NEWS FETCH – December 12, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Almonds Vs. Grapes A Grower’s Financial Dilemma
• Kurniawan’s House A Wine Factory
• Central Coast In Extreme Drought: National Weather Svc
• Seattle Police Find Stolen Wine &San Francisco Link
• Deutsch Projects 2%-3% Growth For Yellow Tail
• What does Congress need to pass a Farm Bill?
• Reynolds & Buckley co-founder David Reynolds passes

• The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Tweet by tweet, Napa wineries master social media
• American Canyon AVA proposed
• Brown and Obama must act on requests for Valley water
• Wenger re-elected state Farm Bureau chief

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

KURNAIWAN TRIAL

• US wine fraud trial hears of fake 1929 vintage
• Evidence piles up at New York wine fraud trial

COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Christian Seely talks sense on 2013 Bordeaux
• Scam-pagne! Wine counterfeiting becoming more sophisticated
• Duhart-Milon ’09 Reaches Record Liv-Ex Low

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

MARKETING & SALES

• How to engage with customers near your location for success
• Make adjustments to your e-commerce approach this holiday season

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

PROMOTION & BRANDING

• 5 ways to give your logo the personality it deserves
• Why Your Winery’s Email Marketing Isn’t Working

• Global Brands: The Evolution of Multinationals in Alcoholic Beverages (Cambridge Studies in the Emergence of Global Enterprise) [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• American Wine Economists to Meet in Walla Walla — June 2014
• 2014 Michigan Grape & Wine Conference
• Wine Market Council: 2014 Consumer Research Conferences

MEDIA MATTERS

• What to include in your media kit
• 10 things a wine writer doesn’t do when he can’t write about wine
• The New California Wine: Worthy Effort , Simplistic Polemics

• Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Comparing reviews from the early 2000s to today
• The American transition from “sommelier” to “somm.”

• The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert: Take a Whiff of That [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

OH CANADA!

• B.C. shoppers may soon buy beer and wine in grocery stores
• Rare Nova Scotia aged icewine on offer

• Canadian Wineries: The story of Canada’s entry into the world of world-class vintages [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Northwest Grapegrowers Mull Freeze Damage
• NY: Medina looks to amend winery restrictions
• NY: Teroldego, The Story Behind a Red Wine Curiosity

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Accused of Harming Bees, Bayer Researches a Different Culprit
• Drone experts see booming ag market

• Postmodern Winemaking: Rethinking the Modern Science of an Ancient Craft [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

HEALTH

• Yet Another study confirms drinkers live longer than teetotallers

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Is Diageo plc Still A Buy After The 2013 FTSE Bull Run?

EUROPE & THE UK

• Champagne supplier warns against discounts
• Letter from Abruzzo: “no relief for the human damage and pain”
• UK Comparison site created for alcohol
• Beer, cider and sparkling wine enjoy volume growth

• Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer’s Tour of France [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

DOWN UNDER

• Measures for profitability at Australian wineries

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Will Hello Kitty help champagne make a splash in China?

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina must ditch industrial approach

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Flowing in Gratitude for 2013: Time to take a break
• Great Northwest destinations: Chateau Ste. Michelle

• Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

OLIVE OIL

• Olive Oil Industry in Israel

JUST CAN’T MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS UP

• 18 Things to Know About NYC’s Lousy $700 French Dinner
• Man pranked into NOT driving drunk