NEWSFETCH – November 30, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Diageo among global companies preparing for euro collapse
• Calistoga vintner Greg Brown dies
• Kiwi Export Joint Venture Unlocks US Wine Market
• Gallo Speaks: Rare Address by Winery CEO
• Cosentino: A winemaker survives in an era of mergers
• U.S. ag income rises sharply in 2011
• Grape and almond grower ordered to pay back wages and more
• San Joaquin Winegrowers: The Times They are A-Changing
• New estate-tax battle may be brewing for coming year
• Farm bill process goes back to the drawing board
• American Wine Society chooses Portland for conference
• TTB Issues Guidance on Changes to Personalized Labels, Just in Time for The Holidays
• Yao Ming sells China bulk wine for $289 a bottle
• North American Wine Tourism Conference debuts in Napa
• Minnesota winery closes
• Wine on tap is the hot new trend
• Nominations open for CAWG grape grower awards
• Insisting on reason for Santa Clara County winery regs
• 2011 Harvest Wrap-up: Dry Creek Valley
• Francis Ford Coppola’s Mammarella’s fails health inspection

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Diageo looks for growth in Europe in eurozone crisis
• Of wine and tulips [China]
• Asian Boom Propels Rémy’s First-Half Profits

HEALTH

• Colo. Study Says Legal Pot Reduces Alcohol Consumption & Traffic Deaths
  
• Is wine gluten-free?

MEDIA MATTERS

• Steve Heimoff Jumps the Social Media Shark . . . again
• “Mangia, Mangia!” – Oh, wait, that’s “Manga, Manga”!
• A Love-Letter To Wine PR Folks. Sort Of.
• The Top Wine Stories of 2011
• These new wine books go down easy

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What Exactly is a “Good Year” for Wine?
• My first proper Chinese wine
• Among Great Wines, Plenty of Choice
• Eric Asimov is right: there’s plenty of great wine that’s still affordable

WATER

• Local legislators oppose plan for Delta water
• Retired federal judge to represent Westlands Water District
• Delta studies to be released after complaints from Congress, others

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Grapes escape bushfire wrath
• OZ: Vines escape damage in bush fires
• OZ: Winegrowers warned of more rain
• NZ: Q&A with Nick Lane, winemaker, Cloudy Bay
• OZ: Packaging overhaul: will it work?

EUROPE

• Casa Vinicola Zonin to Pursue New Sustainable Development through Magis Project
• Searching for Value in Bordeaux

THE UK

• Wine to become top UK government duty source
• How Majestic came through the recession
• Heritage Wine to distribute Darling Cellars
• Diageo agrees to Treasury supply chain scheme
• Autumn Statement 2011: crackdown on £450m asset-transfer loophole

CANADA

• BC Orchard Promotes Wine With Apples

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine a status symbol among China’s newly rich

LATIN AMERICA

• Brazilian wine looks to put fizz into the World Cup

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Four things Wine industry players should know about Mobile Marketing and Social Media.
• Quit talking about yourself, and start being yourself (another social media lecture)
• Wine.com chooses Strangeloop for e-commerce site

SUSTAINABILITY

• Jarvis Estate Winery installs electric vehicle charging station

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Loire Valley Retains Benson Marketing Group for 3-Year Marketing Campaign in U.S.