NEWS FETCH – DECEMBER 7, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Sues Wirtz Beverages
• San Joaquin Valley wine meet focuses on stepped-up production
• Calif State Water Board sued over ag order delays
• China Wine Plays Over-Saturated?
• Argentine Trade Dispute Escalates, Wine Affected
• Wine Foundry (nee’ Crushpad) Gets Ready For Wine Club Launch
• ‘Organic’ isn’t always the best way to a consumer’s heart
• The Drinks Business throws women under the bus
• Arizona Issues Three Wholesaler Trade Practice Advisories

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Teamwork Heads-Off EGVM In Lake County
• Planners approve Trefethen winery project
• Spotlight: Bien Nacido Vineyard’s Nicholas Miller

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• MA: Wine auction bill uncorked while shipment bill bottled up

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• USL-Diageo to divest stake in Whyte & Mackay

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• 1855.com important shareholder pulls out
• Carruades de Lafite Paces Bordeaux Declines
• Liv-ex: Minding the gap

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Resveratrol may not benefit healthy people

MARKETING & SALES

• A $10 Million Wine Giveaway – Really?
• Wine & Graphic Design: A Crowded Undertaking
• The Quality of Gramercy is Not Strain’d
• The wine trade bubble
• Australian wine most popular in off-trade but France leads on-trade
• Prosecco offers intriguing value in sparkling wine market
• Ornellaia’s Second Wine On The Rise In U.S.

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• New Wine Technology Stores & Protects
• Winestyr Makes Online Wine Buying Easy

MANAGEMENT

• Prepare For Compliance Storm

MEDIA MATTERS

• What wine writers keep to themselves

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine, movies and music on the 100-point scale

OH CANADA!

• Ontario Wine Store Privatization in the News

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NW: Winemaking Students Learn Overseas
• CT: Total Wine & More opens first Connecticut store in Norwalk
• TN: Lawmaker has a plan to get wine in grocery stores
• TX: Wine Industry Growing Quickly

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Weather & time are risks in natural yeast fermentations

EUROPE

• Changing The Guard At Cos D’Estournel
• Is Sangiovese The Best Grape For Brunello Di Montalcino?

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine industry to be at forefront of Australian tourism campaign
• OZ: Wine brands increase investment in Tasmania

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Don’t lose sight of the west in the drive for China, says Krug

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Day the Vines Cried: Vandalism in Italy & France
• Deft Hands Behind the Bubbles
• Asimov Rehumanizes Wine in His New Book
• The Strange Story of Syrah in the Finger Lakes

OLIVE OIL

• Former Principal Uses Classroom Skills to Teach Olive Oil
• Inside California Olive Ranch during Harvest