NEWSFETCH – June 6, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Rabobank Owed $30Mil+ By Olsen Ag Raises Objections That May Threaten Bacchus Funding
• Silicon Valley Bank parent eyes India, China
• Pernod-Ricard Facing Declining UK Wine Sales
• Thief switches barcode, gets Petrus for $3.65
  
• Ag industry faces labor woes in immigration debate
• Fetzer Reborn: Concha y Toro’s Big Plans for California
• 5 positive signs for restaurants
• Beverage Alcohol Sales At Giant Eagle Projected To Rise 15 Percent In 2011
• Women prefer red wines
• AVF Provides Over One Million in Research Funding
• On Biodynamics, Voodoo Vintners and the Learning Imperative

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Discount wine crippling the industry, says Pernod
• Magnotta Winery enters duty free market
• Diageo in $225m Kenya deal with SAB

HEALTH

• Less oxidized fats in the blood thanks to red wine
• Drinking age should be raised to 24 to cut alcoholism

DIRECT SHIPPING & THE THREE-TIERED SYSTEM

• Texas ABC works with UPS,FedEx to stop direct shipping

AROUND THE STATES

• NY: Despite rainy spring, Finger Lakes grape harvest on schedule
• NY: Wine and Culinary Center in Canandaigua gets grant from state
• OR: Agency Director Learns Wine
• PA: Will privatizing liquor sales make people drink more?

THE UK

• LIWF Angels Sort Good From Bad

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Value goes upmarket
• NZ: Excise change misses core issue

SOUTH AFRICA

• Southern Hemisphere Harvest Report: South Africa

MARKETING & PROMOTION

• Advertisers: Beware Of Using Flash
• Effective wine business lifestyle event marketing
• Telling your Wine Business, Vineyard or Winery Story
• Pacific Rim $10,000 “Riesling for Being” Contest

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• What is VinPass?
• Wineries leverage the power of Twitter
• Should You Let People “Like” Your Wine?
• Blacks and Hispanics More Likely to Use Twitter Than Whites

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Californian Syrah suffering ‘identity crisis’
• Winemaker balances sales, creativity
• Is Slovenia the next Napa?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Irrigation, a way to affect the phenolic and anthocyanic composition of grapes
• Having thinned the clusters, it’s time to fatten the berries

CHARITABLE & GREEN AND SOCIAL CAUSES

• Soggy but happy, Auction Napa Valley bidders raise $7.3 million

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• It’s California State Fair wine judging time