NEWSFETCH – June 30, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Skalli Says Not For Sale: Not To Castel, Not To Anyone Else
• Weyrich’s Jack Ranch Vineyard on auction block in July
• CDFA/MEB Investigating Grape Payment Complaints Against 9 Wineries
• Constellation to cut jobs to save money
• Global warming could alter the US premium wine industry in 30 years
• Store Brands Continued Growth in 2010
• Rapid spread of virus-like symptoms in Aussie grapevines
• How Direct Wine Shipments Are Changing
• US close to free trade deal with Korea
• A Wine Industry Roadmap To Irrelevancy
• Glazer’s Distributors Creates Glazer’s University
• How environmenmtalists get bigger subsidies than farmers
• St. Helena Star Forces Out Veteran Wine Columnist (Scroll down to the bottom of this link)
• W.J. Deutsch & Sons Forms Joint Venture with Napa Valley Vintner Joseph Carr
• Central Coast Vintners Hail Edna Valley Vineyards Purchase By Gallo
• Livermore winery goes from vets to vines
• Wine Kegs Could Help Save Money And The Environment
• Church of England takes action on cheap supermarket drinks

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Fortune Brands To Split Off Beam Spirits & Security Units
• Constellation earns $75M profit in Q1
• Pernod Ricard sells shares in Georgian Wine & Spirits
• Analysts expect sales at Constellation to fall
• Foster’s Says It Hasn’t Had Any Contact With SABMiller Since Bid Rejected

HEALTH

• Can Wine Increase Health and Wellbeing?
• Binge drinking can damage young brains

AROUND THE STATES

• MI: Time to Kill the State Alcohol Monopoly
• NJ: Wine Sales at State’s Vineyards Could Dry Up Without Legislative Action
• NJ: Senate to vote on direct wine shipping
• OH: New Winery To Open In Putnam County
• OR: Farmworkers Receive $2 Million In Federal Grants
• VA: BYOB legal Friday when corkage law goes into effect

ACADEMIA

• Glyphosate, CO2, Climate Change and Wine

EUROPE

• Liv-ex: Lafite follows Mouton and Margaux, as does Mission
• Haut Brion invests in the Right Bank

CANADA

• BC: Winery to toast 30 years

DOWN UNDER

• Aussie auction breaks records
• OZ: Facebook round-the-clock alcohol deliveries in breach of liquor laws
• OZ: Conference shows how to turn waste into reward
• OZ: Riverina winemaker hops into brewing

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina 2011 harvest better than expected

SOUTH AFRICA

• Winemaking has become her forte

MARKETING & PROMOTION

• Countdown to Product Launch: 12 Key Steps

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Why Do People Follow Brands on Facebook, Twitter?
• Why you still need a website for your winery
• Going to Jail for Linking & What S.978 Could Mean For You

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• A Wine Pairing Made in Hell: Britney’s Cheetos Chicken Casserole
• Raymond Vineyards Launches “I am Raymond” Club

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• San Francisco Int’l Wine Competition Announces Results
• Charles Shaw Wines Win Best of Class, Top Honors