NEWSFETCH – September 15, 2010

Please scroll down for roundups on Web and Social Media Marketing and the 2010 Harvest

• Thousand-liter wine tanks find home in French grocery stores
• Success with JIT grape grower strategy
• Restaurant traffic improved in spring
• San Francisco Per-Drink Alcohol Cost Recovery Fee/Tax Passes
• SF Alcohol fee on thin ice pending mayor’s veto
• Supermarket retail climate remains tough
• Calif. Methyl Iodide opponents Promote Negantive Florida report
• Sonoma County: Knights Valley winery project delayed indefinitely
• Details dribble out on IBG wine telemarketing deal
• French activists destroy experimental vineyard (Again!)
• Aussie wines face Asian growth curbs
• 2011 China International Wine Exhibition And Guangzhou Wine Festival
• Feds Weigh New L.A. County Vineyard Area
• Wineries should contribute to responsible wine consumption
• Moderate drinkers live longer
• Tracking new Calif. water regulations can be a full-time job
• Calif: Revised rural septic rules to feature three-tiered plan
• LCBO’s ONTARIO WINE PROMOTION KICKS OFF WITH A SKY-HIGH STOMP
• Small wineries angry over HR 5034
• Old? Perhaps. Boring? Far from it – Walla Walla Vintners
• OZ: Sydney Extends Alcohol Free Zones
• Artisanal Brands Inc. Appoints Joyce Maia Director of Sales
• Uncorked: New on the wine bestseller list
• Domaine Select Wine Estates is Named ‘Importer of the Year’ by Food & Wine
• New Ryan Patrick winery hopes to pull tourists into Cashmere

2010 HARVEST ROUNDUP

• California Crop Weather – SJV grape harvest
• New Jersey set to have bumper grape crop
• KS: Grape harvest pulls in low crop
• First indications on Harvest in Burgundy with Domaine Taupenot-Merme

WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

• Apps on the phone, but few use them, says new report
• Diageo harnesses Facebook users in Smirnoff push
• Smirnoff does nightlife swap-shop
• Create a Media Plan and an Engagement Plan
• Twitter Redesign Looks Like an Upgrade for Advertisers
• Microsoft Overtakes Yahoo in Search, Says Nielsen