NEWS FETCH – January 6, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Access Massive New Global Database: Cab & Merlot Rule The World, Tempranillo & Syrah Growing Fastest … Much More!
• Chateau St. Jean Closes 2013 Up Double-Digits
• Retail versus e-tail: Here’s who won the 2013 shopping season
• Forbes 30 Under 30: Food & Drink

• Growth Strategy 2014 – Where to sell? Whom to sell? What to sell? How to make it all happen? [Sponsored Link]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine Country’s next generation breaks from their parents
• Napa vineyard manager sued over grape dispute
• Fish populations in Delta slump further
• Sonoma County’s Green Valley AVA

• The Wine Savant: A Guide to the New Wine Culture [Sponsored Link]

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• PA: GOP tries new private liquor sales proposal

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard NZ posts small loss as write downs slow
• Shake-up at Bargain Booze parent board

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

FINANCE, M&A

• English winery invests £2m to meet demand
• How a clever brewery used crowdfunding to raise a lot of money

• When the Money Runs Out: The End of Western Affluence [Sponsored Link]

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The tricky matter of predicting ageability
• Lafite ’09 Slides Back to Liv-Ex Record Low
• Rudy K. and neo-Prohibitionism
• Are art and wine really a good investments?

• Breakfast at Sotheby’s [Sponsored Link]

HEALTH

• Fight for your right to a smaller glass of wine
• 7 Tips to Drink Wine and Stay Thin
• Wine during pregnancy: better behaved children?

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• Aussie Greens push for bans on liquor advertising
• Alcohol brands defend sports sponsorships

MARKETING & SALES

• How to handle post holiday returns
• Wineries, Great Your Brand Straight!

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Born from mobile, Vine migrates to Web
• Social Ad Spending per User Remains Highest in North America

• Writing on the Wall: Social Media – The First 2,000 Years [Sponsored Link]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Parker Compares Perfect Sonoma Pinot With DRC’s La Tache
• Musings on Hiugh Johnson’s three categories of wine
• NY Times Editorial on Organic Wine – Some Clarification
• From Oaxaca to Vineyard and Wine: the Story of Mario Bazán
• The rise of Supernatural wines
• Northern Rhone 2012 wines (by Jancis Robinson)
• New Brett Detector
• The 2014 $10 Hall of Fame

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Food & Wine Strengthens Ties to Celeb Chefs

• The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking [Sponsored Link]

OH CANADA!

• BC: Some Clark Co. wineries may be forced to close

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

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Natural Plant Extracts as Alternatives to Added Sulfites in White Wine

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Wine journalist Simon Hoggart dies
• Will 2014 be a turning Point for Bordeaux Negociants?

• Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer’s Tour of France [Sponsored Link]
• Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours [Sponsored Link]

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World’s Most Dynamic Region [Sponsored Link]

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 6 Things NOT To Do When Ordering Wine
• Wine and Warfare part 8: Battlefield medicine
• Want To Learn Wine In 2014? Set Goals, Track Progress

• The Science of Cheese [Sponsored Link]

OLIVE OIL

• ‘QvExtra’ Quality Seal Launches in Córdoba
• Rising Star Chef Sees Big Potential for Olive Oil
• Berkeley Olive Grove EVOO Packs a Punch
• Zinc & boron lead to an increase olive oil
• Health benefits of extra virgin olive oil grow every day

• Olive Oil Sensory Science [Sponsored Link]

ALMONDS & OTHER TREE NUTS

• Pecan industry set for big growth, eyes India

CIDER

• Washington’s Westport Winery launches line of ciders

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• BrewDog beers stolen in warehouse raid

JUST CAN’T MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS UP

• Baby needs beers & wines
• Beer fanatic lines hotel with 83,000 cans