NEWSFETCH – February 17, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Vancouver’s Marc Anthony Group sues The Wine Group
  
• Consumers: Plenty To Hate About Supermarkets
• Interview: Chinese COFCO VP says company seeks larger global wine role
• Napa vineyard owner digs in on land-use fight
• Havens Wine Cellars Back In Business
• San Benito County Wine grape harvest strong this year
• AG: Federal Budget Add-Ons From California
• Australia China Dev Co sets wine mission to China for April
• Talking Millennial Wine Marketing in Napa
• OZ: Graduate turns water into wine for fundraiser
• Vinexpo’s Global Study (Contains some pretty good data then a demand for $1,340 for the whole thing.
  
• Monvera & Etched Images Ink Paperless Bottle Labeling Deal
• Napa Vintners set example for hoteliers, restaurateurs
• NCoast officials discuss rules on agritourism
• Rutherford Dust Society Elects Robin Baggett for Second Term

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Net profits up 10% at Pernod Ricard
• Why Diageo is No. 1 in South Korea
• Diageo and Pernod line up for Fortune Brands’s $10bn spirits business
• Distell Faces Increasing Competition From SABMiller
• Exports help lift Distell’s revenues
• Liv-ex: Margaux to rise and shine?

WINE & HEALTH

• Alcohol industry balks at counting calories
• Promoting health at wine tasting
• Wine & Other nutrition tips to reduce heart disease

AROUND THE STATES

• OR: Winery, conservationists clash
• KS: SB 54 Opponents Ignore Statewide Benefits of Updated Laws
• AL: Counties loosen alcohol laws
• PA: Bill would uncork happy hour
• GA: Senate may cork Sunday sales after fast start
• VA: Trump in talks to buy socialite Kluge’s Charlottesville vineyard and estate
• MA: 2011 Promises to be a Year of Change in Wine Market
• PA: Liquor Control Board limits consumer choice
• Can the Washington Wine Industry Survive?
• NJ: Wine retailers not toasting court ruling

EUROPE

• Gamay Symposium yields surprise results
• Giants take over Chateau Beychevelle
• Champagne: vintage versus non-vintage at the Harpers Champagne summit
• Fine wine comment: New vintage, new danger

THE UK

• UK: Why we’re paying less for wine
• Fake alcohol on the rise
• Red wine drinkers could help save ailing pubs and restaurants
• Portuguese exports to UK soar in value
• LIWF and The Wine Gang set the trend for 2011

CANADA

• Wineries wary of change to bottle labelling rules

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: High hopes for grape with no name
• OZ: Wine grapes wasted by the weather
• OZ: Rains threaten grape harvest
• Wine Communicators bring Rick Bakas to Australia
• NZ: The remarkable viticulture of Dry River, Martinborough

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• India wants to join the OIV
• China wine import: rise in volume and slip in price
• China begins Yquem love affair

SOUTH AMERICA

• What will 2011 Argentinian wines be like?
• Overlooked Grape Gets an Upgrade in Chile

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Rosemount launches ‘Diamond Friends’ Facebook campaign
• Why Consumers Quit Brands on Facebook, Twitter, E-mail
• Twitter Ads Are Coming Before April, And Twitter Worries You Might Hate Them
• Fake Rahm Emanuel Twitter Account Raises Verified Account Concerns

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Bob Trinchero to be inducted into Vintners Hall of Fame
• Ravenswood founder Joel Peterson to enter Vintners Hall of Fame
• Purple Wine Co Appoints Sr VP of Marketing

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Is the Central Valley ‘rural?’ One of its Congressmen wants to know
• USDA working on smart phone apps for farmers, ranchers
• Extreme Cold Also Threatens Wine

WATER

• A GOP water grab
• Problems many, solutions few in long-awaited Delta report

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Move over Old Spice guy, here comes Zin man
• Interview with Randall Grahm
• Take your insane wine obsession to the next level
• What is a 90-point wine?