NEWSFETCH – June 23, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Lolonis Winery Melts Down, Growers Scramble To Get Paid $1.1 Million+
• Technomic: Don’t call it a recovery, yet
• Have Chinese buyers had their fill of Lafite?
• Eurocrats mull EU alcohol marketing law
• Social media and the politics of disclosure
• Card check empowers unions, not union workers
• Planting Cork Oak in Southern California
• Calif Vintners Celebrate 35th Anniversary of ‘Judgment in Paris
• Gum in bottle exposes UK wine scam
• US finds UK market a tough nut to crack
• Calif. Bill Aims to Ban Grocery Self-checkout of Alcohol
  
• Monterey grape production and revenue dip
• U.S. Wine Market Set To Eclipse France In 2012
• Building a business from wine produced by women
• Calistoga could adopt Napa county grape source
• Briton who won $1 billion divorce case files for bankruptcy
• Historic tasting of Napa Valley’s best in the Louvre

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Analysts lukewarm over SAB Miller’s move on Foster’s
• SABMiller’s Discipline Tested by $10 Billion Foster’s Bid
• Millionaires invested more in art, wine, luxury in 2010
• Heineken shows no appetite for Foster’s counterbid
• Paddington to Merge with Pelican Brands

HEALTH

• Red wine’s heart health chemical unlocked at last
• UK Pensioners are told a glass of wine a day is bad for them

AROUND THE STATES

• MA: Major wine retailer to occupy bankrupt Borders building
• OR: State Fair plans amateur wine, homebrew beer competitions
• TX: Kemah winery prepares new facility, bigger output

ACADEMIA

• Cuts to Cabrillo College wine classes elicit strong reaction

EUROPE

• French wine industry ponders radical shift in marketing strategy
• Beaumarchais Vows to Prolong Rothschild’s Wine Legacy: Video
• Bordelais seek greater control of distribution
• Latvian coin featuring beer mug ‘amounts to hidden alcohol advertising’

THE UK

• New Zealand wine cheaper in the UK than NZ
• Producers can only compete below £5 with low-alcohol wines
• Dow’s new port designed to match chocolate
• Varietal wines find favour in UK

CANADA

• Festive Showcase for B.C. Red Wines

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Supermarket stops sales of two-litre wine casks
• OZ: Report urges alcohol ban on under-20s

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• India: Bottoms up, as wine prices hit rock-bottom

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Foursquare Signs Big Deal With American Express — Check In, Get Money Back
• Loopt Turns The Daily Deals Game On Its Head With U-Deals
• Want A 90% Drop In Site Visitors? Yes Folks, You Too Can Implement EU Cookie Law!
• The Verizon iPhone Halted Android’s Surge. The iPhone 5 Could Reverse It
• Popular Facebook Pages: Fewer Unique Page Views, Most Engagement in News Feed
• There’s No Such Thing as the Mobile Web

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Two Smiths, no Madrones at Smith-Madrone
• Train has wine club and signature wine
• ‘Napa Valley: The Land, the Wine, the People’
• What’s behind organic and biodynamic wines