NEWSFETCH – May 5, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Private Equity Drinks And Drives (But Not At The Same Time)
• Bloggers Driving New Zealand Wine Sales In Asia
• TTB reopens comments for Fort Ross-Seaview AVA in western Sonoma County
• Opposition mounts to Jess Jackson’s renaming of Sonoma County peak
• World Renowned Rhone Valley Winemaker Forges New Partnership in the Finger Lakes
• Sankey Brings Back Wine On Tap
• No Easter, No Problem for Wine Sales
• Bottle-Battle and the Power of International Wine Groups
• Bordeaux has special designs on Chinese consumer
• India-EU trade pact talks include wine, spirits duties
• Customer Perceptions of Electronic Food Ordering
• Decision delayed on controversial Central Coast water runoff issue

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Lot18 and its $10 Million funding round
• Private equity ghost spooks the market
• Diageo Sales Rise On Emerging Markets Growth
• Fortune Brands Reports First Quarter Results
• Constellation: Your Cheat Sheet on the Earnings Beat
• Vina Concha y Toro shares decline
• Q3 sales up 5% at Pernod Ricard
• Diageo’s Q3 sales up 7%
• Zacks Highlights: Fortune Brands, Diageo, Brown-Forman
• Diageo: Management Statement for9 Months Ended 31 March
• WineBid.Com to auction 15-Liter Bottle of d’Yquem
• Patience needed for Foster’s beer bid

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Worst Kind of Wine Writing
• All The Wine Industry News: Not Just The Feel-Good Stuff
• This blog is now Certified
• World’s first iPad wine magazine

HEALTH

• Case For Protecting Kids From Alcohol Advertising
• Stricter wine labeling rules? Makers say put a cork in it
• Colleges Band Together to Fight High-Risk Drinking

AROUND THE STATES

• AZ: A look inside the state’s wine industry
• MD: Wineries get approval to set up shop in Howard County
• MI: State’s wineries roar at the speedway
• NY: Liquor Authority touts coming reform
• TN: State House OKs bill to ship wine directly

ACADEMIA

• Fresno State: Growing Flavor with Canopy Management and Irrigation – Part 2, Berry Sensory Evaluation

EUROPE

• Ruffino Introduces First-Ever Prosecco
• 2010 Bordeaux: Great but is it a classic?
• Prowein 2011: Wine, chocolate and business, by Roger Voss

THE UK

• Royal Family pops the cork on sparkling wine enterprise
• The monarchy’s own merlot: Royal Family to produce its own wine
• Trade gets behind National Wine Month
• Wine Broker Copestick Murray expands Down Under
• Natural Wines come to London

CANADA

• Nova Scotia church floats on water toward winery

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Winery mishaps spark safety warning
• NZ: Slice of Te Kairanga sold to US firm
• OZ: Hunter Valley and Langhorne Creek to hold research seminars
• NZ: Winegrowers on Cloud Wine For Rugby World Cup
• OZ: Margaret River should be protected says government

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina: Investments grow in Cafayate and Uco Valley
• A sustainable line for Argentina’s Zuccardi Winery
• Argentina: Malbec Top Label Design winners

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Why Mobile Users Aren’t Checking In With Location Apps
• The Dark Side of Social Media
• Nielsen: U.S. Smartphone App Users Concerned with Privacy When it Comes to Location
• Lightly regulated apps have little obligation to protect location data
• What Happens When the Cloud Meets a Bandwidth Cap

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Zen and the art of Cabernet Sauvignon
• Fear and Loathing with California Merlot
• Geyser Peak winemaker enjoys ‘alchemy’ of process

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Grapevine irrigation centers on ‘when’ and ‘how much’

CHARITABLE & GREEN AND SOCIAL CAUSES

• Grape growers are pioneers of the sustainability movement
• Robert Hall: Large-Scale Winery Helps Set Sustainability Standard

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Cunat tasting room approved for St. Helena
• Bakersfield nursery grows vines for vineyards around the world
• Grgich to celebrate Paris tasting anniversary
• Beverage Testing Institute Appoints Ron Montonera as Sales & Marketing Director