NEWSFETCH – January 11, 2011

• Glimmer of Hope in Challenging Direct Shipping On-Site Requirements
• Wine Marketing: All About Mobile in 2011
• Any wine from any grape: Behind the scenes at Cornell’s teaching winery
• Earliest Known Winery Found in Armenian Cave
• Farmland values soaring, for now
• San Joaquin Valley Air district offers help to replace polluting tractors
• 2010: The Bordeaux investment story
• Vietnam: Getting drunk with imported wine
• PA: Wine Kiosks Returning
• Mexican Vintners Produce Ever More Wine Miracles
• Bordeaux classed growths go fully organic
• Montalcino producers expected to approve change to Rosso regulations
• Sunday Alcohol Sales Coming to Connecticut?
• Alex, a Top Wine Restaurant in Vegas, Closes Its Doors
• Grapegrowers Enlisted to Preserve Species
• SAfrica: Wine tourism growing in W Cape
• New Solution for Wine & Spirits Industry to Fight Counterfeiting

NEWS FROM DOWN UNDER

• OZ: GM departs Foster’s NSW
• Growers campaign to turn New Zealand’s vineyards organic
• NZ: Delegat’s to acquire Remainder of Oyster Bay

NEWS FROM ASIA

• CASTEL wine Store opened in Yunnan

NEWS FROM THE UK

• ‘Massive implications’ of warehouse roof collapse for businesses

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL NETWORKING

• How to Make Your Shopping Cart Suck Less
• How Obvious Is Your Call to Action?
• 5 Key Tips for a Successful Social Media Content Strategy
• Here’s How To Make Sure Your Social Media Campaign Isn’t A Complete Waste Of Money And Time
• 7 Top Online Marketing Trends for 2011 [Data Included]
• The New Digital Divide: Latinos on Top

LIGHTER NEWS

• Take It from the Wine Experts: Skip Sommelier Suggestions and Wine Store Markups
• Vertical (Not Necessarily Sideways)

MORE ON WORLD’S OLDEST WINERY

• Scientists unearth world’s oldest winery
• Ancient winemaking operation unearthed
• Researchers find oldest known winery in cave in Armenian mountains
• Perhaps a Red, 4100 B.C.

WATER NEWS

• Expert urges agriculture water use changes
• California’s Heavy Rains Counter La Niña’s Ways

HARVEST & VINTAGE NEWS

• A small but excellent vintage for Swiss wines

THIS MIGHT BE NEWS …but how could you tell with this long wandering headline that fails to tell anybody why they should care?

• Wineries Gain New Interactive Channel with iVinoX – New Service Platform Engages, Enhances Experience for Wine Enthusiasts Planning Winery Visits