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February 14, 2012	TOP NEWS Calif drops funds to fight light brown apple moth Lion Nathan USA Changes Name to Distinguished Vineyards, Posts Record Sales Rabobank: mid-tier wine brands increasingly overlooked Nielsen: Good news for wine consumers, bad news for producers? Wine Group & Grupo Penaflor Sign Distribution Agreement New EU organic wine rules are ‘best political compromise’, trade body Noted economist to keynote Visalia ag conference USDA budget: Exports in, pathogen testing out 2012 Calif Crush reverses 'Sideways' effect Eastern Europe is again making excellent wines Wine trade show in March offers informational sessions, wine receptions Fewer Americans Have Employer-Based Health Insurance Is Malaysia jumping on the wine investment train? Wine Economists Set Annual Meeting, Offers New Papers PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Spectrum Group Announces Financial Results Brown Forman creates a 'Perfect Liaison' at Heathrow and Gatwick Pernod rolls out new Brancott design MARKETING & PROMOTION Wente pairs with Food Network and a Rising Star is Born The importance of the Resort Market Wine Rep Stylin’: A Day On The Streets ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA Vintank: What we're doing to address what our customers asked of us The (increasingly) dark side of social media HEALTH Love, chocolate and wine good for your heart Too much alcohol in Super Bowl ads? MEDIA MATTERS Are most people actually interested in wine? Great Wine Content Found in a Sea of Information MATTERS OF TASTE The Complete Charles Shaw Vertical... and More! A chocolate-icewine fusion AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS Understanding the Malolactic Coma Weed Management Affects Plant and Insect Diversity: Which Methods are More Environmentally-Friendly? CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Lodi's Feral cats find new lives and homes as pest control experts Lodi Winegrowers Go for Zinfandel U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS KS: Couple hopes to open winery in Overland Park MA: MBTA alcohol ad ban garners a collective eye roll on Twitter MD: Wine-to-go containers added to bill allowing 'growler' sales in Howard Co. MN: Southern Wine & Spirits of America Appoints Will Conniff NY: New teaching vineyard expands vines, wines resources NY: Winery at St. George Becomes 'Official' Business VA: Lawmakers might give happy hour advertising a shot WA: Winds of Change Blowing for Washington Wine THE UK UK: Government stumps up Ł1m to fight problem drinking “Austerity fatigue” boosts UK venues Nick Dobson Wines rescued from closure UK unlikely to buy into paper wine bottle EUROPE VINISUD’s Digital Seachange, A Talk With Ahmad Monhem Vintners revive wine tradition near French Pyrenees Russians will have enough wine despite fears of lower crops The Italian DOC/G system is dying Fury and charges of 'egotism' as Loire's Baumard challenges Grand Cru OH CANADA! Canadian Solar & HelioPower complete solar system for Giumarra DOWN UNDER OZ: Angry reaction to new Murray Darling Basin water allowance NZ: Two more vineyards forced to sell NZ: Interest expected in sale of vineyards NZ: New chief winemaker for Craggy Range ASIA & PACIFIC RIM Red and gold mean good business or SAfrica in China Speculations on 2012 Xiamen wine market LATIN AMERICA Argentina: Bodega Del Fin del Mundo purchased NQN SOUTH AFRICA Growing opposition to a ban on liquor ads in S Africa NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Let's Take the Fake Romance Out of Wine 40,000 Bottles of Wine on the Wall, 40,000 Bottles of Wine…

February 13, 2012	TOP NEWS Calif. 2011 Wine Grape Crush: 3.3 Million Tons, Down 7% From 2010 (Scroll down for more) Artesa's controversial timber-to-vineyard Plan nears approval Steve Pitcher ... RIP Modesto winemaker's chocolate wine weds two holiday favorites Marketing tools when selling top end wines The Barefoot Advantages of Being a Small Start-Up – Part 4 Consumer Wine Awards Offers Outreach and Research Opportunities Bitter Cold May Destroy 50% of Russia's Vineyards Sherry-Lehmann Projects Revenue Growth Of 7% For Its Fiscal 2012 UK Fraudsters jailed over Ł50 million alcohol duty scam Rosemont awarded $300,000 matching USDA grant Research and Markets: Wine in G20 to 2015: Market Guide Merlot out as UK consumers get adventurous Cattle Call! Dear Wine Rep: a rebuttal Gadget to detect fake alcohol invented Q&A: SSU economist Dr. Robert Eyler International Delegates Learn About the US Wine Market As We Learn