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June 21, 2011	TOP NEWS Global wine production falls, consumption stable, exports increase Stand by for a bar-room brawl over Foster's Medoc vintners turn to tricky grape to boost 2009 vintage Argentina has doubled bulk wine exports to the United States Aussie Wineries ignore recession, invest in future Importing five million cases of S African Wine Into US Opus One: 2010 vintage symptomatic of climate change Kluge, Mose file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Wine In Grocery Stores? Let's Not Be Hasty India--the Next Big Wine Producer? Helping NJ Work Through Its Issue With Wine Opening Thompson seedless grape offer of $250 highest ever Vinexpo focus on emerging markets, the US (and better loos) World's Top Drinks Brands All Spirits The Globally Domestic Wine Situation International Varieties: Reflecting Origin or Made to Please? Feds want to expand Sonoma tiger salamander protection zone Napa Valley vintners brace for climate change Vaccinate that vine! WineShopper.com Celebrates One-Year Anniversary; Offers 7% Discount Agriculture in Argentinean Patagonia Under a Cloud of Volcanic Ash PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Foster's suffers a $12bn hangover Foster's Rejects $10 Billion Bid From SABMiller Liv-ex: Sauternes and Barsac, Then and now Foster's: A sale could leave bitter taste for some Diageo says brands need to go local in emerging markets Diageo Signs BA Deal MEDIA MATTERS Blogvertorials - How NOT To Sell Your Soul For $200 A wine blogger on wine blogs Wineries Afraid Of The Media HEALTH California Study:Lower DUI Limit Saves Lives Using Red Wine to Coat Stents and Balloons U of Fla review of resveratrol studies confirms potential health boost AROUND THE STATES OR: Can the Legislature kill state's wine industry? TX: Winery on track to be 5th largest in state TX Special Report: Grape Growing on The High Plains TX: Texas Star Winery a hobby that bore fruit EUROPE Champagne 2011 harvest could be earliest since 2003 Languedoc firm champions Burgundian approach A New Stable for Cheval-Blanc St Emilion classification to go ahead Alain Juppé: the market decides the price of Bordeaux Yvon Mau to bring top Bordeaux wines to mainstream drinkers Yvon Mau vents frustrations over en primeur campaign What does it take to be crowned Best Sommelier of the World? Richard Siddle: life as we know it at Vinexpo THE UK Free Run launches new Champagne with Tesco.com CANADA Group doing study on building local wine and grape industry DOWN UNDER NZ: Big harvest should not hurt recovery OZ: No pointer to tank's flammable contents: Drayton inquest ASIA & PACIFIC RIM NZ's Tony Soljan attends opening of new China Wine Hub India: 9th Biggest Grape Producer in World Many traditional enterprises step into wine business in Wenzhou Index notes weakness in China's brands LATIN AMERICA Icon launch supports premium Chile push Chile's Emiliana pushes premium message SOUTH AFRICA South Africans considering their trade show future MARKETING & PROMOTION Nielsen: U.S. Advertising Spend and Effectiveness ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA Does your wine website have a mobile version? Time Spent On Mobile Apps Has Surpassed Web Browsing Foursquare Hits 10MM Users, Now What? NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE James Bond Switches to South African Wine in Latest Blockbuster French restaurant hands back Michelin star New Wines of Greece Are Driving Comeback For Greek Wines Screw caps on wine less magical, but they offer advantages over corks AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS Grapegrowers Face Herbicide-Resistant Weeds APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Crushpad Hires Architects to Design New Visitor Center

