NEWSFETCH – March 2, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Esber vs The Wine Group vs Esber = Esber 2,TWG 0
• Remy move shocks Champagne world
• Does Being Young and a Woman Equal Knowing Nothing About Wine?
• Chile Concha y Toro up 6 pct on US vineyard buy
• Ascentia to move Buena Vista wine brand to Geyserville
• Update on the infamous Jefferson wines
• Champagne seeks cork closure alternative
• Raising a Glass at 23,000 Feet – Without an Airplane
• West Sonoma Vintners Launch New Group
• Maltus sells out of new Napa wine
• Mare Island wine warehouse arsonist looks to withdraw guilty plea
• Famed Napa Winery Hires New Head
• Fresno #3 for Most Toxic Cities
• Calif begins monitoring of air for pesticides in San Joaquin and Kern counties
• Napa County: One Grapevine Moth, But Season Yet To Open
• Sierra snowpack well above average, according to newest measurements

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• A new wine investment listing for London’s AIM
• Liv-ex indices available on Thomson Reuters Datastream

WINE & HEALTH

• Is Wine Really a Health Food?
• Glass of wine a day ‘cuts dementia risk’
• Wine: Join the low-cal party
• American Nanny: CSPI’s 40th Anniversary
• Over 700,000 Young Teens Drink Alcohol; Most Get It From Home

DIRECT SHIPPING

• Maryland Wine Lovers Needed at March 4 Hearing on Direct Shipping
• Legislators should allow wine by mail

AROUND THE STATES

• New York Wine and Tourism Industry Prepares to Battle Hydrofracking
• PA: Erie shoppers soak up sale at state liquor stores
• MD: Uncorking a consumer-friendly wine law
• NY: Martha Clara Vineyards Promotes Epperson-McCarthy to Head Winemaker
• NY: New winery in Burdett off to ambitious start
• Breaux-ken up: Virginia’s loss is Maryland’s gain

THE UK

• Joseph says pricey wines need weighty bottles

CANADA

• A winemaker without a winery

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Canterbury’s plea: Tourists come back
• OZ: Hard slog recovering from Yasi
• OZ: Bignell bid to save the Vale
• OZ: Drugs body backs student wine study

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China demand pushes up Penfolds prices
• Sonoma and Penglai enhance relationship in wine trade

SOUTH AMERICA

• Argentina: What variety will be Malbec’s successor?

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa’s Anthonij Rupert Wine Group Buys Graham Beck Properties

MARKETING & PROMOTION

• U.S. Wines Topped January Flash Sales

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Wine Stores and Local Social Media
• 99+ pts – An interview with Bobby Parkerchuk
• ROA = Return on Attention
• Social Media at Vino 2011
• Will ‘Push Deals’ Become the New ‘Check in’?
• The Next Big Idea in Tech: Do-It-Yourself Focus Groups?
• 10 Excellent Examples of Guerrilla Marketing Campaigns [VIDEOS]

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• KEITH AND STACEY EMERSON ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF SONRIA WINES
• Cecchetti Launches Backhouse Wines

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Dan Berger: Wine info only a call, click away
  
• What to Do with Leftover Wine
• It’s All in the Family for Livermore Winery
• The Frequency of Usage of Wine Words
• Sonoma finds its sense of place