says growth slowing
• Pernod sees profit growth slowing as Asia cools
• Why Diageo Is Up 23% This Year
• Constellation Brands Stays Neutral

MEDIA MATTERS

• Twisted Logic: Writing About Wine in New Orleans

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: Cuomo Halts Onerous Wine Industry Regs
• NY: Wine, beer summit kicks off in Albany
• OR: Embattled state iquor chief steps down
• OR: Winery opponents, not LUBA, muddle land-use law
• TX: Wine-storage business building facility in Fort Worth
• WA: A look inside the new Ancient Lakes AVA

DOWN UNDER

• Bulk Wine Flextanks: Aussie Product Of The Year
• Chinese tastes shape Aussie wine strategies

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• My Tuscan Family Reunion
• 7 Blind Men Taste Old Bordeaux Wines Blind from 1926 to 2003