NEWSFETCH – February 18, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Could wine bars save bankrupt Borders?
• Chinese purchase Chateau de Viaud
• Distilled Spirits Industry Beginning to Rebound From Recession
• Partnership Inked Between Bill Hambrecht, Phil Hurst, Paul and Heath Dolan
• Grapevine DNA testing ready first time in U.S.
• SupremeCorq Suspending Operations
• Suitors For Piper & Heidsieck may include LVMH with Thienot Group or Lanson
• A letter About The Wine and Beer Wholesaler Protection Act
• Consumers craving more ethnic cuisine-what does this mean for wine?
• Burgundy wines back to pre-recession prices
• Canadians drinking more wine than ever
• In Napa, Where the Downturn Is Measured Glass by Glass

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Pernod ups annual profit guidance
• Would you invest $200,000 in a wine mutual fund?
• Liv-exBordeaux 2010 part two: The wines

HEALTH

• Ask a Pregnant Lady: Drinking Wine While Pregnant
• Which wines are better choices if I have acid reflux?
• Will calorie labeling in restaurants make a difference?
• How do consumers respond to portion information on food and drink labels?
• Safeway Debuts Shelf Nutrition Tags

WATER

• New threat to Delta arises
• California Bill Brings Rainwater to Your Toilet
• Calif. congressman tries to cut dam removal study

AROUND THE STATES

• VA: Family-owned barrel stave-maker fends off tough times
• OR: 2010 vintage drops 24%
• MA: Retailers Seek Access to Broader Markets
• KS: Senate panel to vote next week on liquor bill
• OR: Jacksonville man cited for running illegal winery
• Is It Time to Open Up Corkage Laws?

EUROPE

• Search for France’s Top 100 IGP wines begins
• Russia Vodka Output Fell in January as Cognac, Wine , Beer Rose

THE UK

• British drinking is among world’s highest

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine glut cutting demand for cuttings
• NZ: Website to help soak up wine glut
• NZ: Growers say small wineries will suffer under Bill
• OZ: Vintage year for McLaren Vale wine

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Chinese vitality invigorates Pernod Ricard
• India: Let’s say hic hic hurray!
• China, I hardly know you
• German wine brand Black Tower forays into India

SOUTH AMERICA

• AdVini founds a joint venture in Chile with Santa Carolina

SOUTH AFRICA

• Wine makers look to China to boost sales in slow export market

MARKETING & PROMOTION

• Attention wineries: show your wares at virtual Wine Fair
• Marketers Embrace “Values” Pitch In Tough Times
• Retailers missing out on video to increase sales

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Snooth Adds RecipeTips.com to Epicurean Lifestyle
  
• 13 tools to help you track and manage your ‘tweetlife’
• Paid Links Revisited: JCPenney – A Disaster or Success?
• Mobile Is Now a Game of Ecosystems, Not Devices
• BilltoMobile Quietly Emerges As Mobile Payment Powerhouse
• What makes a good New Media strategist

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Vintner’s Hall of Fame
• Napa’s Toast of the Valley
• The ‘Little Grape that Could,’ Petite Sirah, Celebrates 50 Years
• Beaulieu celebrates 110 years with founder de Latour
• ONEHOPE Wine Donates 50 Percent Of Its Profits To Charity

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• New edition of National Land Cover Database available
• How much does road dust affect crops?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Wine Guy: Jesus made it, drank it and so should you
• What is your price point when it comes to wine?