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May 11, 2011	TOP NEWS Ascentia’s Farrell & Buena Vista Sales: More Than Meets The Eye (And Less) - Wine Executive News Gallo, Diageo, Pernod pay $1.9m fines for "slotting fee" violations North Coast grape market begins to recover Madoff Drank Dull Wines, Hoarded Mini-Bar Smirnoff Investors shouldn't raise a glass to Foster's spinoff too quickly Are Boomers, Millennials talking past each other? What Type of Sparkling Wine Do Millennials Prefer? US becomes Canada's third-largest supplier Aussie farmers urged to embrace carbon farming NPD: Recession has changed long-term dining-out habits Lee services set for May 16 Services Thursday for Jess Jackson Immigration: We need farmworkers, not felons PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Liv-ex Claret Chip Index edges up from April lows Treasury Wine Estates may enter 'downgrade cycle' Foster's wine spin-off in solid ASX debut Dividend Report Card: Diageo HEALTH Teen Drinking Linked With Increased Recreational Computer Time DIRECT SHIPPING Washington Wine Institute Hurts Consumers and Retailers...Purposely The Old ‘Wine’ State: Maryland to Open to Direct Wine Shipments HR1161: Surfing to shipping to sniffing WATER Farms face water shortage after canal failure California Water Issues in Focus at ACWA Conference AROUND THE STATES AR: Potential, hurdles noted in state wine industry MA: New push to sell alcohol at chains OR: Lawmakers tear into OLCC director over skirmish between discount grocer, wine distributors TX: Weather is the least of our worries ACADEMIA Fresno State's Centennial Cuvee releases day before graduation Taste Wines from UC Kearney Experimental Vines EUROPE Driest French Spell in 50 Years Raises Specter of 2003 Heat Wave Italian Wine-Makers Seek Protection from Fakes in Russian Stores Lanson engages with Champagne drinkers Berry Bros ranks 2010 Bordeaux vintage up with the greates Petrol smell in Riesling a mistake (Gee, ya think?) Parker only wine critic to get Spanish award THE UK Good year for British wine as hot weather helps harvest Retailers can claim Ł250 towards Bordeaux Dinners CANADA DOWN UNDER OZ: Golden wine age predicted NZ: Sauv Blanc, the Kiwis' great white hope OZ: Wine industry support urged OZ: Smaller wineries team up ASIA & PACIFIC RIM 2000-year-old wine unearthed in China's Henan province Use Lafite to Pedal LATIN AMERICA Argentina competes best in the U$S 15- 30 price range MARKETING & PROMOTION Brand Ad Dollars Continue Migration From TV to Online Video ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA Your Wine Website is the Hub iPad Wine Lists Take Step Forward With Established Hospitality System One in Four US Internet Users Will Be Social Gamers This Year NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Blind faith in fine wine PORT… CHAMPAGNE… WHAT'S IN A NAME? AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS New yeast for fruitier wines takes a freezing approach CHARITABLE & GREEN AND SOCIAL CAUSES Raise Your Wine Glass to Giving Back Greenearth Energy secures energy efficiency contract with Diageo APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Indulge Wines Introduce Ultra-Premium Wines in Alternative Packaging Active Club's Theresa Dorr appointed to Eastern Winery Exposition Steering Committee Paso Robles Wine Country to Be Featured on New Television Show No decision on Beaulieu Gardens noise complaint Large Format Collection Purchased Directly From Chateaux on Auction at WineBid.com

