NEWS FETCH – January 20, 2014

TOP NEWS

• California drought: Water officials look to rules of ’70s
• Drought will force Jerry Brown to put hold on delta tunnels
• US fine wine forecast masks domestic crisis
• Expanding Social Media Tops Plans Of Moss Adams Survey Respondents
• Can America Save the Wine World?
• SBA drought disaster loans available

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• GoVino Acquired by Napa Vintners
• Former Wine Tasting Network CEO arrested in Mexico
• California nut farmers band together to fight theft
• Women for WineSense to celebrate Bubbles at Gloria Ferrer

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

DROUGHT/WATER

• Governor’s drought declaration faulted
• Far West Drought Situation Appears Dire Far West
• California governor finally declares drought emergency
• Green sturgeon threatened by water diversions, study shows
• California areas brace for water rationing as reservoir levels fall
• Fresno hits heat record as rainless spell grows
• California Growers Battle It Out For Water
• Ag responds to California drought emergency declaration

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Suntory to bid for Whyte & Mackay?
• USL in focus ahead of Supreme Court decision on Diageo deal
• Bargain Booze and Wine Rack profits rise
• AB InBev splashes $5.8bn cash on Cass, buys South Korea’s No.1 brewer

HEALTH

• Resveratrol Reverses Damaging Effects of Obesity
• Drinking and driving: Unsafe at any level
• Wine and chocolate can guard against diabetes
• Red wine may cut diabetes risk
• Verizon Creates SOBERLINK Video to Promote Breathalyzer
• Booze clues: why do we drink the way we do?

LEGAL MATTERS

• Veuve Clicquot Sues Italian Producer Over Label

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine prices going nowhere in 2014
• New label isologotype: “Argentine Wine, National Beverage”
• Millennials and Napa Cabernet: An uneasy relationship
• Why marketing isn’t marketing anymore
• Key global consumer trends for 2014

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TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• International Sparkling Wine Symposium

• Planning Wine Trade Show Participation [Sponsored Link]

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• WineDirect Offers Cloud-based Access to Telesales Activity
• Online alcohol sales surge set to continue
• Mobile Social Affects UK Millennials’ Path to Purchase

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The origins of that 1973 Montelena Chardonnay
• Are Wine Classifications Justified or Just Fool Snobbery?
• Picking based upon sugar levels, or an exercise in total stupidity
• 2014: A Good Year For Buying $15 Wines
• Jim Holmes, father of the Red Mountain AVA

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

OH CANADA!

• BC: Signature Grapes, Riesling and Syrah?

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

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• ID: Krause, Cinder Wines help turn Boise into wine country
• KS: Wineries putting Kansas on the vineyard map
• MN: Wineries brace for some loss from cold snap but say grapes are tough
• PA: For Pennsylvania, Prohibition Never Ended
• PA: Will the harsh winter affect local wine?
• WA: Boutique wine scene emerges
• WA: New general manager for Red Mountain winery

ACADEMIA

• Wine-related classes accepting enrollment at NVC

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Boxed Wine : The Comeback Without a Cork
• Kegs: Free Flow wines matures well
• Wine Label Requirements: Optional Information
• Wine Label Design Printing Options

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The WineDirect Culture

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

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• New Types of Yeast Could Stave Off Wine’s Climate Change Problem
• Vineyards of the Future

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• British alcohol firms seek increased funding from Wine Australia
• Italy at a Grande and Languorous Impasse

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

DOWN UNDER

• Australia assesses uneven performance
• Aussie Wine grape growers escape heavy harvest losses from heatwave
• NZ: Sam Neill buys Desert Heart
• Australia’s Second Act
• OZ: SA grape growers on board with Q-fly eradication

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Korea to Become Key Market for Global Wine Companies
• Taiwan’s wine market grows in slow economy

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What to do when a sommelier hands you the wine cork
• Top 10 bikes made for drinking
• When Prohibition clobbered Napa’s wine industry

• The Science of Cheese [Sponsored Link]