NEWSFETCH – September 15, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Redtree, Line 39 Propel Cecchetti Wine Co. Toward 300,000 Cases
• California needs to be careful it doesn’t price itself out of the market
• Wineries Win Financing for Upgrades
• Austrian wine becomes hip in America
• Consumers still dubious about lower-alcohol wines
• Terlato, M. Chapoutier Blend New Brand In Marius
• “Wine Wars” Focus of Lecture by Economist
• A new wine grape indigenous to Oregon?
• Research: Deal users may go for lower discounts
• Recession Flag Raised with August 2011 Sea Container Imports
• Self-checkouts guard against, not enable, minors purchasing alcohol
• Snooth Offers New Contributor Platform and Streaming Content Viewer
• Alcohol wholesalers are squeezing consumers dry
• Perceptions of women online are stuck in the Dark Ages
• Some People Should Not Own Liquor Stores
• Tulsa entrepreneur finds success with unusual wine package

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Fortune’s Beam CEO ‘Won’t Feel Constrained’ on Acquisitions
• Liv-ex: Chapelle de Mission joins the second-wine train
• Diageo Launches Catalyst, New Business Unit Focused On High Potential Brand Portfolio
  
• Diageo Names Greg Kryder President, Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines
• Magnotta Announces Quarterly Results

HARVEST 2011

• The 2011 Waiting Game: You Call This a Harvest?
• Harvesting California
• Italian vintners forced to harvest crops early due to sultry summer
• ‘Atypical’ Champagne harvest over already
• Famed Walla Walla Valley winery begins picking
• Auburn/Placer County – Harvest Report
• Champagne too warm for Pinot Meunier
• Sultry weather aids grape harvest in Central Illinois
• Shafer Vineyards: Our fruit is on track
• Napa: Light crop and late year expected

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Wisdom of the Crowd and Wine Critic Ratings
• TasteJive lets wine recommendations be one of the cool kids

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The Influence of Sour Rot on the Chemical Composition and Overall Quality of Wine

AROUND THE UNITED STATES

• OK: Opponents lining up against allowing strong beer and wine in state groceries
• PA: LCB continues to take heat over troubled wine kiosk program
• VA: Oasis auction set for Sunday

EUROPE

• Bordeaux-based négociants start delivering their 2009 Bordeaux
• DRC continues auction success
• Beyond Bordeaux: J&B tips growth regions

THE UK

• Lansley: minimum pricing could have wrong impact
• New London auction business from Spectrum and Vanquish

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: The Austrian touch
• NZ: Research by think tank suggests expanding seasonal worker scheme

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Is Spanish wine good for an ordinary Chinese?
  
• Tariff to be cut to benefit wine import in China
• Asia’s thirst for wine cheers investors
• First Shanghai Portugal Annual wine tasting to be held in Oct

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Morocco: Country Looks to Expand Wine Exports

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Do good glasses make bad wine better?
• When the recipe calls for wine