NEWSFETCH – September 1, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Healdsburg’s Limerick Lane Winery being sold
• Restaurant operators’ outlook dimmed in July
• Binny’s Beverage Depot Of Chicago Continues Aggressive Expansion
• UC Davis Study: Federal Program Has Significant Effect on Wine Market
• Two Buck Chuck’s New Home In Sacramento?
• Cork and synthetic bullish about performance
• Gov. Jerry Brown may restructure water boards, throwing ag rules into doubt
• Frost-pond bill bound for governor
• Wine Institute, Trout Unlimited Applaud Water Rights Bill
• Citizen Grape Pickers wanted & NAFTA Truck Fiasco
• Argentina Implements New Wine Control System to Prevent Wine Fraud
• In US, Readers weigh in on wine distribution and consumption rules
• Deutsch Signs With Odom-Southern in Pacific Northwest
• Nomacorc Posts Record Sales Gains
• CIA wine program graduates first vintage class
• How The Italians Save On Wine Labels
• Polaris Wines adds Nandu wine to Portfolio
• South Africa’s vineyards making positive changes
• Ferrari Designer Creates Exclusive Wine Bottles
• Giacosa ends historic relationship with Wine Bow

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Premium Thirst, Confidence, Emerging Sales Lift Spirit Makers
• Pernod posts 7% sales growth
• Liv-ex: Ornellaia outstrips Sassicaia
• In South Africa, Wine and spirits company KWV’s ghastly hangover

HEALTH

• Should you be worried about pesticides in wine?
• CDC Finds Moderate Wine Consumption Is Healthy – Spectator
  

MEDIA MATTERS

• Image vs. talent: wine writing’s tipping point

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine fans tout their fave sweet wines

WATER

• UN water report focuses on California problems
• California Bay Delta Project – A Key To California’s Water Infrastructure

HARVEST 2011

• NW Wine grape growers hoping for blast of warmth before first frost
• Aussie producers promise great wines from 2011
• Hurricane Hurt Eastern Vineyards
• Outlook positive across French regions
• Bordeaux crop “healthy and balanced”
• Douro River´s wine producers protest lower harvest quotas
• Hailstorms decimate Mosel Valley

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Manipulating the “Peppery” Aroma of Wines: The Characterization of Rotundone

AROUND THE UNITED STATES

• MO: ‘Rhine Valley’ launches winery promotion
• NJ: Winemakers ready for harvest
• OR: New winery’s business booming
• PA: Wal-Mart Nixes Wine Vending Deal
• PA: Liquor stores should stay open longer
• PA: Border Bootlegging Bleeds Billions

EUROPE

• Crus Bourgeois 2009 official selection to be unveiled

THE UK

• Indian wine hits UK shelves
• Wine Online: UK Market Analysis
• Britain may love its wine, but more than half of drinkers don’t know what to buy

CANADA

• Osoyoos band enjoys vintage returns from only aboriginal winery in Canada
• Canadians develop taste for wine bargains

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Quality grapes earn no more
• OZ: Wolf Blass brand will launch a new campaign
• OZ: Wine makers drink to new naming laws
• OZ: France takes back ‘champagne’ label
  
• OZ: Row sparked over export warning

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina, 31% ahead of Chile in the United States

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• 5 Things I’ll Miss About GaryVee TV
• Drinks industry needs to tighten up on social media marketing

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Learn what goes on in the vineyard and winery during each stage of the annual harvest for wine grapes
• Peter Mondavi Sr. talks about family history, changes in the Napa Valley
• Screw cap education