NEWS FETCH – DECEMBER 10, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Diageo unlikely to swoop for $10bn+ Beam Inc. in short term
• Parker sells Wine Advocate, steps down as editor
• Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Sues Wirtz Beverages
• TTB Fights To Avoid Being Split Up
• Pricing, M&A to dominate wine business in 2013
• Brazil is the country to watch in the winemaking world
• Slave wages for S. African Vineyard workers?
• You’re Only As Far Away From Agriculture As Your Next Meal

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• With Large Oil Reserve, California Faces Fracking Debate
• 2012 California Wine Harvest Report: Ideal Growing Season
• Saving the Idea of “Reserve” At Smith-Madrone Winery
• Gallo conquers Chinese palates

HEALTH

• Study finds beer has anti-virus powers
• Wine not ‘heart-healthy’ for the obese: study
• Ban alcohol advertising please
• Wine during pregnancy

MARKETING & SALES

• Mobile Ecommerce and the Wine Industry
• Reaching The Millennial Millions
• Nakedwines.com strips out middleman
• Winery Owner Imaging PR 101

MEDIA MATTERS

• A wine writer’s pleasures of the road
• The ethics of wine
• The Man Who Knows A Thousand Grapes

MATTERS OF TASTE

• We Don’t Need No Stinking Experts
• Wine In A Box: Time To Give It Another Chance?
• Experts Joust Over Wine Closures
• More on Parker

OH CANADA!

• Privatizing alcohol sales
• Canadians will spend $85+ on wine, beer and spirits in Dec.

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NE: Central Nebraska winery rebuilding after fire
• NJ: Wineries Toast New Distribution Law
• NY: Wine industry celebrates one of best-ever years

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Moon phases and stag’s bladders: wacky wine-making
• Altering the Aromatic Profile of Tempranillo Wines Using Foliar Urea Fertilization

EUROPE & THE UK

• Burgundy Drinkers Will Pay More as 2012 Production Drops
• Champagne’s low yields pose blending problems
• UK Off-trade: ‘ferocious’ Christmas business on cards
• Vranken-Pommery spends E37m buying new vineyards

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Grape price increase needed

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Diageo announces US$10 Millions strategy to empower 2 million women in Asia Pacific
• Lafite Rothschild unfazed by slowdown in demand in China

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• ‘Same-Sex Meritage’ launches
• In search of the wines from biblical times
• What Science Can Tell You About Drinking Your Bubbly
• “Wine Grapes”: The wine geek’s ideal reference book

OLIVE OIL

• Promising Results for New Test for Pesticide Residues in Olive Oil
• Turkey Aims to Boost Olive Oil Exports to $3.8b in 10 Years
• Libya Tries to Exploit Olive Oil