NEWS FETCH – October 10, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Big retailers a global challenge for food and beverage sector
• Looming 2014 California water crisis strikes fear in farmers
• BofA Initiates Coverage on SVB Financial Group
• Nielsen: Food & Wine Spending Relative to prices, aspirations
• Chumash vs. Santa Barbara County
• 3 Ways the Government Shutdown Makes for a Serious Hangover
• US wine drinkers ready for top Aussie drop
• Conservative Group Lays Out Farm Bill Agenda
• Calif Leadership: Where are the Faces?
• Memorial For Master Cooper Bryan Taylor, October 11 Fresno

MILLENNIAL, MILLENNIAL, MILLENNIAL

• How E. & J. Gallo Winery Courts Millennials
• How Millennials are Changing the Wine Industry
• Unsubstantiated: Millennials, Wine and the Meme

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Oct 12: Sonoma State Wine Business Institute’s “Sips, Bites and Bids”
• Shel Israel & Robert Scoble “Wine and Sign” Event At Sullivan Vineyards
• Spotlight on the Moon Mountain District Sonoma County AVA
• Supervisors extend Paso water basin ordinance
• Justin Weibel Joins Winery Exchange as Winemaker

• The New California Wine: A Guide to the Producers and Wines Behind a Revolution in Taste [Sponsored Link]

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Smith Haut Lafitte White Wine Harvest Interview
• 2013 Loire Vintage: Sancerre
• Taming The Steep Slopes of Rhône’s Côte-Rôtie.
• Coastal Wine Harvest is Early and Booming

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 1855.com Parent In Receivership
• 1855 – looks like the hi-wire act is finally over
• Lafite Carruades ’12 Climbs to Liv-Ex High

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

LEGAL MATTERS

• NY: Law permits roadside wine sales
• Analysis: Ban on Alcohol Ads in College Newspapers Unconstitutional

MARKETING & SALES

• Free Holiday Email Marketing Templates
• How to Retain Wine Club Members
• SF Wine competition adds packaging as a category
• NZ Brancott Estate adds Riesling to low alcohol wine range
• OZ: Margaret River must remain hungry

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

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Institute Hosts International Media & Trade
• War Over Wine
• Pawn Star Wine
• The HoseMaster of Wine comes clean

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Could the Zinfandel Resurgence Be Underway?
• Nonino at Serious Eats

• Extreme Wine: Searching the World for the Best, the Worst, the Outrageously Cheap, the Insanely Overpriced, and the Undiscovered [Sponsored Link]

U.S. REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Regional Wine Week 2013 Coverage
• Julia Child and wine, both local and cheap
• MD: Wine Distributor Moves to Baltimore, Takes 500 Jobs
• OR: Diversified vineyard plantings pay off for Fries family
• TX: Wine industry planting for the future
• TX: Fall Creek Vineyards Hires a New Winemaker: Sergio Cuadra Schlie

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Former Oddbins owner Nick Baile dies

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2014 [Sponsored Link]

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• NY Red Hook Winery back in action after Sandy

JUST CAN’T MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS UP

• Man dies from diet of Pringles, chocolate, wine and Coca-Cola

RANDOM WINE REVIEW OF THE DAY

• From the Random Wine Review Generator

“The 2010 Chenin Blanc from Scopazzi Vineyards merges uninhibited nacho essences with a tummy-tickling sour cream aroma.”