NEWSFETCH – July 7, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Argentine Oil and Wine Magnate Buying Renwood Winery
• US wine makers see export trouble fermenting in Ontario election
• Diageo deal not necessarily breakthrough for foreign takeovers in China
• Mexican-American Vintners Form Trade Organization
• Napa ‘unsuitable’ for premium wine in 30 years
• Kiwi Winery Group Moves Fast into United States
• How to Fix California Syrah
• France loses US market share but is most discussed online
• Wine Writers Aren’t the Frauds…It’s Marketers
• Mexican tariff on California grapes eliminated
• Mexico and U.S. strike deal to cut tariffs by 50%
• Parducci declared greenest winery in the US
• Popularity takes a toll on pinot grigio
• More Support For Mike Thompson: Wine Advocate on Capitol Hill
• Late-season rain may affect quantity, not quality of Napa harvest
• California ag land values not a speculative bubble
• California’s 2009 Pinot Noirs Might Be Best Ever
• Rexam looks for can openings in the wine industry
• What a tattoo artist has to teach winemakers
• Are Men Afraid of Wine?

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Brown-Forman reports 4th-qtr results
• Liv-ex: Market movements, A First glance
• Cowan bags Diageo GB country director role

HEALTH

• Alcohol Slows Digestion But Doesn’t Cause Indigestion
• Resveratrol May Reverse Diabetes Cognitive Decline

WATER

• Delta group says gov’t secretly planning peripheral canal
• New Calif groundwater regs take next step

AROUND THE STATES

• NJ: Wine sales measure at standstill in Legislature
• NY: Deb Whiting, Dave Whiting and Red Newt Cellars
• VA: Wine law offers customers drink options
• WA: A sneak peek at 2010 vintage shows promise
• WI: Chiselled Grape, state’s newest winery

ACADEMIA

• Grape workshop scheduled in Fresno
• Does the UC Davis Wine Program Lack Imagination?

EUROPE

• Big wines from a small country
• Bordeaux 2010 – a trader’s conclusions
• Bordeaux bubble unlikely to burst
• New winemaker at Pichon Lalande

THE UK

• England, don’t be shy, be proud of your bubblies
• Grape variety #1 in consumer wine choice
• Stellar Winery leaves Fairtrade foundation

CANADA

• William and Catherine sipped Okanagan wines at feast
• Red tape frustrates wineries

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Bushfires a headache for winemakers.
• NZ Wine Company boss quits
• OZ: Where there’s smoke
• NZ: Wine industry woes

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• India: Free trade pacts could make European Wines Cheaper

LATIN AMERICA

• Exports become complicated due to traffic congestion between Chile and Argentina
• Argentina: In search of an “own” style

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Cruvee Integrates Klout and Instagram
• Wine Marketers: Mind Your Media
• Is it time to bury Flash for good?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Top Ten Movies Featuring Wine
• Eight Architecturally Awesome Wineries From Around The World
• KFC wine pairings: The answer to a question you never had
• When aging is good
• ‘French’ Champagne invented by British doctor
• It Ain’t The Taint That Spoiled Your Bottle Of Wine
• E. & J. Gallo Winery launches new pink wine for women
• New Breggo owner, same great wine
• BR Cohn Winery: A sanctuary to big success
• Cellar Angels: A win-win-winning way of selling wine

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Cork Supply Schwanebeck as Customer Service & Supply Chain Mgr

SO WHAT?

• Millions of California Wine Bottles Now Certified with the SIP Seal
• 100% Cork Campaign Reaches Millions with Messages About the Benefits of Wines …
• Spectrum Wine Auctions Rounds Out June With Over $8 Million at June 25 & 26 …

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