NEWSFETCH – December 6, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Global table wine production stable despite decrease in vineyards
• Will Treasury Wine Estates improve with age?
• New OIV standards for greenhouse gases production in winemaking
• Good Grape Wine Blog Goes on Hiatus
• Oregon winery co-owner dies in fall
• Italians Pass on Prosecco in Worst Christmas Since WWII
  
• Family Estate Planning – Favorably High Tax Exemptions to Expire in 2012
• Calif Gov: We need higher taxes
• 21st Century Lambrusco? Red Sparkling Moscato
• Sustainable Practices to be Focus of Washington Wine Growers Meeting
• Sommelier finds beauty in wine labels
• From the REPublic: Top 10 … uh, 11 Winebuyer “Experiences”
• Cork Taint: Who’s Fault Is It?
• Starbucks to add 7 Chicago stores selling beer, wine

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Absurdity of Texas Wine Shipping Law Reaches New Heights
• Wholesalers: I Am Not A Crook?
• ‘Privatization Would Increase Social Problems Associated With Excessive Alcohol Use’

HEALTH

• Wine and Health: An ASEV Review
• Ok the polyphenols, but which one? And how much?

MEDIA MATTERS

• Old Media Think: Twitter = Washing Dishes?
• Wine Media, I’m Ashamed of You

YET MORE PARKERGATE

• Shoot The Messenger! Campo ‘to sue iPhone for defamation and commercial damage’ for ‘smokin’ gun’ email
• The Wine Advocate Scandal Continues
• Statement from David Schildknecht (member of Team Parker)
• Schildknecht: Miller Not Leaving Wine Advocate on Account of Spain Controversy
• What lies beyond jay miller?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Changing critic, changing styles?
• Back to Nature…Again

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Five reasons businesses suck at using social media to talk to each other
• 3 Reasons Your Winery Needs a Mobile Website
• “Hello Vino” wine app gets help from Constellation

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Santa Barbara County requires EIR for winery project
• Kendall-Jackson To Be Featured on “Undercover Boss”
• Napa Farm Bureau wants preservation ordinances to go before voters

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• IN: Bad weather for some crops helped vineyards
• NJ: Winery proposed for Little Silver
• OR: Pinot Gris marketing group – An exciting new project
• PA: Knob Hall’s Chambourcin shows what regional wineries can do with grape
• PA: California Winery Goes DTC
• VA: British wine critics toast Virginia vino

EUROPE

• Austrian prosecutor investigating sales of Hitler wine and schnapps
• Tradition vs. Innovation: What Will Save the Douro? Part II
• Ukraine looks to raise winemaking standards

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Early signs of wine industry recovery
• OZ: Southern Queensland irrigation group backs Basin plan

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Hong Kong looking to broaden trade with SAfrica
• Lafite Counterfeits Afloat?
• Rossetti enters Chinese market

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Winemaking made Kosher
• Consumers Embrace Italian Wine’s New Varietals And Offerings

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Glutathione: a natural antioxidant for wines

APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Purple Wine Co. promotes Mike Mestas to national sales manager
• Southern Appoints Stuart Gray head of Pacific Wine & Spirits of Calif
• Flippin’ Best Blogger Revealed