NEWS FETCH – January 7, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Arsenic In Wine, BeverageGrades, & Withheld Info
• Wine Role Neglected In LA Times Mediterranean Diet Article
• Court Says Brewer Can Choose Which Products A Distributor Receives
• New wine database exposed hidden global trends
• Emulate Amazon customer service for better e-commerce

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

ICE … WINE

• Ice wine needs cold but not this cold
• VA: Local Vineyards On Alert with Cold Moving In
• Weather challenges Oregon wine industry
• Cold snap hurts western Colorado’s wine grape crop

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Bruce Cohn steps down, Son To Head Winery
• A Plea for Help From Women For Winesense
• Wine lessons from an old Hollywood blockbuster
• How does Delta plan fit with drought?
• Drought draining American River in Central Valley
• The Howling Wolf of Murphys

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

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• TN: Tries again to pass wine in-grocery-stores

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Will Constellation Earnings Surprise?
• Diageo marches ahead with focus on compliance at United Spirits

FINANCE, M&A

• Folo: Alderbrook Winery sold by Terlato Wine Group (Reported by WII 12/17/13)

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Is Rare Wine Collecting An Act Of Beastiality?
• Bordeaux Fine Wines put into provisional liquidation
• Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 Index falls 1.4% in 2013
• CSI: Fine Wine Edition

• Breakfast at Sotheby’s [Sponsored Link]

HEALTH

• Cornell Prof On What Influences Our Mindless Eating/Drinking Habits

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• WA: State growler law a barrier for wineries

MARKETING & SALES

• 4 Ways Your Buttons Can Increase Conversion
• Unified Guide: Plan Your walk on the trade show floor

• Planning Your Wine Trade Show Participation [Sponsored Link]

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Audience as the New Currency: YouTube and Its Impact on Hollywood and Social Media
• App Downloads Nearly Doubled on Christmas Day
• An App to Help You Remember Your Favorite Wines

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

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• 5 Key Points You Must Cover in Your Distribution Agreements

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

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Free e-book on grape varieties
• 10 PR mistakes you need to resolve in 2014

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Australia Meets Organic Wine in Puglia
• Red Wine In Your Hot Chocolate?
• Cheap wine gets a little respect
• Cranberries and Dirt: Guide to Oregon Pinot Noir
• 30 winemakers under 40 (Part 1, First 10)

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

WINE INTERVIEWS

• Peter Mondavi Sr., Charles Krug
• Sarah Marquis, owner, winemaker, Mollydooker
• Steve Matthiasson digs for Napa’s roots

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Lullaby Winery moves to Port Townsend

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

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• M.A. Silva to Offer High Resolution Laser Cork Printing

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Streamline Winemaking With Molecular Diagnostics
• Renaissance BioScience Licenses UC Davis H2S Technology
• Building Soil For Better Health
• The Latest in Vineyard Scarecrows

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Independent wine merchant dies

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

DOWN UNDER

• New premium Australian wine importer launches

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Koreans are stylish wine consumers
• Exporting products to Asia

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What a Jesuit priest, a Zen monk and a Yaqui shaman taught me about life, wine and Italy
• Drink Adventurously
• Wine and Warfare part 9: le salut au pinard
• Globetrotter begins tour of world’s most obscure vineyards

• The Science of Cheese [Sponsored Link]

OLIVE OIL

• Olives Go Sweet

ALMONDS & OTHER TREE NUTS

• Calif Grapes Being Ripped Up for Almonds

JUST CAN’T MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS UP

• Naked Aussie freed from washer with olive oil