NEWSFETCH – June 28, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Allied Grape Growers: Balanced market strengthens wine grape prices
• Financial Crisis Offers Greek winemakers best chance to grab U.S. market
• Skalli to be acquired by Castel?
• NPD: Consumers return to restaurants for dinner
• 150 More Aussie wine growers down the drain
• Surge In Demand For Vegan Wine
• 7-Eleven Grows Proprietary Wine List
• Susie Bynum Elected Chairman of Meritage Alliance
• Cakebread: China market for Napa Wine will develop the same as in US
• 3-Tier Trade Sales & Marketing Panels @ Wine Industry Technology Symposium
• Lake County Wine Industry to Recognize Two New Appellations
• Chinese Wine Mogul: 10000 Bottles a Day and Counting
• Climate Changing Wines
• The Decline of the Small Distributor
• Can TTB Keep Up With Wine Industry?
• Climate Changing Wines
• Cheeky Monkey, Colorado Wineries Emerge to Battle California
• Japanese Beetles wreak vineyard havoc in Iowa
  
• Table Grape Commission leads Buy California Grown campaign
• Martin Wine Cellars Rebuilding In New Orleans

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• SABMiller May Face Investor Unrest Over Foster’s Bid
• Pernod Ricard pledges western Europe growth
• Liv-ex: Bordeaux 2010 campaign back with a bang
• Diageo Loves It Some Baijiu, and I Have Some Questions
  
• Diageo to control Chinese spirit brand as Cameron and Wen unveil trade deals
• Sandra Vaucher named to new role at Diageo GTME Americas
• Baijiu All Around as Diageo Wins Bid Approval
• Constellation Names Jay Wright To Newly Created COO Post
• Brown-Forman CEO Varga’s Fiscal 2011 Pay Falls 8%

WATER

• Restore the Delta Exposes More Evidence of Westlands Land Retirement
• Grundfos Pumps to Halve Water Consumption For Irrigation at Fresno Facility

AROUND THE STATES

• NJ: Gov. Winery Owners Urge Passage of Legislation to Save Industry
• OR: lawmakers complete work on bill allowing wineries to serve food, host events
• NC: Scenic mountain wineries hope to attractive visitors with Boone Area Wine Trail

ACADEMIA

• IL: Grape expectations at LLCC

EUROPE

• 2010 Bordeaux – Much Ado About Nothing?
• Cheval Blanc and Clerc Milon unveil new green wineries
• Champagne houses beef up portfolios
• Haut-Brion Owners Buy St.-Emilion’s Tertre Daugay
• Chanel Owners Expand Bordeaux Holdings
• Bordeaux 2010: Ducru Beaucaillou drops in price, ‘trumps’ Cos
• Bordeaux 2010: Mouton Rothschild release mirrors Margaux, Palmer keeps 2009 price

THE UK

• The Most Expensive Bottle of Champagne is Bought in London for $190K

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Wine Company lifts grape harvest 26pc
• OZ: Big players in wine roll out the barrels
• OZ: Alcohol industry upset over link in plain packaging ads
• OZ: Alice Springs council protests against cheap alcohol ban in Woolworths and Coles
• NZ: Wine Company in trouble with bankers
• OZ: Winery’s plans to share bounty

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• NZ wine firm enters China market
• Import Duties and other vexatious wine issues in India

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina begins to push through wine and pharmaceutical products in Azerbaijan

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Foursquare Stats Infographic
• Socialize the Commerce Experience

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What Wine Do Your Pair With Man-made meat?
• What wine do you pair with Spam?
• Behind the Wine Label — The Warden of Big House Wines
• For A Change, A Good Word About Scores
• Will The Real Syrah Ever Stand Up

CHARITABLE & GREEN AND SOCIAL CAUSES

• Lighter, greener plastic wine bottles gain favor

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Guglielmo Winery Among 65 Top WorkPlaces in Bay Area

MEDIA MATTERS

• Note to media: We are all brands now, so get used to it

OY!

• Another NumbNuts Puts Sonoma into Napa Valley