NEWSFETCH – December 13, 2011

TOP NEWS

• California wine prices predicted to rise
• Kiwi Wine about to get more expensive as glut runs out
• California wine exports heading toward a record year
• Sparkling Wines Bubbling Over: SymphonyIRI
• Washington yields down, Oregon up as harvest finishes
• William Foley – the billionaire in NZ’s vines
• Mass. Sen. Brown pushes Postal reform; beer, wine, centralized delivery
• Report shows Napa tourism investment paying off
• The Industrial Lifecycle of Cork
• Going Nuts To Raise Consciousness Of Men’s Malady

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Tennessee wholesalers lobby wins ‘Lump of Coal’ award
• Christmas Liquor Bans: Is Your State on the List?
• Maryland Wineries See Boost In Business From Direct Shipping
• Alcohol Wholesalers’ Dumbest Tweets, Part 1
• Clark backs Canadian bill to allow direct-to-consumer wine sales

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Liv-ex DRC Index breaks new ground
• Will KWV Add Some Mix To Its Range?

HEALTH

• France: Wine drinking down, booze and beer binging up
• Mixed Data for Those Who Cheer Wine, Liquor (For Holiday Imbibing)
• Critical survey on NZ alcohol reforms suppressed

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine bloggers’ conference to be hosted by Wines of Turkey
• Miller Time, One More Time
• Musing about Merlot

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The unwelcome implications of another la nina winter for Paso Robles vineyards
• Performance Metrics for Sustainable Winegrowing
• New Product Repairs Broken Trellis & End Posts Rather Than Replacing Them
• Grapevine Cold Hardiness Tool Launched on Washington State System
• Endowment Funding Spurs Innovation in Grape and Wine Research and Education at Cornell

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Mid-Atlantic wineries gradually turning over to Next Generation
• TX: Borderland Winery Lets You Make Your Own Wine
• VA: Governor announces revamped state wine competition
• WA: Wine Commission Searches for New Executive Director

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK wine sales plummet as tax hikes hit trade
• Sainsbury’s survey shows gin to be Xmas spirit of choice
• English wines break sales records

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Call for ‘realistic’ grape prices
• NZ: Strategic review provides framework for profitable growth of wine
• NZ: Smallest & largest wineries showing most growth
• OZ: Winegrowers look to reverse profits slide
• OZ: Identity crisis for our wine regions

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• The Wine Republic to distribute Jia Bei Lan in China

WATER & SUSTAINABILITY

• Royal Wine Corp. Goes Green