About Them The HoseMaster's 2012 Top Ten Most Influential People in the Wine Business 2011 CALIFORNIA WINEGRAPE CRUSH ROUNDUP San Joaquin Valley wine grapes in demand as crop shrinks SLO County wine grape production hurt by weather in 2011 Napa winegrape crop worth lowest since 2008 North Coast grape crop shrinks again Turrentine 2011 Calif Winegrape Crop Comments On CAWG Comments on 2011 California Crush Ciatti Comments on 2011 California Crush PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Wine investment dip 'was healthy' Diageo targets new consumers Diageo's UK sales fall 2% after declining to offer big Christmas discounts Fine wine as an alternative investment Find Value In SAP, Diageo , Says FPA Fund Manager The World's Two Best Sin Stocks: Diageo (NYSE: DEO) and Philip Morris Henri Jayer Vosne-Romanee Fetches $265,200 at Christie’s Sale MATTERS OF TASTE “There’s a lot of boring, crap, industrialised organic wines on the market, and if the industry’s going to implode, it’s because of that.” Corked wine, and some dodgy lenticels I Say 95 Points—You Say “Amen” Wine is Multi-Faceted - Really! “A terroir wine is a wine for the mouth and not for the nose,” Chapoutier says. ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA Americans' Evolving Taste for Booze-Infographic How Customers Use VinTank Social Connect WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY Congressional Democrats say California water bill is brewing in the dark Work on California water bill exposes DC divide NZ: Winery water under scrutiny CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Bigger budget raises Napa Destination Council's profile and importance Feinstein Urges Protection of Napa Valley Opposes New Casino Development U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS Locapour message still getting muddled Binge drinking belt' stretches across Northern Plains ID: House Considering Alcoholic Beverage Control Bill KS: Session flooded with alcohol bills MO: Creating the best grapes for area wineries NE: Wineries and grape growers can learn more about their trade NJ: Ex-mayor named acting ABC director NY: Wine importer finds White Plains home NY: Mohegan Lake winery gets long-awaited OK NY: No consensus on wine in grocery stores NY: Finger Lake winery pioneers watch and welcome changes OR: Sokol Blosser Extends Evolution Brand With Red Blend TN: Show up to get wine in grocery stores EUROPE Poor Organisation of 2012 Salon des Vins de Loire and Loire Stars Motörhead wine banned in Iceland Czech wineries happy with Europe's deep freeze Czech wine tax wins undiluted condemnations Paris wine makers seek recognition for grape growing renaissance Georgian Wine Returning to Russia THE UK Wilmers buys Haut-Bailly neighbour 'eBay for wine' drives bumper internet sales for Berry Bros Abandon tax hike to give drinks an Olympic boost: WSTA LIWF to host UK Sommelier of the Year final OH CANADA! BC: Doors to wine sales could open wide DOWN UNDER OZ: Storms hold up Hunter grape harvest OZ: Fire impact has far reach OZ: We've scraped bottom of the barrel NZ: Glass still half full in Marlborough's wine industry NZ: Bulk wine export figures up OZ: Quality runs in the McLaren Vale family OZ: Shiraz shaping up as Central Ranges star NZ: Pisa Range Estate 'Black Poplar' Block Pinot Noir Elevated To 'Classic' Status NZ: Workers fined for freedom camping ASIA & PACIFIC RIM Hong Kong fine wine auction sells every lot China wine moves: Jebsen to add Bollinger, Ayala, Chanson Pere et Fils LATIN AMERICA Brazil opportunities beckon MARKETING & PROMOTION Wine retailers encourage customers to sample their products Choices bloom to taste wines before buying 2012 International Wine Label Contest Accepting Submissions A Killer Resource for Wine Pros: How to Develop a Photographic Story NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Shun $2,000 Bottles of Geriatric Vintages, Go With Younger Wine Happy birthday, Two-buck Chuck Is pink champagne worth the extra cost? For sale: Napa Valley’s most exclusive estates Vintners Hall of Fame induction tickets still available

