NEWSFETCH – February 3, 2011

• Warning: Alcohol may increase your life expectancy and reduce dementia
• Are More States Encouraging Direct Shipment of Wine?
• Major Study: Factors affecting wine closure selection
• California’s soggy winter dries out
• Baptist and Bootleggers Partner in Dallas
• Wine Retail in 2010: Hopeful Reactions from Across the US
• Constellation wine profits disappointing
• Lego Wine: Wine in the [Newest] BRICs
• Alternatives to fumigation and improving fumigant efficacy
• Saintsbury sells Garnet wine label to grape supplier
• Grape/wine marketing with new media, and return of the “Boomer”
• Lodi Winegrape Commission Targets Consumers
• Wine tourism comes to the Holy Land (Israel)
• Construction Begins on a 500 kW Solar Power System for Giumarra Vineyards
• Bordeaux winemaker to launch 2007 Derenoncourt Calif wines

PUBLIC COMPANIES AND INVESTING IN WINE

• Where Does Diageo Go From Here?
• Liv-exA glimpse of DRC 2008
• Label Maker Multi-Color Corp Announces Q3 Results

WINE & HEALTH

• Heart healthy wine tasting in honor of National Go Red For Women Day

AROUND THE STATES

• NY: Cuomo budget ignores wine-in-supermarkets idea
• WA: Coffee as official state beverage? No thanks
• WA: Coffee is a cliche’.why not beer, wine or clam juice?
• OR: Legislature Unlikely to Increase Beer and Wine Tax
• Strapped States Look To Tax Alcohol For Shot Of Cash
• NY: Wine sales at grocers bottled up
• Wines of Washington Promotion Selected to Enhance Digital Marketing & Design
  
• Winery Planned for Cazenovia Lake’s North Shore
• TN Study: Grocery Store Wine Would Create Jobs
• Northwest Wine: In 2010, Reisling, Cabernet Sauvignon ruled

EUROPE

• DRC yields down 40 per cent in 2008
• Austria tops blind Riesling tasting
• Birth of a French wine terroir
• Miguel Torres Chile receives Fair Trade certification
• Champagne brings back bling

THE UK

• Yquem by the glass heads to London

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Storms could spell disaster for grape harvest
• OZ: Riverina vineyards face a grim year
• OZ: Cyclone-hit areas now face flooding
• OZ: Yasi hits Queensland as Yona hits the Waterberg
• OZ: Threat of winery blockade over low grape prices

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• India: American Wines at the Taj West End
• Japan: Wine Importer Enoteca In Management Buyout
• Wine consumption in India: City sees 45% jump
• China’s Winemakers Pick Up the Pace

SOUTH AMERICA

• Wine takes the lead role in an Argentinean TV series

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL NETWORKING

• Talking about social media for wineries
• The Race to Create a Web of Reputation
• Twitter Starts Selling Its Data By The Tweet
• The Pageview Is Dead, Says Analytics Startup Mixpanel
  
• Amazon’s Facebook Integration Is The Future Of Commerce
• Priority Inbox and Overcrowding – How Can Your E-mail Stand Out?

WATER

• Delta Smelt and Water Supplies

THIS MIGHT BE NEWS ... But it’s hard to tell because anything a reader might give a damn about is buried beneath a long, wandering headline.

• Napa Technology Declares 2011 to be the Year of Wines by the Glass; WineStation Developer Identifies Key Wine Sales Trends that will Drive Higher Profits in 2011 HUH?
  
• Gen7 Green School Founder Builds First Prefab Winery and Central Valley’s …