NEWSFETCH – July 26, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Aussie wine grape glut “absurdly large”
• California wine grape growers hope good times continue
• Diageo’s New Hispanic Strategy Includes Big Buy on Univision
• NorCal Vineyards Experience Berry Shatter
• Rising food costs causing ‘consumer recession’, say analysts
• What consumers look for when buying wine
• Study: Majority of food consumers would choose organic
• Chile’s Wine Industry Sandwiched By Rising Costs, Strong Peso
• Vaynerchuk Partners With Consmr
• Most expensive bottle of white wine 1811 Château d’Yquem sold for £75k
• ‘Regulate Marijuana Like Wine’ Measure Circulating in Calif
• Raisin rebound a boon to SJV
• Ninth Annual Petite Sirah Symposium to Have Live Broadcast
• SLO honors year’s top ag & wine leaders
• White House Crashers Sued For Wine Tour Fraud
• Sweeney Named VP, Sales At Vintage Wine Estates
• Francis Ford Coppola joins Hong Kong Winefuture A-list

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Constellation Brands Reports FY Q1 2012 Results
• Former Anglo Wine Estate Boschendal Sold by JCI for $104 Million
• Liv-ex: Claret Chip retreats to February levels
• Hong Kong Leads Wine Sales at Christie’s and Sotheby’s
• Gold, fine wine, art or under the bed: what’s the safest place for your cash?

HEALTH

• Is red wine actually good for your teeth?
• U of Fla study says wine is fruitful for one’s health

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Blogging Tips From Eric Asimov & Jancis Robinson
• Measuring “Success” in Wine Writing
• So Why The Hell Did I Go To 2011 The Wine Bloggers Conference?

AROUND THE STATES

• AR: Winery’s grape juice shipment to China first since 2004
  
• MI: Liquor Control Code Too Controlling
• NY: Friendlier Legislation for Farm Wineries
• NY: State’s wine industry is growing, but faces challenges
• NY: Eremita Winery to open in Seneca County
• OH: Beer, wine distributor, union in labor talks
• PA: Sensory scientist aims to improve state’s wines
• TX: State raises fees for importation of alcoholic beverages

EUROPE

• Violent hailstorm batters Collio
• French monks pray and make wine on the Med

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Clare must lose 500ha of vines: survey

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Canadian Wine Uncorks a new market in China
• Junchun Wine Corporation celebrates the 7th anniversary in Nanning

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Why A/B Web Site Testing Is Like Sex In High School
• Finding the wine you like through trust and an app

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What’s worse: cooked, corked or counterfeit wines?
• Sweet Wine Drinkers, (A Lack Of) Panties, And How We Experience Wine
• 6 Tips for Spotting a Great Wine List
• Perfecting pinotage a fine art
• A conversation with Davis Bynum
• ‘House Wine’ takes on a whole new meaning

FAIL

• Southern Wine & Spirits Appoints Gerald Rivero to Lead New National Coastal …

The “…” indicates that the full headline was too long and thus, was truncated by search engines. By failing to write a short headline that puts the most important news first, these tell the reader there is nothing worth clicking on.

The objects of these headlines engage in the self-centeredness of putting themselves first rather than asking the really important question:

“What is most important to the people I am trying to reach?”