NEWSFETCH – September 30, 2010

• Beer Distributors Tout HR5034 “Progress”
• Why Is Congress So Afraid of Mail Order Wine?

Please scroll down for more HR5034 coverage + 2010 Harvest Articles

• Soaring Australian dollar cruels Foster’s sale ambitions
• The Text of The POST Act of 2010 (Direct Shipping via U.S. Mail)
• Nielsen at Advertising Week: Fact Sheet and Video Presentations
• Schramsberg Vineyards Powered Entirely by Solar Power
• CO: New shared premise law aids start-up winemakers
• Winemakers required to take more steps against moth
• Asian interest in Burgundy drives NY auction
• Fortune Brands Declares Regular Dividend
• Constellation Brands Formed a Tweezer Bottom
• Quality at the heart of cru bourgeois
• Michigan lawmakers approve Sunday morning liquor sales
• Noted wine family heals a rift with special event for Make-A-Wish
• Snap a wine label to find where to buy that wine
• VA: ABC plan aids big box stores
• Wine Vending Machine Near College Draws Alcohol Abuse Complaints
• OZ: Two views of the wine industry’s progress
• Oregon Winemakers Try New Strategies
• ‘Virtual sommelier’ service launches
• Harrods to open new wine department
• Fine Wine Fair welcomes wine and food fans
• Workshop will help start wine, grape-growing businesses
• The virtues of back labels
• Can New York Rieslings age, too?

HR5034 COVERAGE

• Wholesalers Get Hearing: Wine Shipping & Regulation
• Wine Institute Makes a Strong Case to Reject H.R. 5034
• NetChoice Warns that CARE Act Will Harm Internet Commerce

2010 HARVEST ROUNDUP

• Calif’s late grape harvest of 2010: What it could mean
  
• San Diego Grape harvest season to wrap up