NEWS FETCH – January 23, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Millennials: Bordeaux Wine = Boomer Diapers
• Money Talks In Tackling Calif Drought
• Rémy Martin Loses Head Of Cognac unit
• Ecommerce Sales Up Nearly 10% Over Holiday Season

• Protecting Intellectual Property in Your Brand [Sponsored Link]

DROUGHT/WATER

• Central Coast Water Authority issues a bombshell warning
• Paso: Parched
• Will the Paso Robles Council impose a water moratorium?
• Oakdale Irrigation District sets closed session to discuss water sale
• Groundwater Helps Napa Vintners Weather Drought

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• San Joaquin Valley Wine Competition Call For Entries
• Ceja To Open Carneros’ new wine playground
• Young Guns: Napa Valley
• No Rain, No Mustard

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Q&A with Concha y Toro’s Simon Doyle

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

FINANCE, M&A

• Drizly Raises $2.25 Mil: Aims To Be “Amazon.com For Alcohol”
• The top 30 influential leaders in the crowdfunding industry (infographic)

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux En Primeur 2013 – Let Battle Commence

• Breakfast at Sotheby’s [Sponsored Link]

MARKETING & SALES

• Content Marketing a Struggle from Start to Finish
• Idaho Wine Commission uses potatoes in clever video

• What are the biggest challenges that Wine Distributors face on daily basis? [Sponsored Link]

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 2014: The Year of Mobile Commerce?
• 7 Tips to Increase Online Wine Sales

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

WORDS & WINE

• 17 disgusting descriptions for delicious wines
• Wine terms: Tarted up
• Oldest Hebrew inscription from Jerusalem deciphered: “the wine was cheap”

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• I am not a cru-k! Comparing Robert Parker’s, Richard Nixon’s China visits

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

HEALTH

• Should booze come with a Nutrition Facts panel?

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NH: WineDude Vs. NH Wine Week
• NH: Lawmakers told: Can the bottle bill
• NY: More On The Hobbs/Selbach Finger Lakes Project
• OH: Super-strong beer bill aims to keep Ohio shoppers in state
• PA: Sewickley Township winery’s plan gets approval
• WA: Sun River Vintners makes it big with cider

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

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Whole Foods to ban use of biosolids on produce

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Independent wine merchants could win £200k investment
• Netherlands combats tax fraud in wine

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

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Winemakers challenged to justify high prices
• NZ: Winemakers still have much to learn, says Ara’s Jeff Clarke

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Hawke’s Bay wine sales in China

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Mustilli’s Bill de Blasio label

• The Science of Cheese [Sponsored Link]

IS THERE A CONNECTION HERE…?

• Pope: Internet is a gift from God (and like fine wine)
  
• Funeral home adds on-site wine cellar (spirits anyone?)

OLIVE OIL

• Trends in Organic Olive Oil Trade Now Being Tracked