May 10, 2011	TOP NEWS Bidders seen circling as Foster's wine spin-off sparkles Passage of Maryland Law Supports Passage of CARE Act? Santa Cruz Winery Shake-Up 10 Dynamic Forces Impacting the Consumer Wine World Pt. 1 of 2 Sizing Up Supermarket Wine Restaurant guests wary of higher prices, smaller portions Alcohol Regulation Roundup: May 9 Streamlining COLAs? Move over Fred Franzia Sommelier Society of America Endorses Cork Wine Closures Compromise pending on Beaulieu Gardens noise dispute PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Brown-Forman flies the flag for US wines Mystery collector to sell rare wines Party On! With Trophy Wines , Bigger May Be Better Liv-ex Survey: Higher prices, lower demand, for Bordeaux 2010 Why owning a vineyard is so passe' FOSTER'S/TREASURY ROUND-UP Treasury Wine Estates makes strong debut Foster's Treasury Wine Estate debut disappoints Foster's spin-off Treasury Wine targets global growth HEALTH Alzheimer’s Panel Calls for Large-Scale Study to Combat Disease, Resveratrol Included Wine offers beauty benefits beyond the glass Fallacies abound regarding sodium and wine consumption U.S. wine industry weighs implications of label laws DIRECT SHIPPING Another go at direct shipment in Mass HR 1161 could deny wine lovers their wine clubs, imports WATER Farmers And Fishermen Unite to Restore Delta, Stop Peripheral Canal Water users don’t like Delta Stewardship Council’s approach AROUND THE STATES MA: Chains renew effort to sell beer, wine in supermarkets, stores MO: Crown Valley Winery branches out, produces vodka EUROPE Vinitaly announces 2012 dates Parker scores promote pre-sale surge in 2010 en-primeur CANADA Quebec-made communion wine is set to be introduced Alberta should allow direct purchases from wineries DOWN UNDER OZ: Growers ordered to spray for fruit fly OZ: Wholesale wine direct to your door OZ: Elton John returning to the vineyards Wine Australia Announces New General Manager, Market Development ASIA & PACIFIC RIM Hong Kong: Home of fine wine, deep pockets, big cellars China's trade surplus surged in April SOUTH AFRICA Bigger crop of wine grapes likely — VinPro ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA Social media networks for food and wine bloggers Foursquare Rival SCVNGR Scores An Even Bigger Deal With American Express QR Codes are Great But… NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Holy Wine! Fake Craigslist Ad For Fancy Wine Leaves CA Man Corked Last 'Bethenny Ever After' episode centers on Skinny Girl sale to Fortune Brands Sonoma Mountain's famed Laurel Glen has a new owner and winemaking team APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Henderson joins Canopy Wines Four Wineries Labels Help Labeltronix Bring Home Medals

May 09, 2011	TOP NEWS U.S. Beverage Consumption on Upswing, Though Beer Sales May Take a Hit Technomic survey spotlights growing concerns over gas and food prices Bud Klein - former Rodney Strong owner - dies Imported Wine: Italy Shows Resilience, Argentina’s Surge Continues Strengthening of wine industry cooperation between Sonoma and Penglai Survey: what are the biggest issues facing the drinks trade Calif momentum lies in marginal grape varieties Women In The Wine Business Prices for Napa County ag land reign supreme Feds blame vineyards for new Russian River fish kill Bernard Madoff wine collection to be auctioned SF Chron’s wine section wins big Yet Another Interview with Robert Parker Four Napa grapegrowers pedal across country for charity Donald Hess retires PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Diageo raises glass to US turnaround Interview: Bill Newlands, President, North America, Beam Global Spirits & Wine Liv-exThis week's top 2010s Diageo, Pernod beat forecasts with emerging boost HEALTH For Strong Bones, Drink Red Wine Wine Blamed For Increase in UK Breast Cancer Cases DIRECT SHIPPING Lawmakers to Hear Testimony on Mass. Wine Direct Shipping Tuesday WATER Irrigation districts seek closure of commercial salmon season off Calif California water woes far from over AROUND THE STATES AL: Small wineries want law changed to allow self-distribution IL: Agritourism project gains national attention IL: Sam’s Wines & Spirits Former Owner Returns To Retailing With Chicago Start-Up Play OR: Winery eyes 15000 guests a year PA: Booze gets more expensive with liquor board's policies VA: Mixed News for State Wine Industry EUROPE Germany frost details Women-only competition chooses Greek winner Bordeaux prices to rise up to 15% Bordeaux: pilotless drones to monitor vines Georgian Winemaker Sees Sales Jumping 20% THE UK Business failures soar as conditions remain tough UK rose' sales dip for first time in years Laithwaites will not move