NEWSFETCH – August 17, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Pinnacle Buys 43% Of Donati Family Vineyards
• ESA mega-lawsuit could disrupt all types agriculture nationwide
• Restaurant 2Q earnings positive, outlook cautious
• UK wine ‘sham’ hits 300 Canadian, US investors
• More inaccurate herd reporting on Napa climate change
• Outlook brighter for North Coast growers
• Fresno County grower anticipates average crop
• Calif Ag chief focuses on essentials
• Madera County grower looks for a bigger crop, higher prices
• Don’t sell the Aussies short
• Mondavis keep Napa Valley strong
• 3 Easy Email Design Changes That Help Your Winery Boost Response
• ‘Dirty Dozen’ still kicking up dirt on EWG
• Wine Spectrum owner pens rock opera
• A good year for Mexican wine, tourism
• Syrah from Chile and New Zealand
• Staglin Family Music Festival for Mental Health
• A sense of place for California wines
• Soil scientist helps create the wines at Washington’s Daven Lore

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• SABMiller Takes $10 Billion Foster’s Bid Hostile
• Asahi steps up New Zealand push
• Liv-ex: Lafite in reverse: A closer look
• Hedge Fund Pershing Square Reports Q2 Portfolio
• Acker Merrall Announces Fall 2011 Auction Schedule

HEALTH

• Moderate wine drinking can fight weight gain
• Moderate Drinking May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s, Other Dementia

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Your palate knows best
• The dark art of food and wine pairing

AROUND THE UNITED STATES

EUROPE

• Chateau Guiraud to host Chinese festival
• Harvest underway in Entre deux Mers

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Masters put on Shiraz alert
• OZ: Greens push for volumetric alcohol tax
• NZ: Vineyards Warned Off Illegally Hiring Foreign Workers
• OZ: ‘Feeble’ DrinkWise warnings challenged

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• The China Wine Challenge
• Marketing Wine to India Part 2