NEWSFETCH – April 12, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Euro Grapevine Moth: Napa county experience and lessons, 2010
• Aussie Grape growers angry about Chilean imports
• CrushPad Will Move to Sebastiani Winery, Abandoned By Foley
• Dianna Venge Dies
• Coppola Reunites Inglenook Name with Its Vineyards, hires Margaux winemaker
• How (Or If) You Wear Underwear May Provide Insights to Wine Preferences
• Spanning the Bordeaux Belt – what does local mean in a global economy?
• Cork Quality Council Announces Big Gains
• PET to grab bigger share of alcohol market
• Wine Marketing: QR Codes Reach The Main Stream?
• Cameron Hughes in his own words
• California in a holding pattern?
• Napa needs wine tourists
• Central Coast winery request falls flat
• Study: Casual Dominates Home Entertaining Trends
• Chabad House Transformed Into Winery

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Diageo M&A Strategy: Remy Cointreau Not A Great Substitute For Moet Hennessy
• Liv-ex Claret Chip Index sees sluggish start to April
• Foster’s demerger picture is mixed
• India: Diageo eyes JV with Mohan Meakin

HEALTH

• Applebee’s Makes Changes After Child Gets Alcohol
• Effects of Drinking in Young Adults Predict Future Alcohol Problems

WATER

• Congressional Hearing Shows Partisan Bickering
• Facts for Congressional Hearing on Calif Water
• Judge denies private land drilling for delta canal

AROUND THE STATES

• AZ: Distributors Expand Headquarters
• TN;Legislators consider grocery wine sales today
• TN: Wine adds flavor to artist’s palette of colors
• WA: Corkage fee bill passes Senate

EUROPE

• Bordeaux 2011: frost threatens buds brought on by heatwave
• Report from Vinitaly by Italian Wine Guy
• Rothschild’s cutlery complaint gets the chop
• Making wine helps to heal scars of war in Bosnia
• For its 10th anniversary, VINISUD promotes the Mediterranean under the sign of the Dragon

CANADA

• Wine makers hot over Prohibition-era law

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Rare Barossa wine collection for auction
• NZ: This winery has wheels
• OZ: Dollar’s rise opens door to good drop from overseas

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Asia takes to Kiwi wine
• Pioneering efforts result in ‘virtuous circle’ for France in China
• India market hampered by restrictive taxes

SOUTH AFRICA

• Pieter Ferreira and Amorim Cork Show What SA Winemakers Can Do

AROUND THE GLOBE

• No sour grapes for Golan winery

MARKETING & PROMOTION

• Spanish-speaking Hispanics Use Restaurants Differently than English-speaking Hispanics, But Both Visit Restaurants Often

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Senator To Propose New Internet Sales Tax
• Check out Wineblogge.rs – Help setup a new WBC community site
• Quick Stat: 132.5 Million People in the US Will Log In to Facebook Regularly This Year
• The Winners & Losers of Social Networking
• ClickZ Stats: Cross Promotions a Theme in Twitter Promo Trends
• Subscribers Eager to Open Daily Deal Emails

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Bad Wine, Big Ego, Poor Attitude
• Transplanting 100 year-old vines
• New book captures ‘cool’ Niagara wineries

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Acker Merrall & Condit Names John Kapon CEO
• Robert Hall Winery Selects Domaine Napa Wine Company as National Marketing Company

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• GPS signals at risk as FCC battle rages