NEWSFETCH – June 22, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Global wine sales boom despite crisis
• Deutsch succeeds in French Category By Tapping New Consumers
• 3 Stocks to Profit From the Rise of the Affluent Chinese Consumer
• Winery exec killed while waterskiing
• Bacchus Capital Provides Growth Capital for Andretti Winery
• ‘Bastard of Saint-Emilion’ wins 11 year inheritance battle
• Fair Play Vineyard On Auction Block July 12
• Cal/OSHA Enforcing Heat Illness Prevention as Heat Spikes Across the State
• PA: Store Union Denounces Privitization As “Anti-Employee”
• Bill in Congress would require use of E-Verify system
• Creating, Describing and Defining your Premium Wine Brand
• Open Letter To America’s Liquor Administrators
• Beynat tries to defend value of Vinexpo
• The Big Man Behind the Little Wine Company
• Horizon Beverage Buys Massachusetts Distro Facility for $21M
• Winemakers to blame for rising alcohols in California
• Why is wine getting hotter?
• Retired businessman fulfills lifelong dream with O.C. winery
• Why corks are popping once more
• AmCan winery expanding capacity

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Investors put off by high en primeur prices rediscover back vintages
• Burmester Says SABMiller’s Foster’s Bid Was ‘Bit Cheeky’
• SAB Miller to persevere in bid for Foster’s
• Diageo Talks Emerging Markets
• The glass is half full at Foster’s
• Molson Reaching For Foster’s

HEALTH

• Half glass of wine a day increases chances of getting breast cancer: Study
• Regnier grows health benefits with fruit of the vine
• Olive Oil’s Secret Weapon

AROUND THE STATES

• NE: Wineries recieve state funds
• OR: Wine boss left after 7 months
• VA: Charlottesville to be first East Coast site for wine bloggers’ conference
• VA: Socialite and Wine Maven Files for Bankruptcy

EUROPE

• Romanian wine maker starts China exports, plans EUR 20 mln investment
• Bordeaux, Burgundy expect 2011 harvest to be ‘earliest ever’
• Bordeaux prices could alienate U.S. market
• Vinexpo blog: Bordeaux and en primeur rock
• Cazes wins Lifetime Achievement Award

THE UK

• UK is no longer a number one wine market

CANADA

• First Families raises a glass to Canadian market

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Kiwi wineries try out Austrian white
• OZ: Industry strategy focuses on wine to China
• OZ: Victoria winery makes decision to beat climate change

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• New World wine market born in China
• The road to China

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Foursquare Speeds Up The Check-In Process
• Study: Only 3% to 8% of Facebook Fans Paying Attention
• Survey: 65% of Deal Buyers Already Customers
• The Fight for Targeting Latinos Online

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Parisian Idea of Wine
• How do you describe wine smells?
• Three great reasons to think inside the box
• A Thank You Toast to U.S. Armed Forces One Sip at a Time

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Does Your Vineyard Need a Booster Shot?

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• WineQuest Brings World’s Most Accurate Wine Database to Adaco .NET

MEDIA MATTERS

• 2011 Wine Blog Awards Voting is Now Open

BORING!

Anything a reader might care about is buried beneath this long, wandering headline.

• Acker Merrall & Condit Agrees to Terms for the Acquisition of Auction House Edward Roberts International

Get to the point:Acker Merrall to Acquire Edward Roberts Int’l.

Anybody who doesn’t know Acker Merrall is an auction house isn’t a target for this news release anyway.