June 20, 2011	TOP NEWS China May Cut Import Duties On Wine & Luxury Goods Vinexpo to retun to the United States but not as an exhibition Retailing Means Retooling: Smart Wine Merchants are Not Standing Pat What percentage of corked wines is acceptable? Robert Mondavi Day Gay Wine Weekend in Sonoma draws 350-400 Asbestos Wine Filters In UK Bottling Industry Blamed For Mesothelioma Marin's wine & ag production valued at $56.2 million, up $3.6 million A Legal Look At Coombsville AVA in Napa Valley Sonoma: Redwoods or red wine? Wine bar debuts by the glass vending machine Napa city planners OK plans for new winery Spectator Belately Reports Sloan Estate Sale ... Sort Of, Partially, A Little Bit ... Vaguely...Rumors? Really? PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Centennial Projects Sales of $250 Millionwith Integration of Majestic Rosé joins Constellation's Chilean wine range Liv-exThe real test for Bordeaux 2010 HEALTH Fight "Ayotallahs" in health sector, warns Vinexpo's Beynat We need to ask right health questions about alcohol Wine Floor Price not the Answer to Health Issue How much is sensible drinking? DIRECT SHIPPING & THE THREE-TIERED SYSTEM NM Direct Shipping Applications Available Now and a Must for Wineries Battle over direct wine shipments heats up NJ Winemakers worried by bottleneck on direct shipping MEDIA MATTERS The Washington Post Pushes Back On Alcohol Levels In vino veritas... hyperbole, too Major Initiative Launched for New Zealand’s Wine Writers AROUND THE STATES Eastern Winegrowers Face Weird Weather NH: Lakes Region wine country adds vintners OR: Wine board names pair of experts to lead trade group PA: Republicans Selling Privatization Down the River ACADEMIA A Prediction Model for Determining Wine Variety KY: Viticulture program at WKU promising EUROPE Minister slams EU planting liberalisation Senseless Crime: A Priorat Winery is Hit with Vandalism Collaboration and partnership is way forward for global wine industry Rauzan Segla owners buy second Saint Emilion estate Garvey plays down administration French Wine Makers Suffer Sales Drop on Price Increase Bordeaux: can you argue with the market? THE UK No wonder the French are a little worried about the progress of English wines Vine project enjoys successful start Brancott Estate launches Rugby World Cup campaign Laithwaites on the lookout for large stores CANADA Pinot Noir Shines on the Edge in Prince Edward County DOWN UNDER OZ: Another wine producer gives it up OZ: Smoke taint costing millions OZ: Tasmania is rapidly becoming "little Champagne" NZ: Industry's best sharing info to manage grape diseases OZ: Lax safety before winery blast - court ASIA & PACIFIC RIM Bollywood Stars Make Indian Wine Sexy Yinchuan Wine Industry Development Bureau founded Shanghai government sets up International Wine Exchange Decanter launches Bordeaux 2010 Chinese guide online SOUTH AFRICA Port naming restrictions unlikely to affect wine industry Helping farmers get from vines to wines AROUND THE GLOBE Massaya breaks viticultural records in Bekaa ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA How to use Twitter to Market Wine Wineries leverage technology to reach consumers Success Stories of Burgundy Wines on the Net and Social Media NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE What's added to your wine? Barrels: An Ancient Aspect of Modern Winemaking APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS WineAlign Premieres "So, You Think You Know Wine?" The Ranch Winery: St. Helena, St. Helena, St. Helena 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. Southern Wine Group, LLC Announces Appointment of Dean Michaels as Midwestern and Southeastern Sales Manager

