NEWS FETCH – FEBRUARY 12, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Boomers & Busts: Sobering News For The Wine Biz?
• Juice Box Globalization: The Future of Wine?
• High-End Wines Drive Double-Digit Kiwi Growth
• French wines continue to lose market shares globally
• Pernod Ricard To Buy Le Maine au Bois
• Retailers Beat the Flash-Sale Bubble
• Is Buying Stuff with Hashtags a Good Idea?
• How brands can engage Millennial consumers
• Wine Investors Think Globally
• USDA Offering Microloans
• Benetton Gets Into Wine
• Club W raises $3.1 million for accessible artisanal wine

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Temecula winery brawl injures deputy
• Free Seminar on Oxygen and Wine Quality
• Sinking farmland snags San Joaquin River project
• Confucius Culinary Institute to open at UC Davis
• Vincent Winery hearing postponed
• California Bee Project Launched

HEALTH

• Wine Nutrition Facts (Infographic)

MARKETING & SALES

• Marketing Funnels: Don’t Be a Creepy Stalker
• Ignorance may be bliss for consumers, economist says
• Amazon Expands Wine Sales To CO, SC
• Cruise ships help boost winery profile
• Casual-dining, fast-casual concepts stealing market share

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 3 Things to Ask Yourself Before You Pitch a Mobile App

MEDIA MATTERS

• Ethics–And Why Your Wine Will Not Be Reviewed
• Opinions wanted on new way to communicate with wine drinkers
• Cheap Wine Book still needs help

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Caveman instincts fuel drink choices
• Why Trusting Wine Reviews From Minors Isn’t Smart
• How Two Wines Changed The Way I Think About Cork Taint
• The Viognier Buzz
• Noble Rot offers a short lesson in viticulture

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands Returns to Earth
• Beam Waters Down Maker’s Mark’s
• RBC Capital Downgrades Diageo

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 50: three months on

ALCOHOL REGULATION

• TX: Beer Suppliers and Distributors Can Preannounce Retail Visits
• BC: Liquor laws relax for craft brewers and distillers, winemakers
• TTB 2012-4 a Passive Statement About Freshness Dates?

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CO: Taking local to a whole new level
• ID: no sign of winter damage in vineyards
• MS: Corinth’s first liquor, wine retailer is open
• SC: Mira Wines Sinks To Succeed

EUROPE & THE UK

• Tenuta di Argiano sold
• Two prominent Rhone co-ops consider merger
• UK Wine and spirit prices soar above inflation
• State alcohol monopolies – An endangered species?
• UK: More consolidation as big grocers move in on drinks companies
• Vinexpo/IWSR – The UK wine market still headed south

DOWN UNDER

• OZ; Tax takes fizz out of alcopops
• NZ: Winery growth a good sign

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Seeking the Iconic Center of American Wine
• Daily Wine News: Macabre Awaits