NEWS FETCH – July 22, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Is Demand for Wine Dropping?
• NYSLA Revises Proposed Advisory re “Limited Availability” Sales
• NZ wineries hit by earthquake
• Red Wine Antioxidants negate exercise
• Hotels happily jump into the wine business
• Economic Conditions Brings Caution For Farmers
• Millions In Wine Damaged By Sandy Unaccounted For
• Vintank tracking of wine customers’ tastes growing
• China wine barrel market: Oaky insights

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Early Harvest Predicted For El Dorado County
• Heatwave in Britain is making it a bumper year for Welsh wine makers

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Northern Calif. water levels to hit 5-year lows
• Planners reject new Lodi winery
• Work resumes at Paul Hobbs vineyard project
• Two small Napa wineries allowed more visitors, production
• Celebrating Napa farmworkers and families
• Westlands Water’s Jason Peltier’s bad day

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Product loss, possible layoffs at Diageo In Canada
  
• UK competition regulator examines Diageo -United Spirits deal

FINANCE, M&A

• Angel investment up 23%

INVESTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex: Spotlight on Talbot
• Romanee-Conti ’08 at $32,170

• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market [Sponsored Link]

HEALTH

• Red wine protects against lung cancer
• Red wine not good for older men
• Man dies after winning beer drinking contest

LEGAL MATTERS

• Ausone wins China trademark case

MARKETING & SALES

• One Million orders later
• Wine availability: Whose fault is it anyway?
• 5 Steps to Build Brand Advocacy
• How brick & mortars are stepping up their data game
• Wine corks set to make a comeback

• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends [Sponsored Link]

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Seattle entrepreneur launches Impulse Wine email retail shop
• How to turn content marketing into content ROI
• Top 7 Tips to Create a Killer Marketing eBook

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• 5 ways to keep your startup focus as you grow

• From Bubbles to Boardrooms: Act 1: Startups Are Such Fun By Michaela Rodeno [Sponsored Link]

MEDIA MATTERS

• Forbes Moves from Media to Wine
• Web Ad Fraud Grows In Wine Country

MATTERS OF TASTE

• When is a “flaw” not a flaw?
• Monastrell: It’s From Murcia
• Notes of Wine Collection captures the smell of the vineyard
• Wine Libraries (not the Gary Vaynerchuk kind)
• Jancis Robinson meets Nayan Gowda
• Do you root for the underdog? Drink Chenin Blanc

• The Wine Bible [Sponsored Link]

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• AZ: Wine industry boosting ties to University of Arizona
• ID: State wine industry getting international attention
• KY: New License for Out-of-State Wine and Spirits Suppliers
• OR: Water for salmon proposal infuriates farmers

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Field Day for Sustainable Vineyards
• Online Tool to Measure Vineyard Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Fracking doesn’t taint drinking water, fed study says

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• USDA Announces First GE Regulatory Actions

• Understanding Wine Technology, 3rd Edition [Sponsored Link]

EUROPE & THE UK

• Biondi Santi to expand business into China
• Rioja DOCa appoints new president
• UK bottler leapfrogs agency model
• Imports of French wine to China go sour
• Canard-Duchêne completes restoration project
• Rhône co-op wins historic status

• Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France’s Greatest Treasure [Sponsored Link]

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Top 10 Women of Wine in India
• Baijiu: deep discounting as wine sales surge in China

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina: Why Did San Juan Lag Behind Mendoza?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What does a native Californian drink in Calif on his birthday?
• World’s biggest booze breakages

• 1001 Wines You Must Taste Before You Die [Sponsored Link]