NEWSFETCH – November 22, 2010

• Booth Family Members Buy Bella Oaks Vineyard, Partner With Staglin For Winemaking
• Nielsen: Americans Ready to Spend on Black Friday
• Demand seen rising for alcoholic beverages
• Alcohol Companies To Pare Back Discounts This Holiday Season
• US Wine exports claw back lost ground
• Illegal immigration: What do we really want?
• Muppets, Madness, Craig Wolf and HR5034
• Lou Foppiano turns 100, celebrates in Healdsburg
• Diageo faces ousting from beer trade body
• Chile goes gourmet with truffle project
• Chile Wine Summit kicks off
• Women driving college ag program expansion
• Red wine packed with anti-diabetes compounds
• “I am surprised by Argentina’s continuous growth”
• Subsurface drip solution for frugal New Mexico farmer
• Kings County farmers land lucrative water sales
• 600 a day join Virgin Wines
• Now the rich buy champagne at Costco and call it being frugal
• UK: Majestic soars ahead
• Consumers Believe A Glass a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
• Sainsburys reveals new winemaker
• PA: Privatization Of State Liquor Stores Could Yield $2 Billion

NEWS FROM DOWN UNDER

• Rosemount set for overhaul to stem falling sales
• Drink Australian and save our wine
• NZ: Export-led success for Marisco winery
• Tasmanian wineries cautious about attracting interstate irrigators
• OZ: More wine with lower alcohol
• OZ: Winemakers Federation not impressed with buying of surplus grapes
• OZ: Focus on quality, says wine award winner
• OZ: Portavin’s exports to China increase

NEWS FROM CHINA

• Asians invade Hospices
• N Michigan Wineries Find Way into Chinese Wine Market
• Burgundy locks horns with Bordeaux in battle for Chinese market

SOCIAL NETWORKING & MARKETING

• In Aisles, Consumers Turn to Mobiles for Holiday Shopping
• Topguest Launches Location Rewards With Hilton, Virgin, More
• eBay Releases All-in-One Buying, Selling & Scanning iPhone App
• New iPhone App Locates Products in Aisles at Stores
• Amazon’s New iPhone App Offers In-Store Price Comparisons, One Click Purchases
• Facebook Accounts for 25% of All U.S. Pageviews
• New Campaign Seeks to Stop Flash Ads from Breaking the Web
• 5 Design Trends That Small Businesses Can Use in 2011
• How to Avoid Building a Disposable App
• Why We Need PageRank for the Social Web
• Food & Wine Magazine Serves Up Holiday Treats for the iPad
• Foursquare Gets Pepsi, SCVNGR Answers With A Fizzy Partner Of Its Own: Coca-Cola

LIGHTER NEWS

• Burgundy wine prices jump for 2010 vintage
• A Record Sale at the Hospices de Beaune Auction
• The Fabulous Destiny (or DesTeany) of Hospices de Beaune Sale and Great Burgundy Wines
• The French paradox gave wine industry a boost
• New wine shop promises revolution
• Fine wine gets a makeover by top architects
• Oil-filled wine bottles being sold in ND towns
• Argentina’s Napa Valley

2010 HARVEST & VINTAGE NEWS

• Oregon vintners are ready to cork a long year
• 2010 Vintage Report: Europe
• 2010 Vintage Report: France
• 2010 Vintage Report: United States