NEWSFETCH – March 7, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Mexico to Cut Tariffs 50% on Wine, Other Goods as Truck Dispute Ends
• Are Your Winery Interns Actually “Employees” That Must be Paid?
• China to Consume a Bottle of Wine Per Person a Year
• Oddbins Seeks Investor to Fund Rescue Plan
• Cupcake Wines Ranked No. 1 in Momentum
• Global Private Label Report: The Rise of the Value-Conscious Shopper
• Chateau Margaux ups fight on wine fraud
• Sonoma: The dangers of spring ‘tasting’ season
• Federal Water Officials Are Clueless
• Grower associations support Central Coast viticulture education program
• Alcohol Levels and Balance in Pinot Noir
• Mendo Grapevine nursery: Dempel Ranch Vineyards
• The Thank You Economy by Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk
• San DiegoWinery Ordinance Update

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Earnings Preview: Brown-Forman
• Wine Australia hopes to lure back Foster’s
• NZ: Challenger Wine Trust taken over

WINE & HEALTH

• New health effects of wine polyphenols discovered
• Drinks Drop Heart Disease Risk
• There is no such thing as a safe level of alcohol consumption
• Alcohol content adds calories to wine faster than residual sugar

AROUND THE STATES

• IN: Winery owner has different take on Indiana’s signature grape
• MD: Opponents take swipes at legislation to allow wine shipping
• MD Restaurant Owners to Consumers: Put a Cork in It
• NY: TasteCamp 2011: Going International this May 13-15
• NY: 18th Annual Lake Erie Regional Grape Program Grape Growers Conference
• NY: Grapes of wrath? No way
• NY: No downside to wine sales in grocery stores
• NY: Wine in grocery stores still alive
• OR: Winery wastes nothing when it comes to pressing grapes
• TX: Wine Industry Considers Identifying Best of the Bunch
• VA: 3 wineries, 3 grapes, 1 new vintage
• Wines of Washington Sponsors Marketing Symposium
• WA: Some good Washington wineries got away

EUROPE

• Poles to become wine-loving nation?
• Giacomo Tachis, an uninspired choice for Decanter’s Man of the Year
• It’s Time For Radical Simplification of Old World Wine Labeling

THE UK

• Supermarkets urged to introduce dedicated alcohol aisles

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Sour grapes over lousy summer
• NZ: Wineries wary of crackdown
• NZ: Grapes looking good at harvest time
• NZ: Supermarket booze ban needed
• OZ: Mudgee grape yield halved by disease
• OZ: Winery aims to beat crush
• NZ: Winegrowers focus on quality

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Chinese businessman makes Bordeaux acquisition
• Impulse and Lifestyle Products Define the FMCG Future in India
• Chinese buy Bordeaux wineries and set them straight

SOUTH AMERICA

• Argentinean Wine: A SWOT Analysis

SOUTH AFRICA

• Wine Revolutionaries Mix Vines, Leopards

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• To and Fro – Predictions For Wine & Tech in 2011
• CellarTracker and the rise of social media
• Who’s Really Scanning All Those QR Codes?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Late Winter in Napa
• As Syrah falters, make way for Grenache

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• LAUREL GLEN VINEYARD TO UNDERGO REVIVAL