NEWSFETCH – October 11, 2010

• Feds Give Calif Ag $17+ Million For 64 Projects, 5 Wine-Related
• Supermarket ramps up own-label wines
• Wineries and social media: time to take a deep breath
• Price for SJValley raisins highest in 20 years
• SJV Raisin Price details
• China becomes 8th biggest wine market
• Chinese thirst for more Aussie wine
• Pershing may push for Fortune Brands split
• Pack N’ Ship & Sonoma County Vintners Co-op launch “Outside the Box”
  
• Biltmore Appoints Southern Wine & Spirits As Part of National Expansion
• Vintners turn to refillables
• Meet Brett: Why You Do or Don’t Want It In Your Wine
• Bordeaux: There’s More Here Than $1,550 Bottles
• Elders increases food, beverage commitments in China
• Central Coast Grape harvester accident sends one person to hospital
• VA: ABC privatization: None shall pass
• Mass. liquor store owners push to repeal tax
• How to Send Wine Samples to a Blogger
• Ackerman Buys 11% Stake in Fortune Brands; Shares Jump
• Vintners in Monterey County launch new interactive website
• Updated wine guides, and a surprising ‘winner’
  
• MI: Owner built Fenn Valley winery from scratch
• Dana Cowin on Food & Wine’s iPad App & Trends
• New Finger Lakes Wine Center to open soon
• Hudson Valley’s Brotherhood – the US’s oldest winery
• An act of quiet defiance where wine is the most wicked thing

2010 HARVEST NEWS

• California Winegrape Harvest 2010
• BC: Wineries squeeze innovation from soggy year
• Titus Vineyards Interactive Webcast Covers Harvest Live
• OZ: Rain boosts South Burnett wine prospects