NEWS FETCH – NOVEMBER 28, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Foley Completes Purchase of Langtry Estate & Vineyards
• Glazer’s To Handle Accolade NA In 7 States
• Concepts: The Big Idea for Wine
• Legality of Cal water-right ‘fee’ returns to court
• Farmers will pay if Congress rides off the ‘fiscal cliff’
• More Violence Predicted In S. Africa’s Vineyard Pay Fight
• Will New Jersey Have Wine This Holiday Season?

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Don Sebastiani & Sons Upgrades Napa Valley Winery
• Fire breaks out at Calif. water pumping plant
• Two targets evident in Napa county’s climate plan

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Idaho and New York Simplify Direct Shipping Permitting Processes
• The PLCB should not pass go

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Rémy Cointreau reports profit growth
• Wine Investment Association (WIA) – reflections before launch
• Why the 2012 Burgundy vintage has a whiff of high prices

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• French down to a glass a day as wine becomes weekend treat
• French Wine Consumption Continues to Fall
• U.K. to Tackle Binge Drinking With Minimum Alcohol Price
• Government proposes 45p minimum unit price for alcohol
• Accolade calls for tax break on 8% abv wine
• Total Wine & More and The Century Council create partnership

MARKETING & SALES

• Diageo launches in-store drive to give festive spirits a lift
• What An Awards Program Can Do for Your Brand
• Clear Direct Strategies
• Reaching Generation X: Authenticity in Advertising
• Wine, from the elites to the masses
• WineRep: juuuuust right.
• Prosecco, the new Champagne?
• Tesco Wines launches live wine tasting
• Wolfgang Puck Wines Expand To Retail

MEDIA MATTERS

• Terroirist.com Launches Wine Club

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Remembering ‘why’ you liked a wine
• Wine, from the elites to the masses
• Krug Grande Cuvée; of love lost

OH CANADA!

• LCBO wants personal data of wine club members
• N.S. wineries eye European price rise

EUROPE & THE UK

• ‘Rightful owner’ of Chateau Badette awarded E2.75 million
• LIWF announces plans to “reinvigorate” fair

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Winery workers locked out in pay dispute
• NZ: Wineries’ profits bounce back
• OZ: Cambewarra winery up for auction
• NZ: Co-op sets target for first vintage

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• India’s Growth Story is Still Unfolding
• Brand Extensions are Five Times More Successful than New Launches in India

SOUTH AMERICA

• Doubt about value of new Chilean denominations

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Draper on Terroir, Old Vines, and Natural Winemaking
• Joel Peterson Remembers Being “A Geeky Little Winemaker”
• Bring Your Own Bottle BYOB Wine to Restaurants Tips
• Book Review: A Vineyard in Napa by Doug Shafer with Andy Demsky

OLIVE OIL

• Turkey: olive oil producers set USD 3.8 bln export goal
• Producers in Lebanon Benefit from Reduced Syrian Imports

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Applications Being Accepted for Taub Vinitaly Italian Wine Scholarship