NEWSFETCH – February 2, 2011

• Wine Group CEO Details Insight & Strategy On Millennials & Generational Marketing – WINE EXECUTIVE NEWS
• Wine grape prices still not sustainable for growers
• Wine producers move closer to market balance
• Accolade to avoid slash-and burn approach, says boss
• Wine Institute’s Carefully Nuanced Nutritional Label PressRelease
• Comment – Wine – Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
• Tractor rollovers deadliest injury incident on farms
• San Joaquin Valley economic indicator points to growth
• Restaurants return to industry sales growth
• California vintners consider producing sweet wine
• The Most Important Word in Wine Today: Narrative
• Mondavi took the path less traveled
• Napa’s Oxbow Commons design must handle flood torrents
• Wine drinkers getting younger

POLITICS, TAXES & DIRECT SHIPPING

• Measuring the Coming Shaft That is Maryland’s Direct Shipping Bill

INVESTMENT AND STOCKS

• Buyers Accumulating Shares of Diageo
• Liv-ex indices power into new year

AROUND THE STATES

• FL: Nation’s Top Charity Wine Auction Posts $12 Million Haul
• NY: Finger Lakes wine push bears commercial fruit
• PA: Local wine kiosks are dispensing again
• TX: Budget cuts imperil Texas’ nascent wine industry
• ND: Wine makers may sell directly to stores
• WI: Grape Growers Association Hires New Marketing Head

EUROPE

• Decision looms over Miguel Torres succession
• Vintage reputations – the struggle for truth
• Europe embraces organic viticulture

DOWN UNDER

• Australian wine industry rallies behind flood victims
• OZ: Winery takeover
• OZ: New leadership for Queensland Wine Industry Association
• Wine Australia calls for ‘unity’ as major backer withdraws
• OZ: Vinvicta announces association with AEB
• OZ: Phylloxera warning to grape harvester operators

SOUTH AMERICA

• Concha Y Toro Adds Beer To Its Repertoire

SOUTH AFRICA

• KWV Holdings First Half Earnings May Fall as Much as 70%

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL NETWORKING

• Snooth/WineTracker Perspective – BING COPYING GOOGLE
• Leading Flash Sales Sites Identified
• The Dreamer – Ed Thralls
• Why Influencer Marketing Needs to Go Beyond Follower Counts
• Facebook Launches Deals Page on Site
• 26% of Mobile Apps Are Opened Only Once
• ComScore and the ‘Traffic Assignment’ Problem

WATER

• Frog’s Leap Winery Saves 64000 Gallons of Water a Year with Dry-Farming
• Calif Supreme Court Waffles On Water Right Fee Program
• Pushing lies about California’s water projects

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