June 17, 2011	TOP NEWS Wine Group's David Kent new chair of Wine Institute A Global Toast to Robert Mondavi Wet, cold spring flummoxes Central Coast vintnbers Voluntary Recall: Specific Lots of MARTINI Asti Sparkling Wine 1.5 Liter Bottles Why Vintank abandoned Scvngr Healdsburg's Ranch Winery Expands to 1+ Million Gallon Capacity Chinese investors purchase New Zealand’s Paritua Trouble For Petite Sirah Château Lafake Wine in kegs new market for Napa wineries New wine co-op opens in St. Helena More Phony Baloney--Please Think Before You Accuse San Francisco Full Of Illegal Booze Ads PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Liv-ex launches En Primeur Advanced Payment Bond Equity Research: Central European Distro & Constellation Diageo North America, Southern Enter New Broker Relationship HEALTH Big-drinking parents set scene for kids Rating wine by health scores: who cares? Alcoholism Drug Shows Promise in Three Danish Studies WATER Judge denies request to step up delta pumping AROUND THE STATES MI: Distilled Spirits May Get State Tax Cut OR: Consultants Seek Direction for State's Wine OR: Wine grape crop gets off to late start PA: PLCB price resistance proves government shouldn't retail TX: Wine tangle brings SWRA response EUROPE Geothermals, packaging reduction discussed at Barcelona conference Bordeaux 2010: Negociant boycotts 'ludicrous' Rauzan Segla THE UK Tax increases force alcohol prices skyward DOWN UNDER NZ: Strategy for China trade criticised OZ: Wine Industry Faces Increasingly Competitive Environment NZ: Winery joins in quake fundraiser OZ: Wagga wine jobs axed after funding slashed NZ: Sparkling addition for Tohu NZ: Method non traditional ASIA & PACIFIC RIM Hong Kong: Wine, women and song China Traffic #2 On Heimoff Blog ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA How Social Media Is Fueling the Food Truck Phenomenon Wineries Like the Taste of Twitter "We Have Only Made Two Mistakes…Our Most Notable Was SCVNGR" VC Explains How Twitter Will Rule The World And Why Groupon Won't Study: 90% of Smartphone Users Search Locally, 87% Then Take Action QR Codes: Dead End or On-Ramp? The rising of Lot18 Want some cheese with that wine? Lot18 has you covered NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Que Syrah, Sera? Historic wine estate restored to champion classic Rutherford cabernet A Revelation About Cava Wine is emerging as a fashion statement CHARITABLE & GREEN AND SOCIAL CAUSES HALL Wines Installs ECOtality's Blink EV Charging Stations Wine industry sees future in reused bottles APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS The Other Guys Taps Eric Rabinoff for National Sales Manager Post Society of Wine Educators' 2011 Conference Features Wine & Food Theme

June 16, 2011	TOP NEWS Cult Winery, Sloan Estate, Sells Property To Chinese Tycoon Mandatory E-Verify bill introduced in Congress In CalPERS bribe suspect to sell pricey wine collection New smoke taint index tool to aid Aussie grape growers Sonoma Wine Company Expanding Study shows Brits and Italians are open to wine in cans Dr Richard Smart slams organics Napa winery owner plans Calistoga build-up amid concerns New Company Refills, Reuses Wine Bottles Wine Kegs Catching On High hopes for Heibel Ranch Vineyard New book: "Mastering Wine for the Asian Palate" premieres Worthless wine competitions 13 Words About Wine and the Luxury Of Ignoring Them PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Liv-ex: 2010 release prices hit fresh highs Cheers to 3 Booze Stocks Constellation CEO's Compensation Jumps 25 % HEALTH Boomers may be doing harm by drinking too much to their health Whole grape may be perfect colon cancer fighting food Diageo: Guinness is not good for you- if you are pregnant Olive Oil Protects Against Stroke AROUND THE STATES AR: ABC approves wine, mixed drink sales at club in dry Crawford County OR: Vineyard owners welcome sunshine UT: Auditors press for another Utah liquor audit VA: Williamsburg Winery State's Largest VA: Norfolk welcomes launch of newest winery WA: Walla Walla Wineries Raise the Bar WA: Moves closer to privatizing liquor ACADEMIA Cornell Alumni Shaping the Grape and Wine Industries EUROPE 2010 Germany - The actual vintage. Shipwrecked Veuve breaks records Champagne Pol Roger 1914: What makes a Luxury Wine…Extraordinary? Where’s The Outrage Over Burgundy Prices? Bordeaux 2010: America baulks at 2010 prices THE UK Tradeteam lands new wine shipping contract CANADA Torstar Uncorks Winefox Website DOWN UNDER OZ: Victoria’s Grape and Wine Industry Suffers Loss Due To