NEWSFETCH – June 3, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Oregon Grower’s Survival Hinges on Quick Approval of High-Interest Bridge Financing
• Champagne Rebounds, With Some Marketers Seeing Frugality Fatigue
• Santa Maria Vintner Ardison Phillips, 70, dies
• Threat to GPS has agriculture industry concerned
• Weather Worries Northwest Wine Industry
• California: 2011 A Very Bad Year for Wine
• How Critical Should A Wine Critic Be?
• Pacific Rim Winery and YMCO of CA Sign Agreement
• Piper Sonoma brand sold as part of $597 million deal
• ProWein 2012 Exhibitor Applications Now Available Online
• World’s Oldest Champagne Sells for $78,400 at Auction
• Harvest Report: Argentina, Chile
• Introducing wine to black consumers

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Modelo, Molson mull joint bid for Foster’s
• Foster’s Says It Is Aware of Buyout Talk
• Diageo move is about more than just job cuts
• Constellation donates 66 acres to FL Land Trust

HEALTH

• Public Health Experts Advise Against Further Privatization of Alcohol Sales
• Social group leaving hangovers behind
• Got a food allergy? How do you know if it’s in your wine?

DIRECT SHIPPING & THE THREE-TIERED SYSTEM

• H.R. 1161 and What Wine Wholesaler Really Think

WATER

• Water rights lawsuit in federal judge’s hands
• California water pact attacked by GOP congressmen

AROUND THE STATES

• NY: Winemaker donates Finger Lakes land to group
  
• PA: Wegmans pulls out of wine-kiosk program
• TX: The Gruet-Cap*Rock saga continues

THE UK

• Baile: Oddbins collapse was ‘absolute tragedy’
• Treasury Secretary says English wine has ‘bright future’

AUSTRALIA

• Top season forecast for ‘black diamonds’
• Beer goes flat as sales take a dive
• Barossa development plan not quite toast of the town
• Shaw + Smith buys Tolpuddle Vineyard
• New winery planned for Pokolbin

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• 8 Reasons Every Ecommerce Site Should Get Serious About Video

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• A Winemaker Woos the Bachelorette
• Women say wine is an important part of a romantic date
• Myths about wine pricing
• Wine: The organic puzzle