NEWSFETCH – November 8, 2010

Please scroll down for Social Networking, Down Under, China & Lighter News

• Wines of Chile unveils 2020 strategy to double sales to $3bn
• New elections mean status quo for agriculture?
• Border crisis: Restaurant industry needs immigration reform
• Portugal looks for wine deals, debt help from Chinese president’s visit
  
• Settlement says Carneros resort developer must support affordable housing
• Conservation payments headed to farmers
• Chopin Imports Announces Partnership with Southern
• Washington Voters Miss the Point: Markets are Fair and Orderly
• Copia two years later
• Copia employees look back
• Errazuriz wants to be Chile’s number one super premium winery by 2020
• CARE: An End to Out-of-State Beer?
• VA: Owners renegotiate as Sweely Winery auction is canceled
• British Consumer Confidence Slips as Job and Personal Finance Fears Escalate
• UK: Mums to spend less on alcohol this Christmas
• Pauli family buys prime Ukiah Valley farmland
• Continuing Legal Education: What Is Wine Law?
• Canada: World wine show breaks records
• Alcohol nutritional labeling a regulatory maze
• NC: Tip leads regulators to violation at Duplin Winery
• New Director for Oregon Wine Board
• Solar Winery Backers: Economics, Not Environmentalists, Will Save the World
• NC: Viticulture center finally opens its doors
• VA: Despite economy, new winery in works at old county fair site
• Sonoma growers say frost protection rules could hurt economy
• New booklet on biodynamics
• Dallas Voters Support Markets, Eliminate “Dry” Areas
• TX: Not everyone cheers vote to widen alcohol sales in Dallas

NEWS FROM CHINA

• U.S. Wine Exports to China increase
• Hungarian wines step up sales strategies in China
• Vince Cable backs Diageo’s attempt to buy China’s Shui Jing Fang
• Hong Kong wine insiders call Sotheby’s Lafite prices “insane”

NEWS FROM DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Hong Kong firm takes over local wine trust
• NZ: Sommelier kiosks a winning match
• NZ: Push for growth will crush industry
• NZ: Viticulturist’s year of success continues
• OZ: Champagne Sales set to Sparkle
• World’s wine glut claims more NZ victims

SOCIAL NETWORKING & MARKETING

• The Future of Geo-Location: Faith, or Science?
• Google Calls Out Facebook’s Data Hypocrisy, Blocks Gmail Import
• Small Production Means Big Design on Wine Labels
• Cor.kz 3.0 Brings Wine Comparisons, iPad and iPhone4 Support
• Does the market love you or hate you? One way to find out Sentiment
• A Foursquare For Beer Lovers

LIGHTER NEWS

• First #Zinfandel Day Worldwide Nov 19—Celebrating America’s Heritage Wine
• Norman Foster’s Space-Age Winery Touches Down in Countryside
• Champagne beer aims to lift drink’s image
• Doña Paula’s secrets
• Oak as shoulder pad
• Don’t be ashamed of buying $5 wine
• Can husband-and-wife team make winery grow while working other jobs?
• Pop open a can of wine lately?
• Does Drinking Make You Worse Than a Crackhead?

2010 HARVEST NEWS

• WA: On Bainbridge Island, They Will Crush No Wine Before Its Time
• Germany ‘smallest harvest’ for 25 years