February 10, 2012	TOP NEWS Southern Does It Again In Washington, Signing Pact With Diageo Spain to Pay EUR54.9 Million Fine For Illegal Vineyards Some Pre-Release Crush Report Buzz Underemployment 21% or Higher in Five States in 2011 What the Wine Market Wants (Maybe Not What You Think) Clueless Wine Buyers Calif Grape growers offer scholarships to field workers New EU Regulation for Organic Wine: Legal Analysis WA: State commission names new director Chinese snaps up Burgundy vines Plonk and paragliding in Gen-Y Documentary Calif Wine exports symposium set Free Export Seminars Can Help Ag Interests Launch Overseas Sales Registration Open for WineAmerica Wine and Grape Policy Conference Trademark for Alcohol Held Confusingly Similar to Identical Mark for Cigars NYCR Wines of the Year Weekend Kicks Off ... With Beer PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Diageo export success tough act to follow for UK firms Investors bank on Grange range Spectrum & Vanquish 'happy' despite withdrawn lots at London auction Bogus Burgundies? Auction withdraws 13 DRC lots amid fraud claims DRC auction, guilty, Messi wine, scouting, charity – sipped & spit HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION Red wine alone may not be the elixir of life, finds new study Gov't Anti-Alcohol Efforts Pay off: Diageo Says UK Drinking Less Wine calories versus Bag of Chips calories MEDIA MATTERS Writing about wine is not like playing King of the Mountain, or is it? CALIFORNIA BRIEFS New winemaker at Atalon Rewinery Offers Wine-to-Door Delivery in San Francisco Roger Trinchero receives Military Patriot Award Pruning skills put to test in 11th annual Napa County Pruning Contest U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS NJ: Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Assn gets $33K USDA grant NY: 'Wine in markets' push just won't die WA: Kalama wine bottle plant to restart in July WA: Movie theater beer and wine bill passes House WA: Vineyard gives early valentine WI: Assembly Committee Hears Spirits Tasting Bill ACADEMIA San Diego State U Course Examines Wine Business Opportunities Vineyard finds home on campus EUROPE & THE UK UK Champagne sales stagnate Austria chases lower UK prices Spirited Wines' plans for UK Nicolas stores “Gruaud Larose must move with the times” DOWN UNDER OZ: Rain should not cloud grape crop prospects NZ: Marlborough needs appellation system, says Forrest OZ: Early grape harvest in Coonawarra OZ: Serafino on high over wine deal OZ: Lion recovers after suffering 'perfect storm' NZ: Romantic notion of owning a vineyard ASIA & PACIFIC RIM Native Chinese wine regions enhance brand development Chinese wine lover snaps up Vosne-Romanee vines LATIN AMERICA Argentina grows UK exports NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE The Next Malbec One Sommelier's Success World's top winemaking families committed to 'long term' Interview with the winemaker: Josh Baker of Edna Valley Vineyard What's in a vintage date? I accidentally froze a bottle of wine - is it still okay to drink? APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS GRAMMY Awards to Serve Wines Sealed with Natural Cork

February 09, 2012	TOP NEWS 1 in 3 winery owners plan to exit in the next 10 yrs: BPM Wine Survey Tasting & Nothingness: Lessons from a wine scandal Growing Quality: The Meaninglessness Of Low Yields Wine's gold medal standard lacks luster Fast-casual segment influences restaurant industry U.S. wine exports rising WA Wine grape growers meeting at Kennewick EU decides "organic wine" can contain sulfites Washington State U Gets $7.4 Mil Commitment From State's Wine Grape Growers Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, Invests in Washington State U Wine Science 3 Wine Social Media Tools Worth Sipping LOOKING AT DIAGEO: UP ... DOWN ... ? Tax changes send Diageo H1 profit down 20% Diageo Sales Growth Meets Estimates as Emerging Markets Gain Emerging markets boost Diageo AUCTION SCENE Fake Burgundy? Spectrum Wine Responds To Domaine De La Romanee Conti/Corney & Barrow 2009 Bordeaux To Wine World: “Surprise! We’re Overpriced!” Spectrum auction “redefines” London scene World’s largest spirits collection for sale HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION Does anyone want to drink weak booze? How many units in your drink? UK Consumers urged to count units MATTERS OF TASTE Why bubbly tastes best in a narrow glass Taste Buds & Wine New Wines and Intriguing Blends from ZAP 2012 Charts of the day, wine-heat edition MOSCATO. MOSCATO! MOSCATO!! MOSCATO!!!! Ruffino Expands Portfolio With Moscato d'Asti Moscato Madness: Identifying the Good Stuff Moscato Mania Moscato, Malbec and Pinot Noir, the hot favorites in US CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Mendo Growers await word on moth quarantine Lake County Winery Assn Elects 2012 Leadership Reece Cordi fulfilling wine-making dream in Sutter County San Juan leaders favor winery at historic house Santa Ynez Valley has no plan to become next Napa