NEWSFETCH – March 23, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Coles’ cut-price deal sees Foster’s lead charge for its own wine
• Retailer, London Wineman, Wins Counterfeit Mouton Rothschild Appeal
• Margaux’s New Anti-Counterfeit Tag
• Avoiding Tax Reassessment in Transfer of Vineyard or Winery Properties
• Livermore: Trying to rescue a failing appellation
• Costa Rica: wine’s new frontier?
• The Real Story About American Wine Consumption
• Administration prepares to move Korea trade pact
• Nielsen and ComScore in Legal Tussle Over Patents
• Why Brands that Invest in Distribution Win in Russia
• Most Wine Stands Alone
• Exposing fake wine experts
• James Martin of The Dalles goes swimming in premiere of Shark Tank
• Wine and Celebrities on VINE TALK, a New Public TV Series Coming in April
• Gary Vaynerchuk Joins The Daily
• Your Great-Grandchildren’s Grapes?

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Constellation to Report Q4 & Full Year
• Constellation Posts Large Volume Increase
• Liv-ex: A first timer’s guide to the en primeur week in Bordeaux
• Foster’s takes fight to market

WINE & HEALTH

• Reaction to red wine? It’s probably not a sulfite allergy
• TTB Should Allow, Not Mandate Nutritional Labels
• What calorie postings mean to consumers

DIRECT SHIPPING

• Direct wine shipment bills pass key hurdles in Md. legislature

WATER

• California farmers consider Australia’s water rules
• Could this be California’s wettest year in history?
• Big rains boost federal water delivery forecasts
• Bipartisan bill will increase Central Valley water storage
• Water supply allocation updated for California’s CVP
• Finding water for the next 100 years

AROUND THE STATES

• GA: Sunday sales passes House test
• MA: Liquor License Freed From Wine Nation Lawsuit
• MD: Western Howard County Wants Wine, Not Parties
• NY: Penn Yan winery praises new grape
• PA: Liquor Control Board against private sales
• PA: Wine Coming To A Wal-Mart Near You?
• PA: Both sides in privatization debate state their case to senators –
• WA: Committee seeks money to help build wine science center in north Richland

ACADEMIA

• Cornell Guides Growers In Search of the Right Land for the Right Grape
• Wine microbiology summit at scenic Sierra lodge

EUROPE

• Champagne exports up nearly 20 percent
• ProWein Preview

THE UK

• Booze-au-lait for Breakfast in Britt Bar
• Alcohol duty continues to rise

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Grocery giants to get grilling over grog wars
• OZ: Weather crushing wineries’ hopes of big harvest
• NZ: Wairarapa wine pips $7,000 French drop in blind tasting
• OZ: Rain puts an end to vintage
• OZ: Constellation sends Brand Team East
• OZ: Fine Wine Partners launches Cellar Key
• OZ: Margaret River coal mine plans rejected

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China bans luxury advertising in Beijing
• China opens door to Western farm products

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• StatCounter: Firefox 4 Has Already Eclipsed Internet Explorer 9
• A Look at the True Twitter Audience

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Sonoma Wine Company Promotes Mark Castaldi

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Same grapes, different wines
• What Wine Criticism Could Be
• The Pinotage debate
• Wine advice? It depends…
• Enough with the tiny type, sexist sales pitches and huge wine lists
• Shelf life of spirits varies widely