NEWSFETCH – August 26, 2010

• FDA seeks comments on menu labeling, wine calories included
  
• Wine still held hostage as Mexico ratchets up its retaliation in truck dispute
• Sonoma: 2 Hot 2 Fast 4 Grapes!
• Winemakers see red over bogus bottles
• NC Vineyard owners fear effects of wine -shipment bill
• Distell volumes grow but rand eats profits
• WA: Liquor Privatization Advocates Say Intiatives Will Maintain Liquor Law
• Foster’s suffers $464m hangover, as wine continues to seep money
• Scroll down for lots and lots of equivocal Diageo news
• Wine fuels hormone-sensitive breast cancers
• Red-Wine Compound May Help Mend Broken Hearts
• Winiarski gift could save lives
• NZ: Wine boss asks banks to be patient
• Bianchi Winery & Virtus Wines Form Strategic Partnership
• Skipstone Transfers Winemaking To Atelier Melka
• Canadian harvest begins
• Jack Nicklaus Aims To Ace the Wine Business
• Pregnant Women are Drinking Alcohol
• Ottawa supports local vines
• Bounty Hunter Rare Wine & Provisions Nominated for Wine Industry Award…
• NZ Wine Co has worst year for decades
• Commission approves Redondo Beach wine superstore
• Wine , alcohol, and tax in Wine & Spirits magazine
• Bordeaux 1990: 20 years on
• Veuve boycott by bloggers in New Zealand
• CORK: Walk on the wildlife side
• Investors look toward agriculture
• Viticulture center progressing
• Mobile BIS Introduces a Real Time RFID Solution for Wineries
• Paso Winemaker Dies in Off-Road Crash
• Sonoma State Picks Wine Biz Director
• NC: Daniel Fussell dies, Duplin businessman, winery backer
• Tasting bill signed by governor
• MD: New winery set to open Sat
• Wine Growers Erosion Workshops
• Ontario: Spectacular year in the vineyard
• Vineyard managers have ways of controlling crop

———- THE DIAGEO CONUNDRUM, START———-

• Diageo profits lifted by emerging demand
• Diageo outlook cautious despite earnings rise
• Sobering times for drinks maker Diageo as markets shift
• Diageo Full-year Profit Rises On Emerging Markets Strength
• Drinks company Diageo’s full-year profit up 1.5 percent
• Diageo wine sales up 20% in Great Britain

———- THE DIAGEO CONUNDRUM, END ———–

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