NEWSFETCH – November 15, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Winery & Vineyards: One Major Investment Company’s $81 Million Debacle
• UCDavis Emeritus Professor Ralph Kunkee Passes Away
• Difficult 2011 harvest not having big lending impact
• World’s top 10 wine brands by volume (click on number links at bottom of page)
• Pricey Wines Lead Sales Growth
• Do more tweets lead to fewer followers?
• California’s Markham Vineyards Expands With Greystone Range
• Screwcap now ‘the norm’: new study
• Waldin v Smart on organics/biodynamics
• Paper wine bottle can challenge traditional applications – GreenBottle
• More On The Paper Wine Bottle
• Stitches, cover typo, Valencia, paper bottles, Burgundy
• Cheap vs. Quality: Is Wine Different?
• Candida Banti Joins The Hess Collection, National Accounts Manager, West Coast
• Bernardo Winery’s director heads wine association
• Winery Exchange revamps Echelon with North Coast grapes
• Wine.com Makes It Easier Than Ever Before to Buy Wine on the Go

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• A Tale of Two Initiatives
• Costco CEO Unapologetic, Says I-1183 Passage Good for Consumers
• Washington State’s Alcohol Law Need Further Fixing

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Majestic Wine Shares Fall on ‘Disappointing’ October Sales
• Why Investors Pay More For Spirits Than Tobacco

HARVEST 2011

• Harvest Update – Santa Barbara
• 2011 Vintage Report: France

HEALTH

• 107-year-old says red wine and chocolate keep her living
• The Harmful Sin Tax: Why We Shouldn’t Charge Extra for Drinking
• Can Red Wine Help With Weight Loss?

MEDIA MATTERS

• Bettane: producers who pay critics are idiotic
• The Blog As Pot Stirrer

MATTERS OF TASTE

• We’re putting our noses up at this: the electronic nose est arrivé
• An all-new wine rating scale!

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Targeting Vineyard Management Practices to Combat Early Onset of Ripening Caused by Climate Change
• In a California Vineyard, Bluebirds Earn Their Keep

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• AZ:Wine Industry Creates Jobs—Preserves Sustainable Agriculture
• MI: Monumental Harvest on the Leelanau Peninsula
• NY: Should Finger Lakes Wineries Use Synthetic Corks for Their Best Wines?
• PA: State stores jobs casualty of privatization
• PA: More wineries and vineyards call state home

EUROPE

• Saint Emilion, Medieval French wine town forced to sell monuments for debts
• Ontario vintners make brave foray into Italy
• In Russia, a law that bans wine sales via the Internet
• ProWein to expand for 2012
• Tradition vs. Innovation: What Will Save the Douro? Part I

THE UK

• Bordeaux UK goes into voluntary liquidation
• Pernod Ricard launches Jacob’s Creek ‘Always Stay True’ campaign

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Learning about life after grapes
• OZ: The most expensive new release wine

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Argentine Record: in a month, wine exports exceeded USD 110 million
• Israel: Old Land, New Wines
• South Africa held back by poor site selection