NEWSFETCH – October 21, 2011

TOP NEWS

• CDFA Market Enforcement Branch Acts Against 11 Vintners, Including 2 Criminal Cases
• Pinotgate: the scourge of all French wannabes
• Morris Chafetz, 87, Dies – Altered View of Alcoholism
• New Security Threat: Infected QR Codes
• Costco doubles down on Washington liquor initiative
• Vintank Offering Free Location-Based Marketing Seminar
• Traps detect California fruit fly infestation
• Public comment period open for U.S. organic standards
• Texas curtails out-of-state online wine sales
• Constitution Never Meant to Serve The Special Interests of Beer
• Drunk Driving Down. WAY Down. But Don’t Pop The Bubbly Just Yet!
• Canned wine? Parsons thinks outside the box
• Raising glass in memory of 2 wine tastemakers
• Ontario Winery owner died doing what he loved
• Graphic Health Warnings for Alcohol Products
• Long Island joins call for truth in wine labeling
• World wine regions, chefs and consumers support truth-in labeling efforts
• New English/Spanish resources available for the wine industry
• OH! Noooooooooooo: Shelf collapse topples almost 7000 wine bottles
• From your playlist to your wine list?

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Diageo shareholders protest executive pay
• Pernod Ricard sells $1.5 Billion in notes
• Pernod Ricard Sales Surge 11%, With 15% Growth In The U.S.
• Vina Concha y Toro has lowest EV/EBITDA Ratio
  

HARVEST 2011

• California’s 2011 vintage: the good, the bad and the ugly
• Challenges continue for Napa grapegrowers
• New Mexico Winemakers Celebrate Crush
• Virginia wine industry’s harvest blues

MEDIA MATTERS

• Has Robert Parker had enough?
• 6 Ways Wine Writing Differs from Food Writing
• Mutineer Interviews “Controversial” Heimoff

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Now it’s sweet red wines
• Hot Wine In Paso

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OK: Study into strong beer, wine sales ended by legislative panel
• OR: Grizzly Peak Winery revs up for distribution
• UT: Should state dump the booze biz?
• WA: Focusing on Initiative 1183 Part II: Central Warehousing

EUROPE

• Portuguese island of Madeira and its namesake wine

THE UK

• Portman Group releases first report on alcohol responsibility measures

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• How Chinese learn to drink wine
• Grape Wall Challenge 2011: Eight distributors confirmed so far
• Chinese interest in lower-ranking chateaux increasing