NEWSFETCH – December 22, 2011

TOP NEWS

• End of Calif harvest leaves winegrape growers satisfied
• San Luis Obispo Vintners Assn Searching For New ExecDir
• New wage rates for H-2A temporary agriculture workers in effect
• Wine, women and cancer:  Alcohol increases the risk — but folate seems to offset it
• Today in Research: Bad News for Wine Drinkers
• Irreparable damage done to Bordeaux
• Mid-Range Wine Market Is Difficult
• Rogal + Associates Chosen To Develop Copia
• WineAmerica’s Comments on Allowing Country of Origin Vintage Dating on Wine Labels
• Fine wine prices peak in June
• Wine? “Da…Nostrovia!”
• Laurent Perrier Sees Difficult 2012 for Orders
• Wine Rep: “Seriously! Don’t Even Come In Here With That Wine Bag!”

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• The 2011 Liv-ex Power 100
• Auction houses count cost of 2011

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Bringing Your Own Wine Glasses to a Restaurant
• Let’s get over ostentatious French terms on California wine!

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• IA: Wines to Debut VQA Seal
• OR: How vintners feel
• PA: Lower Merion approves home winery
• VA: A new, improved Governor’s Cup wine competition
• VA: Rich new owners hope to give wine industry a boost
• WV: State ranks low in wine, liquor consumption

EUROPE & THE UK

• Italy: Pivot or Persevere
• UK Beer sales decline, even in the off-trade
• Legal challenge expected over UK alcohol pricing plan

CANADA

• Bring on the cold, icewine grape growers say

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Koreans Mistakenly Labeled Second-Heaviest Drinkers
• India’s Jet Airways fined for refusing alcohol to woman
• China’s 1421 ‘traceable’ wine at Great Hall of The People
• U.S. Wins Philippines Liquor Dispute as WTO Upholds Ruling
• Six-fold increase in profit of Chinese wine market in 5 years

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The Rise of Grapevine Trunk Disease
• Significant Gap Between Contracted and Uncontracted Fruit On The Market

WATER & SUSTAINABILITY

• Ixsir winery among CNN’s greenest buildings globally

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine may be Indicator of your Personality
• Red Wine: Not Just for Consumption Anymore
• Royal Caribbean touts new wine-by-the-glass system on ships