NEWSFETCH – September 16, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Salisbury Winery Hires Jobless for Harvest
• Wine arsonist can’t withdraw plea
• More analysis of the 100 point scoring system
• Energy mandates touch off a rush for open farmland
• Wine and the Quietude Economy
• Bordeaux chateau in Beijing school deal
• Wine prices and the recession
• The Power of QR Codes for Wine
• Alteris Buys Winery Insurer SN Potter
• Peter Mondavi leads Krug’s 150th anniversary celebration
• Coppola’s new production: Making Inglenook cool again

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Liv-ex: Tuscany’s Super siblings
• Diageo, General Electric among best companies for moms

HEALTH

• Alcohol DOES give you cancer, scientists say
• Wine Confessional: I’m a Binge Drinker

HARVEST 2011

• California’s Vintners Play Waiting Game With Late Harvest
• Murphys/Calaveras County – HARVEST REPORT
• Weather sours Italian wine harvest
• Horrible 2011 For Aussies

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Palate Tuning and the Permanent Record
• How to Enjoy Wine, or True Things vs. Total BS About Wine
• Wine website aligns consumers’ palettes, preferences with critical reviews
• Smells like my high school boyfriend

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• UC Davis finds plants create water-rich areas around roots

AROUND THE UNITED STATES

• Mason-Dixon Wine Trail introduced
• MD: Churchville winery seeks zoning variance to grow business
• NY: Hazlitt Red Cat Cellars winery grows in Naples
• PA: Nissley Winery veers off at the fork in the road, leaves wine trail
• PA: Wine kiosks launched without independent research
• TN: Winery planned near Momma’s Country

ACADEMIA

• AZ: Yavapai College Wine Center becoming a reality
• IL: MCC to offer wine education classes at restaurant
• WSWA Educational Foundation Announces Scholarship Winners

EUROPE

• Young Austrian winemakers strip for calendar
• Upcoming Trip to Porto, Portugal and the Legal Protections of Port Wine

THE UK

• Relaunch for Botany Creek

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Debt forces vine sell-off
• OZ: Treasurer puts cork back on wine-tax proposal
• NZ: NGO worried expanding seasonal worker scheme could be problematic

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African wine pros condemn Human Rights report

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Lebanon’s fine wines merit state backing

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• FanGager To Provide Diageo Brands with Social CRM
• A Complete Guide To Every Venture Capital Firm Doing Digital Investments
• Barefoot Wine Debuts “One Beach” Facebook Film

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Mastering the Art of Wine Seduction
• Mother Vine, The United States Premier
• The Top Ten Off the Beaten Path Wine Country Experiences
• Prohibition, Puritanism, NYC harvest, remembrances — sipped & spit
• Pass the Vino and the Ammo
• Are You a Good Wine Host?