NEWSFETCH – February 8, 2011

• Key element of Russian River frost plan withdrawn
• UC Davis Wine Technology May Put a Cork on Terrorism
• Georgia Teacher Forced to Resign Over Facebook Picture With Wine Glass
• Williamson Act: Calif farmers may have to sell if Calif axes conservation program
• Farm insurance fraud is cheating taxpayers out of millions
• WA: Tri-City farmers, winery owner plead innocent in ag insurance fraud
• $17 million slated for fighting the European grapevine moth
• Why Are All Those Vineyards For Sale?
• The Other Guys’ wine sales soar 66 percent in troubled 2010
• Fact, Reason and Resenting the Biodynamic Wine Movement
• Thoughts on Robert Parker’s semi-retirement
• UC-Davis leaning on Wi-Fi to improve winemaking
• State budgets, global warming, screwcaps
• Quebec firm launches 1-liter PET bottle for wine
• Don’t-miss highlights of World Ag Expo 2011
• Mediation for Wine Industry Disputes
• Somerston promotes Gallegos to vineyard manager

PUBLIC COMPANIES AND INVESTING IN WINE

• LVMH drinks sales rebound in 2010
• Asahi Breweries: No interest in Foster’s at this time
• Foster’s moves to unmix its well-know lagers from unsuccessful wines
• Liv-ex: Mouton and Haut Brion maintain their lead
• Zeder of S. Africa Accepts HCI Offer for Stake in KWV

WINE & HEALTH

• Allergens in your wine?
• Under-aged drinking drops in down economy
• Study Links Private Alcohol Stores to More Deaths

AROUND THE STATES

• KS: Senate bill proponents, opponents clash over liquor sales
• KY: Grocers, Liquor Retailers At Odds Over State Law Change For Fourth Year
• UT: Restaurant liquor license bill passes State House
• MD: Alcohol-tax advocates roll out supporters, including wine store owner

EUROPE

• Sylvie Cazes to manage all Roederer Bordeaux estates
• Provencal Rose’ Up For 6th Year Straight

THE UK

• Gloomy consumers to cut back on eating out
• UK’s first Natural Wine Fair

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Riverina vineyards consider collective bargaining
• OZ: Chateau Yaldara for sale
• OZ: Wine grape producers to pressure big supermarkets
• Exports stronger as Australian Vintage posts $6m first half profit

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• State-owned wine producer buys chateau, sets up distribution network-the first of many such deals?

SOUTH AMERICA

• Argentinean wine exports to U.S. overtakes Chilean

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL NETWORKING

• Millennial Alert: You Don’t Got Mail
• Most Of Your Tweets And Facebook Messages Will Never Reach Your Intended Audience
• State of the Web 2010: E-Commerce Rebounds, Facebook Rises, Online Video Booms
• Virgin Mobile Starts Preloading SCVNGR on Android Handsets
• ShoutEm Makes It Easy to Create Your Own Mobile App
• Android Passes iOS For Overall U.S. Smartphone Subscribers
• iPhone App Fragmentation FUD Is Looming

WATER

• Intelligent Use of Water Summit set for March 15

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Thinking inside the wine box
• Naked Wines founder Rowan Gormley – interview
• Smells like citrus, tastes like stone: finding flavor in wine