NEWSFETCH – December 15, 2011

TOP NEWS

• Opolo Sues Big Portuguese Winery & U.S. Distributor, Charging Copyright Infringement
• Woolrych off to the US in Laithwaites Wine shake-up
• Caves Maître – the Chinese ‘Castel’ – ‘a stolen tradename’
• Reports Of Australian Wine’s Death Hath Been Greatly Exaggerated
• The Cross-Media Key to Reaching Women Online Is Trust
• “Value is the carrot for today’s shopper”: IRI
• Washington gets 12th wine region
• TTB Approves Coombsville AVA
• Welcome Fort Ross-Seaview AVA
• LINK CORRECTION: Memorial Service Planned for Professor Emeritus Ralph Kunkee
• What the king of bling can teach Champagne
• from the REPublic: human doormat no longer
• Tuscan Wine Firm Angelini Buys Amarone Producer Bertani
• WineAmerica’s Testimony in Favor of Direct Shipping in New Jersey
• More than Malbec
• The joys of collecting wineries
• Vineyard not required: Micro-winery opens in Texas

JUDGEMENT OF BEIJING RESULTS: FAIR OR NOT?

• Ningxia Beats Bordeaux. Or Does It?
• Chinese wines beat French in tasting, but it’s not best vs best
• Was the Ningxia-Bordeaux Challenge unfair to French wines?

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Diageo: Alcohol Beverage Consumer Dynamics In Latin America Among The Most Attractive Globally
• Liv-ex Claret Chip falls; Margaux up 1.3%
• Fine wine indices gain ground

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Water Waivers for Napa/Sonoma Vineyards
• Sonoma County tightens Williamson Act rules
• New directors for Napa Valley Grapegrowers
• Larner Winery Forced to Do EIR
  
• Kendall-Jackson To Be Featured on “Undercover Boss,”, Jan. 29

HEALTH

• What wines won’t trigger migraines?
• Turn Down The Music To Drink Less

MEDIA MATTERS

• All-Star Faculty to Lead Symposium For Professional Wine Writers
• 7 Tips for Traveling Bloggers
• Pancho Campo MW: Institute of Masters of Wine – Code of Conduct

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK minimum pricing scheme may violate EU laws
  
• Europe’s largest winery to produce sparkling
• Festive sales on a ‘knife edge’, says BRC
• London City Bond reshuffles management team
• English sparkling on cusp of popularity

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Canada: Century-old church drops anchor at Nova Scotia winery
• Verónica Cangemi, the new voice of Argentine wine
• Middle India on Top: The New Gold Rush
• SAfrica: uniWines Vineyards Prepares for Harvest of Consistent Quality

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Gary Vaynerchuk: Why ROI Matters for Social Media [VIDEO]
• Online Flash Site VinNobles.com Adds Master Sommelier Kathy Morgan to Team
• Winetasting.com Launches New Store on Facebook
• The New, New Twitter and What It Means to You and Your Business
• Facebook’s 2011 Ad Sales Took No Pity on Portals
• Only 2.8% Of Website Visitors Select and Then Opt In To Facebook Authentication

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Drinking Georgian Wine in a Soviet Bomb Shelter
• Jim Beam descendant gets branded
• Wine and the Importance of Discovery
• Rescue pesky corks (and your ego)
• Screwcaps: More in use, and more accepted than ever
• Winter winemaking centers on cellar work
• The Wine Ethicist: Retail Politics
• A Visionary Vintner
• Wheelplay: Fun and Easy Way to Find Wine