NEWSFETCH – October 20, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Wine lists are shrinking as restaurants offer more beer & cocktails
• Argentine grape growers predict depressed exports
• Congress must help ease farm labor crisis
• Free the Grapes! October Update
• Can American Fans Save German Riesling?
• The future of the wine business is not what you think
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly about #varietydays
• Tweaking Supermarket Wine Blends
• Dear Sommelier Candidate: I’m not your study buddy
• Does California Need Grand Cru Wines?
• Murder charges in shooting at Dry Creek pot garden
• 8 Cruel Foods That Should Be Restricted Before Foie Gras
• Are Organic And Biodynamic Wines Worth It?
• Hahn Winery eyes an ambitious culinary center
• Banana Republic Creates Wine Bottles for Clos du Bois
• Karl Lagerfeld Designs Wine Label

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Pernod Sees Profit Rising 6%, Will Focus on Cutting Debt
• Pernod Ricard Preparing Benchmark-Sized 10-Year Offering
• Filing of Pernod Ricard’s 2010/11 Registration Document
• Liv-ex: 20-year SWAG analysis: Fine wine best in class
• Pernod sales down in UK
• Remy Cointreau says H1 sales rise 11 pct

HARVEST 2011

• Adam Lee rebuts Blake Gray’s post on Calif’s “bad” 2011 vintage
• Mildew Reduces Greek Wine Production by 100,000 Tons
• Finger Lakes: Most Challenging Vintage Ever?
• WA: Harvest Report – October 20th Edition
• Napa night harvest being used to great effect
• Rain “ruins” promising Californian vintage

HEALTH

• What 2 glasses of wine a day can do to your face (non-scientific “study”)
• Glass of wine a day may strengthen bones

MEDIA MATTERS

• “The Drops of God” drops in on the U.S.
• Discrediting California Wines
• Book: In Search of Pinot Noir

WATER

• California Water Commission delays efforts to condemn Delta land
• Landowners fighting state on Delta tunnel drilling get win

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Phenolic Composition of Organically Grown Grapes Do Not Change with Different Winemaking Techniques

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CT: Diageo Tax Deal Helped State CT
• UT: Purge begins at troubled liquor agency
• WA: Costco’s $22.5M for I-1183 is state record
• WA: I-1183 hits the bottom line for both opponents and supporters
• WI: Proposed Legislation Could Help Wineries Grow

ACADEMIA

• Cornell’s Sexiest Majors: #9 = Viticulture & Enology
• Student winemaker strikes gold

EUROPE

• DOCG Comeuppance, Classified Dregs from the 90’s and Other NY Tales
• Chablis producer moves away from natural corks
• Film celebrates Chapoutier’s work
• Wine educator wins Champagne award

THE UK

• Diageo wine head nominated as new WSTA boss
• De Bortoli reveals multiple and independent strategy
• Trade questions restaurant discount vouchers

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: The grenache grape bomb
• OZ: Mining gas in Hunter Valley ‘desecration’
• OZ: Stalemate in Margaret River battle against miners

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Changyu: From pioneer to global winemaker
• Pudao Wines opens in Beijing, features Decanter awards line-up
• DRC: Asia’s “new Lafite”?

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentinian winemakers going ashore in Europe

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa must stop imitating Burgundy

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Lebanon reluctant to recognise wine’s big success story

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Retailers failing shoppers, smartphones could be the answer
• Cross-Platform Hotspots: Top U.S. Cities for TV, Web and Mobile

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Joe Rochioli Jr. – No Ordinary Joe
• When Do I Need a Wine Cellar?