NEWS FETCH – FEBRUARY 1, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Restaurant operators downbeat as sales, traffic soften
• Imports Gain On Calif 2012 Inventory
• Constellation Stock Plummets 20% on Beer Woes
• Strategic sourcing will keep wine execs on their toes
• Cheap NZ wine starts to run dry
• FDIC Bans ex-Sonoma Valley Bank officers from banking
• Immigration reform won’t help labor shortage
• US Seeks Farmers claiming past USDA bias
• Labeling Of Allergens Presents Winemakers With A Quandary
• Questioning the Silence of the Wine Consumer

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Can Sonoma Finally Get Its Act Together?
• Gallo honored by Fredrikson as Winery of the Year
• BC Wineries Eye California

HEALTH

• 3 Biggest Wine Health Myths

MARKETING & SALES

• Are bottles pricing themselves out of the on-trade market?
• Wine Consumers Move Up the Price Ladder
• Wine Pricing Confusion
• Is Beer the New Wine ?
• New alcoholic drinks bypass the glass
• In 2013, who will encourage the US consumption?

CONSTELLATION/BUD BEER BREWHAHA

• Is a Budweiser/Corona merger really bad for America?
• Today’s Constellation Comments on Justice Dept Action
• Anheuser-Busch InBev Statement Regarding DOJ Action
• US sues to stop beer deal to unite Bud and Corona

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo to slow down deals – and develop tequila
• Stalemate over Diageo open offer continues

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Buying Wine on the Web
• Paul Mabray: This is How I Power My Business

MEDIA MATTERS

• Trends that weren’t predicted, & predictions that never happened

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Jancis Robinson MW on Bordeaux 2009
• Organic wines on a roll

OH CANADA!

• Nova Scotia stuffs cork in wine-brewing case
• NS to pull cork on controversial brew-your-own booze restrictions

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MS: Liquor and wine legal, not yet available in Corinth
• TN: Renewed push for wine-in-groceries underway

EUROPE & THE UK

• French frenzy over Kiwi’s Flying Mouton
• Mrs Kathryn Baile to buy the assets of Simon Baile’s ExCellar Ltd?
• Price gap between own label and branded wines to narrow
• UK Retailers urged to push Australian sparkling

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• OZ: Lucky escape for vineyard
• 2012 Wine import via Guangdong ports rises i

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile’s Luis Felipe Edwards Wines continues to invest extensively

SOUTH AFRICA

• It’s wrong to boycott SAfrican wine & won’t help farmworkers

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Lebanese wine exports reach new high

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Why Zinfandel Is Just Like Betty White
• The Super Bowl drinks score? Beer 42 – Wine 32
• Wine Literature Review Lightning Round
• Massolino: “Family-style” Barolos