NEWSFETCH – September 19, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Some question whether Calif farmworker protections go far enough
• UC names new vice president for ag, natural resources
• Domino’s partners with Virgin Wines
• While The Wine Industry Dozed Off … The NeoDrys Come Knocking
• Moscato Nation Launches
• Austrian wine becomes hip in America
• Gallo’s G3 expands Ukiah capsule plant
• Joe Dressner – aka Captain Tumour Man – dies
• When it comes to wine education, Vancouver is where it’s at
• Wine arson case lingers in Sacramento federal court
• Ascentia Wine Estates’ Coogan Remembered for Collegiality
• Wine packaging gets an eco-friendly redesign
• Screwcap vs. Cork: Which is Greener?
• ‘Wine Man’ vies for video glory
• Wine no more for me, my darling
• Can We Rekindle Our Love Affair With Syrah?
• The Green Card Cometh

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• 3 Wine Stocks That are the Toast of Investor Portfolios
• Why the Street Should Love Diageo’s Earnings
• Diageo Chases Fans’ Loyalty With Help From Facebook
• Constellation Brands to Report Q2 FY 2012 Results
• Hard times nip at auction of fine wines
• Diageo Marketing has made monkeys out of all of us
• Romanee-Conti 1990 Fetches Record $297,400 at Auction

HEALTH

• Experts see red over wine & health ‘myth’
• A lot to lose from booze

HARVEST 2011

• Santa Barbara Ripe for the pickin’
• Lower yields make better wine. Or do they?
• Free Agent Fruit
• Santa Lucia Highlands’ Harvest on Hold
• Harvest 2011 France: estimates revised upwards
• French vintners divided over the ideal time to harvest this year
• Grapes begin arriving at Washington wineries
• WI: Wineries hopeful for big grape harvest
• California table grape harvest enters second half

MEDIA MATTERS

• Distilling The Natural Wine Message From The New Film “Wines From Here”
• Drink in the best in wine writing

MATTERS OF TASTE

• One-year supply dehydrated food — impossible food-wine pairing?
• Record 90+ Scores For 2009 Pinots: Wine Spectator

AROUND THE UNITED STATES

• NY: High Peaks Winery now open in Parishville
• PA: York Area wine trail expands with four new wineries, new name
• TX: Drought proves mixed blessing for state’s wineries
• VA: New star
• VA: State’s first winery-brewery expands
• WI: Couple starts winery, vineyard in Pepin
• WI: State’s wineries earn the stomp of approval

ACADEMIA

• New JCC winery course marks the start to a new program

EUROPE

• France Plans Higher Taxes on Spirits, Not Wine

CANADA

• System ensures B.C. wines meet set standards

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Acclaimed Waiheke vineyard for sale
• OZ: WET dries up the wine industry

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Grace’s new twist on wine: Is China at its screw cap moment?
• Define wine with an Asian vocabulary, enjoy it more
• Cargills to look at winery, expand beer capacity

LATIN AMERICA

• Finca Las Moras becomes a benchmark of San Juan

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• The Current State of Online Food Ordering in the U.S. Restaurant Industry

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Does your rosé swing both ways?
• Terrorist: Ten Years Late
• Chalk Hill and a Visit with Winemaker Lisa Bishop Forbes
• Jefford on Monday: Lessons from the list
• Their glasses are always half full
• The Difference Between Great Chefs and Great Winemakers