for Oddbins stores CANADA LCBO hampers small winery access Warning label on wine bottles that the product may contain fish, eggs or milk. Quebec Catholic churches shift to environment-friendly altar wines DOWN UNDER NZ: Wine Volume Soars, Bucking Market Trends With Higher-End Brands OZ: Once in 20 year rain proves mixed blessing for farmers NZ: Vineyard celebrates top drop ASIA & PACIFIC RIM NZ: Winery toasts future of China market Wine culture starting to take hold in China Greek Tsantali winery marches into China market MARKETING & PROMOTION Scan wine flash sale sites, at a glance ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA QR Codes Hope to Be This Summer’s Breakaway Hit Will Microsoft Tag become Microsoft’s Tombstone? Well, Gary Vee Tricked Me Facebook trumps Twitter in pushing traffic to news sites NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Urla, Anatolian center of wine production for thousands of years Wine for the beatification of Pope John Paul II San Diego's Only Female-Owned Winery AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS Prebloom zinc sprays can improve fruit set

May 06, 2011	TOP NEWS More consumers plan to drink this year Kosta Browne, The Barlow To Build Winery In Downtown Sebastopol, Calif Research Finds Only One in Four Willing to Pay More for Eco-Friendly Products US Spirits & Wine Ad Spend Up For First Time Since Recession Onset Is Australian wine poised for a comeback? WA: Retiring winemakers find it tough time to sell Central Coast wine grape frost to cause lack of harvest uniformity West Sonoma Coast: Investing in Marketing over AVA Recognition Calif bill could speed Tesco US exit $5 drop beats $600 Grange in blind test US Wine Exports to Canada Increase Amid Strong Trade Relations U.S. ag profits as China rises It’s Not Unnatural to be Wine – A Skeptic’s View Grape producers take shot at truffles Mike Lee died helping a friend Quirky laws let microbreweries also sell booze PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Lot 18 and the Art of New Market Models FITCH affirms Foster's at 'BBB'; outlook stable Diageo sales up but Europe still lags Diageo and Pernod Ricard shares jump as sales soar HEALTH Red wine and chocolate are healthy for the mind MommyJuice just a label, not an enabler Cancer experts give Aussies tough warning on the grog Aussie Winemakers fear cancer report backlash DIRECT SHIPPING Maryland Wine Lovers Rejoice as Governor to Sign Direct Shipping Bill MEDIA MATTERS Worst News Release Of The Year (so far): ShopDragon & World of Wine Festival Does Posting Things to Twitter Make You a Journalist? Blog de Blogs WATER Delta plan blasted over omissions by scientific panel Calif. PUC endorses removal of Klamath River dams AROUND THE STATES IA: Stone Cliff Winery Up for Sale PA: Wine and spirits at beer distributors? PA: Liquor Prices Going Up VA: Law Allowing BYOW, Corkage Fees Takes Effect July 1 ACADEMIA First week going well for new Umpqua CC president EUROPE Parker: 2010 Bordeaux offers fewer potential 100-pointers than 09 Bordeaux: The Fix Is In? Bordeaux 2010 - guide to Jancis Robinson's coverage THE UK Baile to secure Oddbins sites by next week Wine trade gears up for charity bike ride Top merchants seminar on the do's and don'ts of expanding your business DOWN UNDER OZ: Exporters show off Coonawarra wines NZ: Foley Family to buy Rangatira's stake in winery SOUTH AFRICA Training the next generation ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA The PR Pro’s Guide to Facebook The 2nd Wave of Location-Based Services NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Wine is Sexy. Wine made by a woman is Sexier. Should We Buy Expensive Wine? Erickson leads an effort to keep wine's cutting edge sharp High alcohol: The controversy continues Wine Rides the Rails AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS Frost damage advice offered at Central Coast seminar Farmworker health: Weather getting hot! APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Winemaker Clark joins Krug Winery team THIS MIGHT BE NEWS ... But it's hard to tell because anything a reader might give a damn about is buried beneath a long, wandering headline. Simon Green, spokesman for consumer pressure group, Wineoption.org; wine trade you're letting us consumers down

