NEWSFETCH -January 31, 2012

TOP NEWS

• Liquor, wine continue to take share from beer sales
• Gallo (Wine) Sues Gallo (Beer)
• Wildman Enters the Sweet Red Wine Craze
• Top 100 Most Influential People in the U.S. Wine Industry–2012
• Global reshuffle at Treasury Wine
• Australia as a Lesson on Currency and the Wine Industry
• Moooton.com: New Chinese Wine E-Commerce Startup
• Franchise States: Til Death Do You Part
• Counterfeit war: Guinness, Diageo prepare anti-counterfeit operatives
• The Global Go To Gal for Petite Sirah
• Symington Family Estates Reports Solid Increase in 2011 Port Sales
• Alcohol Regulation Roundup: Jan. 30

HEALTH

• Daily glass of red wine might not be good for you
• Moderate Drinking and Miscarriage Linked
• No conclusive proof red wine good for the heart
• Alcohol revealed as main gateway drug

MEDIA MATTERS

• Murder at the Wine Bloggers Convention
• Wine Magazines and the Next Big Thing
• Allusions We Love Too Much

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Moscato di Nasty?
• Can Viognier Stand the Test of Time?
• Natural Wines: The Problem Isn’t The Skeptics

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Santa Clara County to address winery rules
• California’s New Limited Off-Sale Wine License Now Available
• Limits on agriculture processing facilities go before Sonoma county supervisors
• Lodi Winery of the year nominees sought
• Kendall-Jackson’s “Undercover Boss:” Thoughts on a great show
• O’Higgins hired as manager at V. Sattui Winery

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CO: Tickets on sale for Drink Local Wine 2012
• KS: Auction planned to sell winery assets
• OR: A to Z Pinot Noir
  
• TX: State cuts affecting wine industry
• TX: Extension office hosts grape growing workshop on Feb. 7 in Pittsburg
• UT: LDS Church reserving comment about new DABC bill
• WA: Wine Licenses, No Change Yet
• WA: Southern Moves To Gain Spirits Footprint

EUROPE & THE UK

• Russian champagne maker plans on going public
• Kedem seeks mainstream positioning in UK
• Langhe Report: Barbaresco at a Crossroads
• Minimum pricing would save 60 lives in first year
• Bordeaux 2011: Calls for price drop after ‘arrogant’ 2010s
• 1855: going to court?
  

OH CANADA!

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency looking to regulate wine labeling

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine industry unfazed by smoke threat
• OZ: Wine Australia axes wine export panel
• NZ: Wine exports grow 9.5%, bottled-wine price holds steady
• NZ: Swiss couple buy winery
• OZ: Last harvest underway at Hunter winery
• OZ: Shiraz ripe for revolution

SOUTH AFRICA

• Banker Turned Wine Farmer Hits South African Vintage Jackpot: Interview

MARKETING & PROMOTION

• Putting a face on your brand
• You can’t expect an industry association to do it all

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• Of Chariots, Wineries and Social Media

BAD ALLUSIONS (SEE MEDIA MATTERS LINK, ABOVE)

• A tale of 2 restaurants: one brushes off a well-known NY retailer on a special night out