NEWS FETCH – December 3, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Yellow Tail & Beringer: Brand Retaliation
• Spirits & Beer Up On-Premise, Wine Struggles
• Restaurant sales rebound in October
• Craft Alc Bevs Get New Privileges in CA and TX
• Beer drinkers allege AB InBev/Constellation misled court on prices
• US toasts repeal of Prohibition
• New World wine gains recognition in China
• Consumer Trends Conferences Scheduled
• Klamath Tribes, irrigators ink tentative water-sharing pact

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Will Brown-Forman Fall Down Against Diageo and Constellation?
• Strong Stuff: Diageo Holds Up Well
• Concha y Toro: Citi Ups To “Buy”
• Richemont Slides as Chairman Says Global Economy Is Precarious

FINANCE, M&A

• Top 100 Farm Lenders By Dollar Volume
• Wineries can hedge against foreign-exchange swings

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 100 falls 2.53% in November
• Farr Vintners co-founder joins Bordeaux Index

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

MARKETING & SALES

• How the ‘new influencers’ are changing online marketing
• Price Increases, Uptrading Driving Italian Wine’s Value Growth
• NZ winery ditches ‘winespeak gobbledegook’
• Restaurant wine, wineries for sale, top grape growers
• SurePure Announces Launch of Premium “Sulphur Free” Wines
• Wine E-Commerce: Shipping Costs Incentives to Sell More Wine
• DtC Expert: Cater Outreach to Winery Customer

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Luxury Brands Follow Shoppers to Digital
• Digital wallets: Paypal, Amazon, and credit cards are tops (not Apple, Google)
• 3 Elements Your Website Needs to Have in 2014

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Getting Started in the Alc Bev Business: Location
• Write your post-mortem before your startup dies
• 5 Costs to Contain in a Fleet-Driven Import/Distro Business

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Heimoff: I learn so much from my readers
• Gravity and Sideways… Wine on film

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The ‘prince of garage wine’ heralds a new era for Israeli vintners
• Okanagan Vineyard diversity versus uniformity
• Washington Chardonnay – Don’t call it a comeback
• Rise of Slovenian and Croatian wine

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

OH CANADA!

• BC: Policy suggestion raises more questions among liquor merchants
• Ontario Grape Growers launch online wine tour tool

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• New Modesto Irrigation District leaders told of legal issues involving rates
• Aussie Poll supports campaign for GM-free Bay

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Ag Research Service Salutes SJV Researcher With Big Impact On Fruit Industry
• How to optimize the vineyard costs from innovation?
• Cannons & Wacky Dancing Tube Men For Vineyards

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bordeaux plans EUR63m wine city project
• Why has Russia banned Moldovan wine?
• Sancerre’s Brand Conundrum

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China is the most promising market for Portuguese Wine
• 9 Points to consider as an approach to the Indian Wine Market

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Five Wine Books Worth Noting
• 9 Great, Fun to Read Wine Books
• The easiest way to get people to understand fermentation
• Just Plain Odd

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

OLIVE OIL

• Europe Puzzled by Olive Tree Epidemic

REALLY!?

• Man Fakes Own Death to Avoid Wine Payments
• Expert Warns of Underage Drinkers Consuming Cooking Wine
• 10 Ways To Get Wine -Stained Lips Without Getting Wasted
• 5 Strange New Ways to Use Red Wine