May 05, 2011	TOP NEWS Private Equity Drinks And Drives (But Not At The Same Time) Bloggers Driving New Zealand Wine Sales In Asia TTB reopens comments for Fort Ross-Seaview AVA in western Sonoma County Opposition mounts to Jess Jackson's renaming of Sonoma County peak World Renowned Rhone Valley Winemaker Forges New Partnership in the Finger Lakes Sankey Brings Back Wine On Tap No Easter, No Problem for Wine Sales Bottle-Battle and the Power of International Wine Groups Bordeaux has special designs on Chinese consumer India-EU trade pact talks include wine, spirits duties Customer Perceptions of Electronic Food Ordering Decision delayed on controversial Central Coast water runoff issue PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Lot18 and its $10 Million funding round Private equity ghost spooks the market Diageo Sales Rise On Emerging Markets Growth Fortune Brands Reports First Quarter Results Constellation: Your Cheat Sheet on the Earnings Beat Vina Concha y Toro shares decline Q3 sales up 5% at Pernod Ricard Diageo's Q3 sales up 7% Zacks Highlights: Fortune Brands, Diageo, Brown-Forman Diageo: Management Statement for9 Months Ended 31 March WineBid.Com to auction 15-Liter Bottle of d'Yquem Patience needed for Foster's beer bid MEDIA MATTERS The Worst Kind of Wine Writing All The Wine Industry News: Not Just The Feel-Good Stuff This blog is now Certified World's first iPad wine magazine HEALTH Case For Protecting Kids From Alcohol Advertising Stricter wine labeling rules? Makers say put a cork in it Colleges Band Together to Fight High-Risk Drinking AROUND THE STATES AZ: A look inside the state's wine industry MD: Wineries get approval to set up shop in Howard County MI: State's wineries roar at the speedway NY: Liquor Authority touts coming reform TN: State House OKs bill to ship wine directly ACADEMIA Fresno State: Growing Flavor with Canopy Management and Irrigation - Part 2, Berry Sensory Evaluation EUROPE Ruffino Introduces First-Ever Prosecco 2010 Bordeaux: Great but is it a classic? Prowein 2011: Wine, chocolate and business, by Roger Voss THE UK Royal Family pops the cork on sparkling wine enterprise The monarchy's own merlot: Royal Family to produce its own wine Trade gets behind National Wine Month Wine Broker Copestick Murray expands Down Under Natural Wines come to London CANADA Nova Scotia church floats on water toward winery DOWN UNDER OZ: Winery mishaps spark safety warning NZ: Slice of Te Kairanga sold to US firm OZ: Hunter Valley and Langhorne Creek to hold research seminars NZ: Winegrowers on Cloud Wine For Rugby World Cup OZ: Margaret River should be protected says government LATIN AMERICA Argentina: Investments grow in Cafayate and Uco Valley A sustainable line for Argentina's Zuccardi Winery Argentina: Malbec Top Label Design winners ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA Why Mobile Users Aren’t Checking In With Location Apps The Dark Side of Social Media Nielsen: U.S. Smartphone App Users Concerned with Privacy When it Comes to Location Lightly regulated apps have little obligation to protect location data What Happens When the Cloud Meets a Bandwidth Cap NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Zen and the art of Cabernet Sauvignon Fear and Loathing with California Merlot Geyser Peak winemaker enjoys 'alchemy' of process AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS Grapevine irrigation centers on 'when' and 'how much' CHARITABLE & GREEN AND SOCIAL CAUSES Grape growers are pioneers of the sustainability movement Robert Hall: Large-Scale Winery Helps Set Sustainability Standard APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Cunat tasting room approved for St. Helena Bakersfield nursery grows vines for vineyards around the world Grgich to celebrate Paris tasting anniversary Beverage Testing Institute Appoints Ron Montonera as Sales & Marketing Director

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