NEWSFETCH – July 22, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Cleavage Creek Winery closed
• My Wines Direct – Update From The New CEO
• Alternative to E-Verify guest worker plan proposed
• Is Cabernet Sauvignon’s Hegemony Over?
• How much wine outside the winery is cooked?
• Ceja unveils plans for new winery
• Farm Felons Pick Off California Crops & Gear
• Did Georgia immigration law cause significant labor losses?
• Central Coast Importer banks on Argentine sparkling wine
• Aussie Wine exports wither on vine but there’s light at end of funnel
• Terlato Expands Italian Sparkling Wine Presence With Berlucchi
• Arrogant Frog Hops Into Yellow Tail Niche
• Drink Like A Woman: Ladies Take The Booze Biz By Storm
• New North Coast Wine Train: For Freight Only
• IPM delivers monumental gains in Arizona agriculture
• Freemark Abbey marks its 125th birthday
• The metamorphosis at Napa Valley’s Ovid
• Torey Arvik Joins Napa Valley Think Tank as Technical Director

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Foster’s rejects initial offer from Peroni brewer
• Asian Wine Boom puts Treasury Estates back in favour
• Napa Valley Wine Never Cheaper as Buyers Circle Foster’s Spinoff
• Bankers talk of farmland bubble, but jury still out
• Remy Toasts 23 Percent First Quarter Sales Jump On More Upbeat Distributors
• Do Bubbles Exist in the Current Fine Wine Market?
• L-WIN and the future of fine wine trading
• Constellation’s success raises dividend question

HEALTH

• Is organic wine better for you than regular wine?
• Almost One-Quarter of Americans Report Binge Drinking in the Past Month

DIRECT SHIPPING & THE THREE-TIERED SYSTEM

• Mississippi nixes direct wine orders

MEDIA MATTERS

• A New Understanding of Wine Blogs
• Wine Columnist George Starke Lands At Napa Valley Register

AROUND THE STATES

• IN: Heat is good for state’s wine
• NY: Heat Bad For Workers, Good For Grapes
• PA: Legislature & liquor: license debate continues
• TX: Sept. 23 workshop for prospective commercial grape growers
• UT: New liquor law challenged

EUROPE

• Greek wine industry in turmoil
• Fire Destroys Château de France’s Cellar

THE UK

• Consumer confidence continues to drop

CANADA

• Climate change threatens to spoil Ontario’s signature wines
• Grape growers receive some help from province

DOWN UNDER

• NZ Wine Co hit by oversupply, currency
• OZ: Truffle trouble despite boom crop in 2011

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• California Wine Institute holds tastings in the US and China
• China turns to cork
• Wine up: The cost of weddings spirals in China

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• An SEO Guide for Wineries
• QR Codes: Dead End or On-Ramp?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 101-year-old birthday girl celebrates with pizza and wine
• Wine labels: unfathomable, infuriating and intimidating
• Dom At World Market: Proof the wine biz has changed forever
• Edible: Make Personalized Wine At City Winery And Brooklyn Winery
• Wine Pairing: Rules Are Meant to Be Broken