NEWSFETCH – September 12, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Consumers buying less expensive wines
• Legal Sea Foods Boosts Wine Sales, Bev Alcohol Takes 20% Of Business
• Bacchus Blindsided By Rabobank “Douche-Bag Maneuver”
• Calif Bill to Ban Self-Serve Alcohol Sales on Gov’s Desk
• Nielsen Social Media Report: Spending Time, Money and Going Mobile
• “The stink bug is undoing 40 years of integrated pest management”
• Millennials: Generation app
• Google’s Zagat buy could give search critics more ammo
• Calif Eradication Program Seeks New Winegrape Pests
• Flash Sites: A Better Way to Buy Wine?
• Gallup: Aim Social Media Marketing at Loyalists, Not Prospects
• Cynthia Cosco: How I Followed My Passion to become a Winemaker
• Charbono grape makes a comeback
• Hunting for the next great white grape
• Daily Dose of Sarcasm: Thank you, Texas Legislature, for a job well done

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• The Extraordinary Power of Diageo’s Dividends
• SABMiller to launch Foster’s bid after skirmish
• Wine Investments Can Offer A Brambly Nose With An Aftertaste Of IRR
• Investing in wine lacks liquidity
• Liv-ex: From top Bordeaux to top Ningxia?
• Diageo (DEO) – Conference Notes

MEDIA MATTERS

• Bloggers as the 21st century’s new evil villains
• Food writing doesn’t have to mean food snobbery

MATTERS OF TASTE

• ‘Naked’ winemakers battle lab wizards for future of wine
• The Lost Symbol, Quantum Mechanics and Biodynamics

HARVEST 2011

• NY Harvest: Chardonnay for Sparkling at Paumanok Vineyards
• Bordeaux Flows, Grapes Fly at Saint-Emilion’s Harvest Festival

AROUND THE UNITED STATES

• MI: Brewery to commence winemaking operation
• MD: Wine festival’s designated driver tickets come with perks
• MO: Winery’s Roots Extend to 19th Century Immigrants
• WA: The Perfect Climate for Wine

EUROPE

• But what about Chianti?

THE UK

• Warrington figures back alcohol advertising restrictions
• UK alcohol market set to shrink

CANADA

• Wineries welcome Ontario move to circumvent archaic law

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Farm groups still concerned about foreign ownership

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Increased travel, wealth spur India’s wine boom
• China’s new connoisseurs

SOUTH AFRICA

• In South Africa, Keeping sweet with the rich

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• New Heights for Twitter: 100 Million Users
• How Does Groupon Affect A Local Merchant’s Yelp Ratings?
• QR Codes In Plain English

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Fetzer appoints Bruce Losee Sales Director
• Chateau Montelena Winery Completes Fourth Decade of 50 Year Plan
• V2 Wine Company Partners with Qupe