NEWSFETCH – May 24, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Wine lovers trade up after sipping cheaper vintages during lean times
• Just How Lucrative Are Wine Competitions?
• The Internet Is 20% Of Economic Growth
• WITS: Technology from Vine to Wine to Market
• Social Media Optimization: For winery digital marketing efforts
• Body at crash site believed to be vintner’s
• Australia needs to make its wines more fun
• Masters of the (wine) universe: is an MW worth it?
• Bulldogging the size of Sonoma County’s 2011 pinot noir crop
• 9th Annual Petite Sirah Symposium being held at Concannon
• Italian wine equipment maker plans Windsor facility

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Pernod Ricard, K+S lead European shares higher
• China Food Services: Update on Calif. Grapes Merger
• Fortune Brands Reaches Deal to Sell Golf Business
• Quenching a Thirst for Beverage Stocks

DIRECT SHIPPING

• New legislation threatens the diversity New York’s wine market

WATER

• Calif’s drought is over, but water prices escalate
• Slaughter on the Delta – 2.9 million fish killed in 5 days!

AROUND THE STATES

• NY: Wine In Grocery Stores Debated
• PA: Liquor Control Board Launches Fraud Tip Line
• VA: ABC agents seize 670 gallons of wine from Newport News shot house

EUROPE

• Accolade Wines To Offset UK Reliance With Eastern European Growth
• Champagne: Grape farmers are anything but dumb
• Sociando Mallet releases in ‘slowest’ en primeur
• Chateau Lafite Rothschild goes green
• Turkish Wine Industry on Track to Lead in Europe
• French Absinthe Makers Hail End of Hypocrisy

THE UK

• Visitor numbers stable at London wine fair
• Percy Fox hits back at criticism of big brands
• Steven Spurrier elected to Hall of Fame

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Collapsed wine business put up for sale
• Aussie wine sales slump

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Selling Wine in India: Reality and Strategy
• Old wine, old bottle in Singapore

SOUTH AFRICA

• SA wine in a perfect storm

AROUND THE GLOBE

• The Johnny R. Saade Fondation launches Lebanon’s first vine and wine museum

MEDIA MATTERS

• New Media Journalism: Transparency Is The New Objectivity

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Introducing The Wine Stat Box
• The real cost of social media [infographic]
• Smartphone Sommeliers
• Survey: 44% Buy Daily Deals at Least Monthly
• 80 Percent of U.S. Users Viewed Online Video in April

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• If Food Can Be Slow, Why Not Wine?
• Feeling aura of American wine history during The Judgment of Paris
• Monday Manifestos Let’s Talk Grenache—NBT or Never Wozzer?
• Wines by the keg at Aida Bistro

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Making a Stink About Bugs

CHARITABLE & GREEN AND SOCIAL CAUSES

• Packaging helps make wine eco-friendly
• An unfavourable look at the not-so-eco bottle

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Sonoma Wine Co. expands in American Canyon