NEWSFETCH – October 25, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Brown-Forman Sharpens Focus On Sonoma-Cutrer, Korbel Post-Fetzer
• Gallup: Economic Confidence Marginally Better Than Aug.Lows
• Why more wineries aren’t failing
• Bacchus Capital Invests in Sbragia Family Vineyards
• Most retailers expect to hire the same or fewer seasonal workers as a year ago
• California economy ticked up in August, says new report
• New Accord to Simplify Certifications in International Wine Trade
• Citizen Wine Pickers: Few Succeed
• Identifying and Mapping CA’s Greatest Vineyards
• Farm labor leaders gather in bid to preserve Cesar Chavez’s legacy
• New crop of wine importers shakes up Oregon scene
• Healdsburg to discuss restrictions on alcohol-serving establishments
• Nielsen: Asians Watch Most Web, Mobile Video
• Sample some wines, charge the car
• Wine’s obsession with reality
• Praising Bulk Wine

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Foster’s lashed for SAB deal; wine spin-off shines
• Treasury: Wine orders continue to flow through
• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 gains a foothold
• Treasury: An earthy bouquet with hints of wallaby
• Shareholders angered by Foster’s predictions
• Foster’s chief cops pay backlash

HEALTH

• Drinking to get a good night’s sleep is a bad idea
• Organic wine gets one step closer to allowing sulfites

DIRECT SHIPPING & THE THREE-TIERED SYSTEM

• Texas Messes Itself … Again! Wine.com prohibited from shipping to customers

MEDIA MATTERS

• Morgan Goodman wins 47-word regional wine essay contest
• A Great Find In The Wine Blogging World
• Two New Takes on Natural Wine
• Euro wine bloggers’ conference ends on high note
• Please – No styrofoam!

WATER

• N. California Democrats blast Obama on water plans
• Empty Fields Fill Urban Basins and Farmers’ Pockets

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• New film traps fumigants, may help with methyl bromide replacement
• Alternatives to Copper in Combating Downy Mildew in Organic Viticulture

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NJ: Winery License Sought for Holmdel Road Location
• NY: Grocery wine sales gain in support
• NY: Assembly examines effect of direct sale of wine
• OK: Wine sales at the grocery store issue left alone for now

ACADEMIA

• Research in a bottle and on the vine
• Third top award for student winemaker
• MSU aids in transformation, growth of Michigan wine industry
• SD StateU part of cold-climate grape and wine production project

FRANCE

• French whine … this time it”s about Russian wine
• France’s unusual wine season
• Veuve Clicquot vintage “top quality” allowing increase in reserves

THE UK

• Asda’s direct source quadruples profits

AUSTRALIA

• OZ: Cheers to the king of the Barossa Valley
• OZ: Winemakers to form coastal partnership
• Australia’s Wine Producers, Supply, Demand

CHINA

• In Hong Kong, Wine imports splurge up 65%
• China’s Wealthy Wine Drinkers Help Revive Australian
• Project signed: Penglai-Sonoma Wine Cultural Center

LATIN AMERICA

• Chilean wine volumes on the rise
• “There is no sign that Malbec has flooded the American Market”

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Last suppers: What wine pros would drink (and eat) on their deathbeds
• Oregon winemakers reinvent verjus for the Northwest palate
• Winemaker Merry Edwards blazes trail in industry
• Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief
• Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir and the Varietal Revelation
• Angelo Gaja, An Italian icon shares his take on what makes a wine truly great
• Syrah takes you back in time
• Message in a Qvevri

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Sierra Madre Vineyard Receives SIP Certification
• Barefoot Wine Announces Sweepstakes With Platinum-Selling Recording Artist