NEWS FETCH – FEBRUARY 5, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Ste. Michelle plans Prosser winery
• Duckhorn Sues Duck Walk
• Falling box wine demand closes packaging plant
• Brand Familiarity Reigns King
• Magnotta buys Kittling Ridge wine biz
• Consumers Spent & Saved Less in Q4 2012
• SAfrica Farmworker Riots: 3 dead, millions in damages
• When small wineries get big owners
• North American Winery Total Passes 8,000
• Access To Land, Capital Biggest Hurdle For Young Farmers

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• 2 more winery expansions in Tracy, Acampo
• M2 wants to build new Lodi winery
• eWinery Solutions Names Barry Gilbert to Board
• Napa Valley Vintners Announce 2013 Auction
• 4th Central Coast winery ordinance meeting

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo open offer cleared, United Spirits shares gain 4%
• Modelo deal parties working on DOJ concerns
• Constellation Stock Rating Lowered
• Diageo Hints At New Tequila Brand

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Hong Kong’s Tang to auction rare wine collection
• Christie’s announces HK Burgundy-only sale
• Update to the Liv-ex Champagne 25 Index
• The world’s top 10 most powerful fine wines

HEALTH

• Britain sobers up as drinkers cut back on wine and spirits
• Debate Over Cruise & Booze

MARKETING & SALES

• Looking at Customer Wariness to Collecting Data
• Your Wine’s Visual Brand Story. How Well Does It Work?

CONTROVERSY & BRAND VISIBILITY: RESULTS GOOD AND BAD

• Soda Stream ad banned from Super Bowl
• A breakdown of Applebee’s receipt controversy

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Court: Online sellers can demand customers’ personal info
• Superbowl Ads Favor URLs, Hashtags –Not Facebook

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Build Your Business using Guiding Principles

MEDIA MATTERS

• Howard Goldberg on NY Times Wine Writing

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Irrigation: The Root Of All Evil?
• What’s next for sweet red wine?
• Australia’s Fox Creek Beats French Bordeaux

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NE: Winery and Grape Growers Show Comes to Kearney
• NY: State wine industry needs “masters”
• NY: Finger Lakes is Rallying Around Pinot
• WA: Bill would allow underage sipping for vit students
• WA: Food Boom: Finally, a pairing for Woodinville’s wine scene

EUROPE & THE UK

• Huge haul of gold coins discovered in Champagne
• England’s Rathfinny ‘will export 50%’
• Russia set to resume imports of Georgian wine and water
• UK Develops Growing Taste For Sparkling Wines

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: New calls to protect Hunter wine region

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Louis Latour vertical tasting in China

SOUTH AFRICA

• SAfrica producers band together to push quality message

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Winemakers to Watch
• The Wine Color Chart
• Supermarket QR codes to show how food is being produced

OLIVE OIL

• Dangerous scheme hurting Lebanon olive oil industry
• Olive oil component alleviates intestinal syndrome

LONG WANDERING HEADLINES

• Naked Rebel Winery, Pink Panda Cellars and Winemaps.com to Promote an … On the other hand, the Naked Rebel and Pink Panda did get my attention.
• But this one failed: The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) urges the Government to get behind British wine and spirits businesses…