NEWSFETCH – August 4, 2011

TOP NEWS

• SKINNY Brands are Where It’s At
• Marcassin swings at La Tache but ultimately breaks arm patting self on back
• Kudos to Whole Foods for being serious about wine
• Europe set for early harvest
• The Bordeaux Bubble
• Calistoga Tasting room could proceed with non–Napa Valley wines
• Younger drinkers flummoxed by wine aisle diversity
• Vaynerchuk invests in 19-year-old’s new social app. Watch out, Zuckerberg!
• Vineyard survey to gauge impact of herbicide-resistant weeds
• IRS Publishes New Audit Technique Guide for Wineries and Vineyards
• 20th Indy International Wine Competition is time for wine to shine
• Napa Green wines impressive
• Salisbury Vineyards Owner Joins Yelp’s Small Business Advisory Council
• Southern appoints Kirt Clemens as Senior VP

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Scorevolution – The Point(less?) Debate
• Wine and Food Wednesday Conversion on the Road to Damascus?
• Wine Tasting & Food Pairing: Comments Keep Rolling In
• Wine and Self Assurance
• Top Five Reasons People Hate Wine
• Consumers like wine if they like the label
• Umami and Wine
• Big California style is here to stay: Oz Clarke

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Wine outperformes gold as investment
• Brown-Forman: Assessing Valuation From 3 Different Angles
• Liv-ex: Lafite enters negative territory for 2011
• Private sector urges NACC to probe Diageo case
• Diageo strengthens senior HR team
• Central European To Host Its Q2 2011 Conference Call

HEALTH

• Red Wine: The New Midol?
• Yoga not relaxing enough for you? Try it with a glass of wine
• Spirits ‘raise pancreatitis risk’
• Blind? Impotent? Poisoned? Just Drink Some Red Wine
• Testing the Limits of Tipsy

MEDIA MATTERS

• Why don’t people like to write wine reviews online?

AROUND THE UNITED STATES

• CA: Napa Dry Creek vineyard dispute delayed again
• CA: Bridlewood Estate Winery expands
• NY: Lime Berry Winery to open tasting room
• MI: Wine Competition Results Announced
• MO: Boenker family could turn old farm into Bridgeton winery
• PA: First viticulture, now enology
• PA: Before liquor privatization issue is decided, state must know financial implications
• SD: State’s Growing Wine Industry
• TX: Winery moves to center of Old San Antonio
• VA: Southern Wine Trail To Receive Commonwealth Grant
• WA: Wineries Pick Up Tourism Promo Tab
• WA: Longtime winemakers open Zillah tasting room

EUROPE

• Asda accuses wine editor of being a ‘snob’ after £5 jibe
• Fancy a drink? China does.
• EU events to serve Hungarian wines only
• Tsunami victims to benefit from Burgundy auction

THE UK

• Harrods takes in The French Laundry
• Wine Society CEO leaves
• Duchess named new figurehead of UK Vineyards Assn.

CANADA

• Vancouver firm wins top awards for innovative wine labels
• BC: McWatters urges winery excellence
• BC: rule allows winemakers to use older grapes

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Tales behind the vines
• NZ: Nelson raises its profile
• OZ: Support for SA wine region development ban
• OZ: McWilliams launches low alcohol wine range

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wines Of South Africa in Hong Kong

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile’s Undurraga family back in wine business

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• QR Codes and Your Winery Website
• Vinpass: How Wine Became a Social Game
• How Gap captured my email and my eco-heart
• 8 Reasons small businesses should use Facebook ads
• Survey: 87% of Brands Plan to Run Twitter Ads
• Retailers strike back at online

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Beer and wine archaeologist studies ancient stains
• Extravagant Restaurant Wine Lists
• Kent Rosenblum: an amaZIN man
• What to do when wine is corked