U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS CT: Sunday Sales Debate Set To Kick Off NY: Teaching vineyard planned for Torrey VA: Wine Industry Doubles in Five Years WA: What kind of wine grape harvest will 2012 bring? WA: Liquor Control Board Approves Online Alcohol Server Training Program WA: Wolfe's High Country grapes have close ties EUROPE & THE UK Austrian wine exports set a record Slurp moves "aggressively" into beer and spirits Salon des Vins de Loire + Les Salons-off: stop the blame game and talk! EU Organic Wine Rules - Frequently Asked Questions EU Organic wine growers will be allowed to use the term organic wine on their labels ASIA & PACIFIC RIM China Bulk Wine Imports 2011: Spain tops Chile, Now Biggest Source “Fcking Nuts” Wine Offends Cantonese Wine Drinkers LATIN AMERICA* Barcelona Star To Launch 'Leo' Wine Label In Argentina AROUND THE GLOBE Israel becoming a serious destination for wine tourism NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Wine tasting jargon decoded A native son with an eye for vineyards How wine is affecting our planet The estate-bottled wine anomaly APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS National Wine & Grape Initiative Elects Officers & Board WSWA Announces additional Keynote Speakers for Annual Convention

February 08, 2012	TOP NEWS EU Organic wine growers will be allowed to use the term organic wine on their labels Warning: These wine law changes will make your head spin! Napa’s Picasso thief admits New York art thefts Billionaire Foley increases NZ holdings China and US Improve, but Overall Consumer Confidence Fell in 60% of Global Markets Calif Budget proposal delivers double blow to ag education Boxed Wine: Bad Reputation or Just Bad? Farm bill: 'Safety net' for farmers could be reshaped in 2012 Calif Grape growers offer grants to teachers New Leadership For The Family Winemakers of California Changing Farm Structure and the Distribution of Farm Payments and Federal Crop Insurance China Wine Import Stats for 2011: France Crushes the Competition (Again) Sonoma State: Tasting Room Management Classes Starting in Sonoma and Napa Activists-turned-trees protest Preservation Ranch Man convicted of wine warehouse arson ordered to serve 27 years, pay $70M Wineries continue to struggle after arson five years ago Building On ChocoVine's Success, Clever Imports Will Launch New Fruit-Cream Wine The Barefoot Advantages of Being a Small Start-Up PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Is Italian wine investment going to be the next big thing? Foster's sell-off a warning for retailers Auction at Christie’s to Bring Bragging Rights, Drinking Ecstasy HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION Alcohol: The Under-Appreciated Killer Push for weaker alcoholic drinks as UK tackles binge drinking Alcoholic drinks should be made weaker Aussie MDs Push govt to crack down on alcohol CO: Ski Resort Imposes Drink Alcoholic Limit Taxpayer Money and Red Wine Fraud MEDIA MATTERS Meet Playboy.com’s New Dot Com Wine Dude MATTERS OF TASTE Why Syrah Hasn't Caught On in America The Problem With Wine By The Glass (And The Solution) Dan Berger’s “Sound of Tension” Hit a Chord Tales from the road New Plantings—An Opinionated Analysis Sauvignon Blanc becomes a UK best-seller The Essence of Wine: Wet Stones Living on the sweet side of life AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS When Grapevines Will Not Die CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Tony Glorioso and Scotty Barbour join Spring Mountain Vineyard Barefoot Wine Industry Experts to Guest Lecture at Sonoma State California's Tim Burton-esque Historic Vineyards U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS NY: Lawmaker Pushing Bill To Allow Wine Sales In Grocery Stores TX: Book explores strengths of Texas vintners EUROPE & THE UK Russian Ingenuity Conquers Alcohol Sale Restrictions BBR online revenues rocket PACIFIC RIM Zhongshan as the wine trade center in China south MARKETING & PROMOTION 4 Keys to an Effective Promotion Strategy ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA Doing Outreach Right -- Mellowood's Linda Neal Does a Fantastic Job How Wineries Can Make Automated Facebook and Twitter Cross-posts More Effective Marketing Chart: Agencies Rate Effectiveness of Social Media Tactics All Social Media Companies are Addicted to Fudging their User Numbers NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Unique path to success for Redwood Valley's Greg Graziano: Italy Wine's Three Biggest Lies

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