NEWS FETCH – January 14, 2014

TOP NEWS

• California’s 2014 Legislative Challenges
• Bidding War For Beam Unlikely
• SVB State Of The Industry Preview: Questions You Want Answered
• Eberle Reportedly Ousted At His Winery
• PA: Attorney charged With Illegal Premium Wine Sales
• Seattle Guards split $20K reward for finding $600K in stolen wine
• Bad weather hurts Dec restaurant sales

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CHRISTIE-STYLE HARDBALL POLITICS HERE?

• Despite SJ Valley pleas, Gov. Brown won’t declare drought emergency
• State comes to Fresno to sell Gov’s $25 billion Bay Tunnel Plan

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sour Reactions to Winemaker’s Plan to Build Estate Near Hollywood Sign
• Long Meadow Ranch puts conservation easement on Rutherford vineyard
• Developers vie for Copia’s future
• Winery events moratorium to be considered by SJ Supes
• Three senior care agencies get $525,000 from Auction Napa Valley

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

HARVEST 2013/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• SAfrica Wine Exports Reach Record Volumes on Bumper Harvest
• Lack of rain may affect grape yields for Central Coast vineyards

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Hits 52-Week High
• Constellation: Priced High, Still A Buy
• Treasury Wine Estates: “Sell” Says Deutsche Bank
• Diageo moves India Supreme Court against United Spirits stake sale verdict

FINANCE, M&A

• Investors exit hedge funds at fastest rate in four years

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Label tampering obscures fine wine provenance,

• Breakfast at Sotheby’s [Sponsored Link]

PRIVATIZATION

• PA: Speculation Surrounds Liquor Reform In Harrisburg
• Toppling PA’s Monopoly?

MARKETING & SALES

• Tapping into taste preferences will soon change wine buying
• Omnichannel Retailing Growing in Importance
• Amazon Integration Now Included in the Nexternal eCommerce Platform
• Alternative Wine Packaging Update

• Planning Wine Trade Show Participation [Sponsored Link]

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Long Island Ag Forum To Focus on Latest Issues, Technology

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• If Teens are Bailing on Facebook, Where are They Going?
• Teens Not Really Bailing On FacebookUnfriending mum and dad
• Winery Social Media Management Tools & Strategies
• Mobile software use grows 115% in 2013

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

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Sommeliers can be surprisingly highly paid

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Good ways for wineries to communicate with the public — or not
• No humour please – we’re wine lovers
• The New Wine Fairy Tales: The Prince and the Raven

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• In Malbec country, Fernet becomes king
• Desert Wine: Plump Grapes Grow in the Negev
• Coravin Wins Top French Prize
• Return to Presqu’ile, Santa Maria Valley
• Winemaker Hunts Trees To Help Make The Perfect Wine
• Mining rich seams of McLaren shiraz

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

WINE TOURISM

• OR: Check before getting into agritourism

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NV: Program Promotes Ag, Food Industries

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

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Hawaiian GMO Laws Subject of Dow, Syngenta and DuPont Legal Battle

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Europe Seen Facing More Droughts This Century on Climate Change
• Chateau de La Riviere owner keen to ‘move forward’
• Burgundy Vineyards, Champagne Proposed for World Heritage List
• NZ winegrowers back Burgundy UNESCO bid

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• The growing power of India

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Human Face of Wine
• Wine and Warfare part 14: The Molotov Cocktail

• The Science of Cheese [Sponsored Link]

OLIVE OIL

• Chile Bets On Russia As Emerging Olive Oil Market
• On the Rise: Olive Oil Tastings in the U.K.