NEWSFETCH – August 29, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Ignorant NJ Pol claims direct wine shipment would enable underage drinking (Despite Overwhelming Evidence To The Contrary)
• San Joaquin County grape crop may fall slightly
• Zepponi: M&A market focused on most solid assets
• Groupon, Other Deals Customers Regret Buying Food And Drink The Most
• New York’s Martha Clara Vineyards After Hurricane Irene
• Inexpensive store wines finding place at table in tight economy
• QR Codes are the Pet Rocks of 2011
• Wine with dinner a health risk – study
• White House Gate Crasher Winery Hits Auction Block
• China wine rip offs
• Thinking about drinking
• Russian President Adopts Thomas Jefferson’s View on Wine
• Different Is Different—But Is It Better
• Tour guide class slated at Napa college campus
• Napa tourism poised to grow
• Tea Party launches national bus tour from Napa Valley
• Moscato d’Asti pops its cork
• The Mia Klein Interview

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Is Diageo the Right Stock to Retire With?
• Fortune Brands names 2 to new beam board
• Icon Wolf Blass in tribute to Treasury

DIRECT SHIPPING & THE THREE-TIERED SYSTEM

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wastewater recycling can multiply greenhouse gas emissions
• Gov. Brown’s decision to remove GOP Water Commission appointees sparks anger

HARVEST 2011

• Napa Valley winegrape harvest begins
• NY: Finger Lakes Report Winegrape Prices
• The VitaBella 2011 Global Harvest Report

AROUND THE UNITED STATES

• AZ: Wineries fear proposed law would cut sales beyond Arizona
• AZ: Tombstone, Broken Glass Wines Survive Searing Arizona Heat
• IN: Business fermenting nicely for LaOtto winery
• NY: Cayuga Lake Wineries
• OR: Wine Board, Wine Press to Recognize State’s Top Wine Lists
• PA: A look at state’s premiere charitable wine event, Tres Bonne Annee
• SD: Bad Economy is Good for Wine Business
• WI: Northeastern wineries diversify and grow

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Proposed law change will hurt struggling wineries
• OZ: Hunter buyers turn to imported NZ wines
• NZ: High NZ dollar hurting wine exporters
• NZ: Peregrine viticulturist wins
• NZ: Hawke’s Bay viticultural workers top dogs
• NZ: Winegrowers face an ‘uncertain’ future

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Hong Kong vaults into top spot as wine venue
• First Pearl Delta Region imported wine stock convention held in Shenzhen
• Chinese investors flock to Okanagan wineries

LATIN AMERICA

• French style with the best of Mendoza terroir

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Women prefer chocolate to sex, wine!
• Neptune, cellarmaster
• Cabernet and beefy tomatoes: endangered species?
• Wine book interesting but dismissive of California vintages

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Burgundy’s Domaine de l’Arlot Promotes New Winemaker
• Folio Fine Wine Partners Named New U.S. Importer for Bruno Giacosa