NEWSFETCH – October 13, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Calif winegrape crush estimated at 3.3M tons, down 9% from 2010
• Huge forest-to-vine project near Annapolis threatened
• Central Valley farmers may benefit from passage of free trade deal
• Casual-dining chains in for rocky 2012
• Does Consumer Data Indicate Improving Economy? (Hardcore Data)
• Falcons guard Sonoma County vineyard
• San Francisco Garbage Helps Make Vineyards Thrive
• Nielsen: Lighter style wine up 61% in UK off-trade
• Creating Sales Opportunities from Wine Mishaps
• Calif Ag Boss Karen Ross Urges State Companies to Join Foreign Trade Programs
• Consumer Willingness To Pay For Wine Attributes: UCDavis Study (.pdf)
• How restaurants are participating in Food Day 2011
• Hey Scrooge! Wine stores can’t sell without samples
• Nomacorc announces software to match closure to wine type
• Wine and the Current Uncertainty Factor
• French-born US Wine Execs Organize
• Tapped In: Wine in Kegs
• Cecchetti Wine Company Adds to Sales Team for Growing Wine Portfolio
• Zonin Prosecco Commercial to Take Over Food Network and Cooking Channel

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Hatcher hails new focus at Treasury Wine Estates
• Concha y Toro’s Exports Struggle In Third Quarter, As Plans Begin To Take Shape On Fetzer
• Winemaker Bodegas Riojanas Targets Annual Profit Growth of as Much as 10%
• Mouton and Lafite 2008: Weighty margins go out with the tide
• Lafite leads fine wine indices lower
• Pernod Ricard to introduce changes to Polish operations

HARVEST 2011

• WA: Harvest Report – October 13th Edition
• Rainy weather delays grape harvests in Ontario
• Short But Good: New Drinking Game
• Volunteers pick tons of grapes for Minn. Winery
• Calaveras County: Harvest report
• Santa Ynez Funk Zone Customers See Wine Crush
• Napa harvest Report: Rain, rain, go away
• Wet Weather Hurts Amador Wine
• German vintage “separates men from the boys”

HEALTH

• Drinking to your health

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine Without Food? The Horror of It All
• Torrontés trumps UK consumer’s favourite white wines, says study
• Alas, corks here to stay

WATER

• Small fish with big impact rebounds, easing fears of extinction
• Water group loses lawsuit to shut down salmon season
• Delta smelt numbers rise in recent survey catch

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• AZ: School board gives green light for high school vineyard
• IL: DeKalb County winery puts Illinois on the map
• IL: New Winery Opens in Centralia Friday
• NJ: Renault Winery uses solar power to kill insects
• OR: Winston winery benefits from recent trip to Spanish vineyards
• OR: King Estate Winery Builds Huge Solar Facility
• NM: Gov. criticized over Calif. wine country speech
• MN: Don’t change state’s liquor delivery system
• PA: Imbibers held hostage: Day 28,439
• TX wine: What’s worth drinking?
• VA: Wine Excursion could attract 100-plus wineries
• WA: Gamache wines have become highly regarded

EUROPE

• Aid Olivier Cousin goes global [AOC]
• French BPA ban will distort EU food packaging market, Plastics Europe
• Modern Winemaking in Chianti’s Castello di Volpaia
• Haut-Brion auctions rare vintage collections
• Veuve Clicquot to release ‘fewer vintages’
• Louis Jadot celebrates 150 years

THE UK

• ViVAS to be sole wine supplier to TGI Friday’s

CANADA

• Napa, Okanagan Unite for Wine Venture

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: New winery taking on the recession
• OZ: WACA chief executive Graeme Wood resigns
• NZ: Wine producers assess wine loss on stricken ship
• OZ: A vine time to beat the world
• OZ: Farmers still concerned about effect of carbon tax on fuel

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Pontallier focused on education in Far East
• 2012 Guangzhou High-quality Wine Expo set opening dat

SOUTH AFRICA

• DIVA to distribute SA wines

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• An example of how social marketing works for a winery–maybe
• SCVNGR Unveils QR Code Payment System
• Facebook Exec: Ads Are Opening Act For Page Apps

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• I had a feeling …. Most vertebrates descended from ancestor with ‘sixth sense’
• Winery events all about escapism
• 6 Ways To Drink Wine Smarter

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Wine Institute Hails Passage of U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement
• Constellation Wines, Dave Matthews unveil The Dreaming Tree
• National Restaurant Association Stands Up for Restaurants, Fights Unworkable Marketing Guidelines