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TODAY'S TOP NEWS 2/3 In U.S. Drink Alcohol, Beer Edges Out Wine Can You Succeed in the Wine Business Without SM & CRM? Restaurant outlook on sales, margins is clouded Chile's Vina Concha y Toro Looks to Revive US Fetzer Wines Live with Ted Baseler, CEO of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Marriage drives women to drink, study says WA: Wine flies free as part of tourism promo As Chinese Palate Expands, French Wine Giants See Sales Squeeze Costs drive changes to winery health plans NZ: Wine Goes From Oversupplied to Overstretched Grape Market Insights: Games people play SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE TOP NEWS Sponsored by:   Also Sponsored By: CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Sponsored By Wine Industry Network: DFV Wines plans south Napa Valley bottling plant Fresno State President Welty to retire Sausal acquisition is 'all about the dirt NVC expands entrepreneurial offerings HARVEST 2012 SJ Valley Grape Harvest Begins With Labor Concerns Labor shortage still a concern as picking continues Calif. weighs tougher heat rules for farmworkers Update on Vintage 2012 in California Texas has outstanding grape harvest Napa Valley proclaims 2012 vintage a 'classic' HEALTH & ALCOHOL REGULATION Alcohol a Major Culprit in Heartburn, Expert Says Red wine compound could help seniors walk away from mobility problems Most Drunk Drivers Causing Fatal Crashes Have Almost 2X Legal Alcohol Limit Significant Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Can Lead to Growth Restrictions Up To Age 9 SCROLL DOWN FOR U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS AND MORE THE FOLLOWING IS SPONSORED CONTENT SOME OF THE GRAPES ADS CURRENTLY LISTED The following Grape Ads are listed in Wine Country Classifieds and WinerySite.com as of August 17, 2012. For more ads please visit us at www.WinerySite.com Varietal Appellation Tons Price/Ton Contact Merlot Calistoga, CA 8 tons 43,000 obo corrigan@shasta.com Cabernet St. Helena, CA 4 tons Contact (707) 963-0758 Cab/Syrah Napa Valley, CA 2-20 tons Contact Mary (707) 738-9463 Cabernet Sauvignon St. Helena, CA 1+ tons $5,000 hawkman2213@comcast.net CLICK HERE TO PLACE AN AD WITH WINE COUNTRY CLASSIFIEDS PUBLIC COMPANIES, INVESTING & AUCTIONS Patrick Ricard: obituary Accolade to launch Hardys in the Ukraine Treasury’s U.S. Depletions Slip 2% For Full Year, But Trend Improving Diageo sales to top £10bn Diageo poised to reveal progress in hitting profit targets Diageo Close to Buying Jose Cuervo For $3 Billion How to Invest in Fine Wine With Online Auctions Wealthy wine investors ‘not out for financial gain’ MARKETING, SALES & MANAGEMENT Smartphones revolutionizing wine sales for ‘Millennials’ How to Handle Wine Donation Requests 7 Tips to Being Proactive – the Key to Job Advancement MEDIA MATTERS Wine Blog Award Winners for 2012 Announced The Italian Wine Guy gets what he deserves Penticton, BC to Host the 2013 Wine Bloggers Conference Not Yet Summer Reading: Simpson on “Creating Wine” MATTERS OF TASTE I’m getting a little geosmin in the nose Wine destroyed by 'concrete tanks' Crop Forcing Improves Winegrape Quality Corked Forget the wine 'rules' NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE The World’s Most Unusual Wine Regions Change in Wine Country: Evolution or War? Concannon Vineyard's roots run deep Third Generation Calif Vintner Walks the Talk in Fight Against Breast Cancer In the wine world. What's red, white and new? SPONSORED BY: U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS ID: Wine Industry Moves from Bleak to Lucrative ID: Perservering through 4 owners to become winemaker at Ste Chappelle IL: Wine drinkers rejoice! State's grape crop OK MD: Ag Department promotes crop insurance OR: Wineries got gamay noir game WA: 10 largest wineries EUROPE & THE UK Accolade to launch Hardys in the Ukraine Obscure Grapes, Small Growers Give Soul to Spanish Wines Top 10 wines in the British press OH CANADA! BC Wine industry gets together to grow BC wine industry: Natural, sustainable DOWN UNDER OZ: Coal seam gas and wine share a glass in Hunter NZ: Wine exports rise 8% ASIA & PACIFIC RIM Winemakers Toast China, Imports $1B of Wine a Year The first wine supermarket in Zhengzhou opens Imported wine online sales benefits from the Changyu Incident LATIN AMERICA Argentina should use the “country of origin” effect to compete abroad Reviving Chile's Old Vine Carignane Argentina's Malbec obsession   APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS MacPhail Family Wines Plans Tasting Room At The Barlow SPONSORED BY: News Fetch's favorite song today: Thread by Now, Now. Last night's dinner wine was Chester's Anvil: Malbec: Mount Veeder: 2010: United States

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