NEWS FETCH – NOVEMBER 19, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Diageo’s $2.1 Billion Deal Signals More Consolidation On The Way
• Estate Taxes Still Top-Of-Mind For Ag Groups
• Judge backs Calif’s high-speed rail over Central Valley farmers
• Diageo Wine Estates president headlines SJV grower forum
• South African Wine Heartland Hit By Looting
• Programs match fledgling farmers, landowners
• Obama gives Boehner a birthday Brunello

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• George Barnwell, Sonoma RRV Grower, Journalist Dies
• Can Randall Grahm Escape Randall Grahm?
• Santa Cruz Winery Group Picks Director
• China wine fund eyes California targets

HARVEST 2012

• Fresno State Winery celebrates first harvest
• Malartic Lagraviere, Bordeaux Harvest

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Lafite 1982 Leads Sotheby’s Wine Sale With Romanee-Conti
• Majestic Wine first-half profit rises
• Burgundy tries to avoid ‘Bordeaux example’ as Asian buyers flock to Beaune
• White Bordeaux and Burgundy shine at auctions
• Asian buyers help Hospices to record sales

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Take wine off the hospital menu
• Alcohol seen as major crime factor

MANAGEMENT

• What do Harley-Davidson and Wine have in common?
• Congratulations, You’re A Winery. Now What?
• Growing Your Own Grapes Isn’t the Only Way

MARKETING & SALES

• 10 Ways to Give Thanks for Customers
• When a Château is not a Château?
• Taking Control in the Unlicensed Marketplace
• Asian-American Consumer Base Has Tremendous Buying Power

MEDIA MATTERS

• EWBC: Reflecting on Georgia
• Chateau Chunder reviewed

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Virginia Norton Gets Some Respect
• What is this wine doing?
• On teaching wine appreciation in China for 10+ years
• The Pungent Problem Of Eucalypt In Wines

EUROPE

• French see red over Chinese wine grab
• Vinexpo 2013 to take place from June 16-20
• Making a small fortune in Montalcino
• Russian airlines to ban vodka on flights

THE UK

• New Thierry’s owner moves to reassure wine suppliers
• New London shop stocks $15 million of wine
• Own-label wine sales flat
• UK teens ‘most likely to get drunk’

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Retailers offering too much wine: Diageo
• OZ: Aussie vines reach 165-year milestone

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• New wine show math in Shanghai: ProWein + FHC China = ProWine China
• More Chinese wine producers will use screw caps instead of corks
• Parker in Peking flashback: The man, the visit, the poster…

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine at America’s Table

OLIVES

• Spain Predicts 58% Slump in Olive-Oil Output
• Healthy But Overlooked Compounds in Olive Oil
• Penryn grower puts olive oil to the test
• Valencian Company Wins Contract to Promote Olive Oil in Brazil
• Harvesting olives at the Oregon Olive Mill