NEWSFETCH – December 8, 2011

TOP NEWS

• U.S. wine imports to Korea jump on high demand, tariff change
• TTB Proposes Establishment of Inwood Valley Viticultural Area In California (.pdf)
• Parker/Campogate: 3 days for €35,000
• California’s Crimson Wine Group Doubles In Size With Seghesio Acquisition
• Aussie Carbon farming starts today – in a limited way
• California’s middle class is vanishing
• Native American Tribe Introduces Wine Brand
• Ascentia Signs Distribution Agreements with Southern
• China’s Grace Vineyards to use screw caps on entry-level red
• Reps&Buyers: Requests warning, please
• Wine and Law: A Wrap-Up for the Year
• Italian-American Wines: Would You Like the Fileri or the Vespaiola?
• Kunkee: Losses To Wine Culture, Here And Abroad
• Planners OK T-Vine winery on Route 29
• Zepponi & Co. Adds to Team

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Brown-Forman trims outlook on stronger dollar
• Foster’s CEO Pollaers to step down; SABMiller installs own man
• California Grapes Int’l, Inc. Announces Completion China Wine Test
• ICAP chief joins Bordeaux Index

MEDIA MATTERS

• Judge Hits Blogger With $2.5 Million Charge for Not Being a Journalist
• Veteran writer to cover NW wine
• Barley Blyton: 2011 Young Wine Writer of the Year

PARKER/CAMPOGATE (ON & ON & ON …)

• Wine Advocate writer was paid for speeches, not reviewing?
• ‘Not an official Wine Advocate trip, it’s a freelance’ Campo claims
• In Defense of Robert Parker, Jr.

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Million Point March
• Manipulative winemaking declared a fault
• Followup: The backlash against cheap wine
• Who Wants to Be An Oenophile?

WATER & SUSTAINABILITY

• Diageo publishes first sustainable packaging guidelines
• ‘Sustainable’ water management is focus of outreach effort
• Court upholds landmark California water pact

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Mid-sized wineries still struggling to survive
• NZ: Winery ‘shafted’ by mall booze ban
• NZ: Growers slow to get wine profits
• NZ: Winery owners hanging in there
• OZ: Winegrape growers holding their breath

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• IN: 2011 Grape harvest good

ACADEMIA

• Wine and grape science on display at University of Missouri research symposium
• Wine courses may be coming to New York’s JCC

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bibendum launches new artisan Chilean wines
• VIDEO: Supermarket wine aisles need to be edited
• Dom 2003 simultaneously launched in five cities

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China Sees Increase in Kiwi Wine Investments
• 30,000 bottles of imported wine sealed up in Fuzhou

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• The Value of a Facebook “Like”
• Next social wave to sweep away ‘nonsense’ like Foursquare: Forrester

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What wines work for an older palate?
• Don’t Bogart That Wine, My Friend
• Richard Childress: New ‘3′ wine, no comment on Kurt
• In Search of White Chianti & Books on Starting a Winery
• A Beginner’s Guide to Wine: What Style Appeals to You?