Bookmarks for April 9th through April 10th

These are my links for April 9th through April 10th:

• Direct to Consumer Symposium – May 1st and 2nd 2008 – ShipCompliant – Interesting looking event for wineries looking to grow their direct to consumer sales.
• Obituary: Barney Rhodes – decanter.com – the route to all good wine – R.I.P. Barney… you inspired a lot of us over the years.
• MediaShift . Digging Deeper::The Social Press Release: Multimedia, Two-Way, Direct to the Public | PBS – Excellent article on the social media press release.
• Wine & Spirits Daily: Wine Imports Lag in February – Statistics on domestic and imported wine sales for February 2008.
• Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog: New Wine Magazine Arrives – Post on a new wine magazine, The Sommelier Journal