NEWSFETCH – November 2, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Wine Advocate’s Ethics Controversy
• Regional group charges wineries fees for Wine Advocate tasting
• California Loosens Internet Wine Sales
• The rise of China and other mega-trends from Mary Meeker
• Are varietals losing their character?
• Loan company to use wine as sole collateral
• Inflation: Opportunity or Problem for Retailers in Asia?
• Consumer Marketer Blum To Keynote Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium
• Drink Cheap Wine
• Triumph for Torrontés

MORE ON CALIFORNIA ABC ADVISORY ON 3RD PARTY PROVIDERS

• Understanding the Calif ABC’s New Advisory
• California ABC Reverses Position on Third-Party Providers
• Lot18 Praises Advisory by Calif ABC
• California ABC issues long-awaited advisory on Third Party Providers.

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• PA: Privatization will lead to higher prices
• Wacky Wine Regulation Quiz

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Has Diageo Become the Perfect Stock?
• Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 falls 4.5 per cent in October
• Smart Investor: do Diageo shares hit the spot?

HARVEST 2011

• FairPlay/El Dorado Harvest
• Northwest Grape Harvest Enters Homestretch
• Southern Oregon wine -grape growers expect to see record yields

HEALTH

• Substance in red wine shows promise in first human study
• Just a few drinks a week tied to breast cancer
• Red wine holds key to better health for obese patients
  
• Red wine antioxidant could give metabolism a boost
• One glass of wine a day increases risk of breast cancer
• Drinking at home is silent killer for Britons

MEDIA MATTERS

• Why newspaper food writing is bad
• Introducing the wine jobs board at Dr. Vino

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Crowdsourcing Taste Buds: Is It A Winning Bet?

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Jackson Family wine empire rehires former lawyer Michael Maher
• Bob Cabral of Williams Selyem Named Winemaker of the Year
• CIA’s Worlds of Flavor conference will explore “world casual”
• VinMotion Launches to Bring Northwest Brands to the Hottest Categories
• Winery In US Introduces ‘Dokdo Wine’

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY Wine and Grape Fdn pushes to put more NY wines in NYC market
• Orleans planners OK winery, other projects

ACADEMIA

• Fake whisky detected with lasers
• Washington State U Launches Publication Focused on Organic and Sustainable Agriculture
• U Of Washington Wins $1.45 Million for Ag Safety Center
• Group tackles how to boost cold-climate wine industry

EUROPE

• One of Port’s Biggest Players Grows Bigger

THE UK

• Symposium argues need for new fizz category
• WSTA boss heads to Heineken
• Oddbins’ customers choose premium prices for wine

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Changyu: New harvest, wine and chateau in Xinjiang
• In Search of China’s Best Wines
• Chinese Wine (Uncorked)

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Music makes wine taste better
• Ask for Chablis, it should come from Chablis
• Thoughts on the 2009 Pinot Noirs
• Yeast Whisperer of Newton Vineyard

GET A CLUE!

• California Wine and Other WWTG Countries Launch International Forum on Sustainable Wine Production…
• Central European Distribution Corp and Constellation Brands Navigate Strict …

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