NEWS FETCH – AUGUST 17, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine sees slower 2013 for wine
• Owsley Brown Frazier, Former Brown-Forman Vice Chair, Dies
• China wine imports could be 50% of UK market
• Crushpad – The Death of a Business Model
• Compliance Lessons: What Alternating Proprietors Need to Know
• Can Galloni rescue Calif Syrah with a $1000 tasting?
• Naked Wines hires team to oversee £25million winemaker fund
• Interview, Pt 2: Cacciato of Frederick Wildman
• The Proust Q&A: Miguel Torres
• Maybe That’s Not Beer You’re Drinking
• Wine Labels, Wine Ingredients

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• As heat wave continues, employers cautioned
• China wine pro gives seminars on consumer preferences
• Heat wave great for grape growers
• On the future of Copia and Julias Kitchen

HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION

• Pregnant Women Drinking Wine Risk Stunting Growth Of Child

PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Diageo full-year profit expected to climb by 8.6%
• CNBC on Bordeaux and the fine wine market
• Christie’s Holds First Online-Only Auction

TREASURY CHEST

• Drastic UK volume decline for Treasury Wine given positive spin
• Treasury profits from premium shift
• Australia’s Treasury Wine yr profit beats forecast
• TWE aims to accelerate Asian investment

MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT

• Simple Segmentation – How To Increase Sales and Retention
• Young Rebel Creamy Soft Porn Wine Marketing = Uncontrollably Juicy Italian
• Two Big Reasons Why Your Website isn’t Ranking in Google

MEDIA MATTERS

• Press Release: *Only* One-Page is still very important
• Perspectives on Wine Blogging: Wine Expert Steven Spurrier
• Wine grape ‘bible’ poised for publication

MATTERS OF TASTE

• These Days Soave Gets Some Respect
• Barolo War veteran tells his tale
• Coffee Is The New Wine. Here’s How You Taste It

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• AL: ABC Board Launches Online Wholesale Ordering System for Licensees
• IN: Wine Grapes Drink In Drought Conditions
• MD: Arundel’s largest family farm seeks to join state’s growing wine industry
• MI: Winery on Belle Isle? State control could revive plan for Detroit urban vineyard
• MN: State wineries makes a statement

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Lafite Rothschild’s Vineyard in China Grows the Marselan Grape
• Wine import to Liaoning breaks record