NEWSFETCH – January 11, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Northwest Booze Wars
• American AgCredit absorbs Colorado farm lender
• Global Wine Auctions Reach New High in 2011
• Is Bloomberg Out to Limit The Sale of Booze in NYC?
• China buying more Australian bottled wine
• No Ice Wine This Winter in IA, MN
• US tops global wine consumption chart
• Winery Transitions Coast to Coast
• This is the golden age of wine (and drink) in America
• Vinexpo reveals details of New York show
• Wine Science: Better Drinking Through Chemistry
• The Most Overused Winery Social Media Posts
• TTB Proposes Revisions to the TTB Label Approval Form

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Direct shipping bill for wineries approved by New Jersey Assembly
• Wine shipping prohibitions make no sense
• New Jersey and the State of Direct Shipping
• Wine-shipping bill clears NJ Legislature

PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING

• Treasury Wine taps Diageo executives
• Spectrum auctions turns to UK as HK stocks mount
• Diageo expands in fast-growing African market
• Treasury Targets China As Key Market
• 3 Companies That Give Back to Shareholders
• Bordeaux Faces Price Test at $23M HK Auction

HEALTH

• Scientists see new benefits to grapes – staving off blindness
• The Truth About Breast Cancer and Drinking Red Wine—or Any Alcohol
• College-age adults average 9 alcoholic beverages when they binge drink
• Friends, family, GP, work – and advertisers: Who really controls our drinking?

WATER & SUSTAINABILITY

• Dry start to winter means early start for crop irrigation
• When science is lost in translation: Lessons from California’s Bay Delta
• Commentary: Farmers can convert a water crisis into an opportunity
• Water barons will make a killing
• Dry January raises concern over drought in northern California

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Wine Terroir: Tradition versus Technological Advance
• Smoke Taint Revisted: What Progress Has Been Made?
• Sunshine helps vineyard-pruning process

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa County will review farmworker housing needs
• ZAP Festival Getting Overwhelming Sponsor Support
• Gallo’s new Russian River Valley vineyard: Good, but does it fit?
• Healdsburg Winery Delivers Hard to Find Wines
• Pope Valley man selected for Calif Ag Leadership Program

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NC: Sustainable Viticulture Conference Set for Feb 22
• NY: Making ice wine in warm temperatures
• NY: Gruner Veltliner Makes Its Case in the Finger Lakes
• TX: Advertising and Labeling Laws Found Unconstitutional
• UT: DABC committee takes public input over liquor regulation

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK wine consumption to fall 4% by 2015, says Vinexpo
• Lebanese winery Ixsir, appoints Enotria as UK agent

AUSTRALIA

• Australians don’t like beer anymore?
• Tests ensure grape region disease-free
• Grubbing up programme ‘too slow’ and too little

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Asian Demand puts pressure on Burgundy 2010
• China’s wine appreciation reaches new heights
• Vinexpo Asia-Pacific is bigger and is full

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Wine Ethicist:Honesty Always The Best Policy?