Bushfires OZ: 2011 harvest 'too big', says winemaker federation NZ: Harvest up 23% OZ: National wine centre goes into mothballs ASIA & PACIFIC RIM Gansu province shoots at 4-billion-Yuan wine sales by 2020 Diageo Continues India Moves DBR Lafite wine tasting to be held at Xiamen Seaview Resort HK wine imports sustain rapid growth AROUND THE GLOBE Southern Hemisphere’s good and bad results ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA 5 Questions For Lot18 Co-Founder Philip James NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Vintage matters -sometimes Thinking outside the box Screw cap wines not playing second fiddle to cork anymore Can Affordable Literature Ever Compete with “Palatable Plonk?” APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS West Coast Wine Competition Announces Winners

June 15, 2011	TOP NEWS Foreclosure Sale Date Set for Napa’s Barrel Stop/Dominari U.S. Food & Beverage Sales Drop 2.5X More Than Overall Retail (scroll down in article for details) Wines Priced at 9 Dollars And Above Show 9.5 Percent Value Growth, Nielsen Says Why Are Taxpayers Paying for Wine Tasting? It’s Official! The Wine Wars Have Begun Wine Buzz: Nature finally backs off WashPost: Bucking the trend of high-alcohol wines Alcohol Battles: The Washington Post Gets It Wrong Grape growers say good riddance to rainy weather Neighbors Fight Sonoma Coast Vineyards Monterey Wine-grape sales lowest since 2004 The Right Next Step For Winery Tasting Rooms Who Should Be Added to the Vintners Hall of Fame in 2012? Wine trade honour Robert Mondavi PUBLIC COMPANIES & INVESTING Foster's rumours helping Pollaers Liv-ex Launches L-WIN - The Universal Wine Identifier Suntory Australia retains rights to Heidseick Diageo bottling facility closes in Menlo Park, leaving 150 jobless Sapporo to Ally With Bacardi Japan for Selling Wine, Rum Modelo-Molson Bid for Foster's Is Unlikely Constellation rolls out unoaked Simply Naked wine varietals WATER Calif. water groups want conveyance in delta plan Delta 'Vision' doesn't include Delta residents, Tribes or fishermen AROUND THE STATES FL: Loss of Tampa wine festival holds cask of lessons NY: Supermarket-wine opponents muster support PA: Bill would require Legislature to approve LCB price increases PA: Liquor board extends moratorium on price hikes WA: Bergevin Lane continues to expand Ex-Washington wine official steps in to help Oregon board ACADEMIA Mondavi family donates Robert Mondavi Papers to UC Davis Library Western Kentucky Univ Plants Third Vineyard EUROPE Miguel Torres signs up 1,000 wineries to climate protection pledge Wine: Spain eyes top wine spots Vinexpo 2011, Brand Strategy, Usher…An Interview with the CEO of de Venoge Rhone Valley partnership heralds new era of consolidation Massive price rise for Smith Haut Lafitte fails to impress THE UK Lessons from Majestic Balfour-Lynn calls for English wine to maintain exclusivity Majestic profits up as French business bounces back DOWN UNDER NZ: Grape crop 'no problem' but profit levels a concern OZ: WFA busts 'Great Myths' of Cask Wine NZ: Te Kairanga's vision as big as Texas OZ: Bumper harvest ASIA & PACIFIC RIM Shenzhen Customs seize the most expensive wine in 2011 Shook! Delights Shanghai with Rare Bordeaux Vertical Collections ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA Middle Sister Wines Reward Wine Lovers Through Social Mobile Game WineMatch Takes QR Codes to Shelf Talkers Choose your Wine Niche Making the Case for Real ROI in Social Marketing Only 20% of Daily Deals Users Come Back for Full Purchases NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE Barberafest, Numero Uno, Goes Off Con Gusto in Amador County Wine 101: Zinfandel, the California Story AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS Molasses an answer for methyl bromide’s exit? APPOINTMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival details revealed Rutherford Wine Company Announces the Appointment of Jim Cahill as GM

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