NEWS FETCH – January 31, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Punch-drunk Treasury a prime takeover target
• Hispanics Top Believers In The American Dream
• Feds Say They Won’t Steal San Luis Ag Water, Millerton Still Threatened
• Unified Wine & Grape Symposium Hits New Attendance Record
• California’s economy should see faster growth

• Craft Distilleries Grow From Embryonic Stage [Sponsored Link]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Beer helps drought-stricken Wine Country town
• Calif snowpack hits record low despite recent storm
• Unemployment to drop in Stanislaus, Merced and San Joaquin counties
• Financier’s winery project back to Sonoma supervisors

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

DROUGHT/WATER

• What the Drought Means for California Wine
• Storm’s help to Modesto-area water supply minimal
• Report: Drought likely to cost thousands of Fresno County farm jobs

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury Wine Estates accused of manipulating grape market
• Ste. Michelle Posts 5% Volume Growth For 2013
• LVMH posts 9% rise in wine and spirit profits

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

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• TN Senate approves wine-in-grocery stores bill
• TN Convenience Stores Seek Inclusion on Wine Bill

LEGAL MATTERS

• No Women, No Flying Saucers: The World Of Weird Wine Laws
• UC Hastings Law College Visits Napa Valley

MARKETING & SALES

• As a brick-and-mortar retailer, would you let Amazon handle your checkout system?
• Understanding What Customers Want from an Online Wine Store

• How to use Twitter for your Wine Business and Marketing [Sponsored Link]

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Largest ag show offers something for every farmer

• Planning Wine Trade Show Participation [Sponsored Link]

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Why cohort analysis is a game-changer for mobile app businesses
• Why everything you know about web-conversion optimization is wrong
• Kickstarter: How much should you charge for a Backer Reward?

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

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• ‘Ghost workers’ elude Labor Department
• GOP proposes legal status for undocumented immigrants

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Native commerce is helping tech blogs triple revenue
• 10 Years of Blogging About Wine

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Chinese Wine Region Establishes Classification Modeled on Bordeaux’s
• The future of the proprietary blend
• California Syrahs, on Such a Winter’s Day

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

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• AZ: Southern Executive Bart Takes Over Young’s Arizona Unit
• ID: Bill designed to protect Idaho’s wine industry

ACADEMIA

• WSU’s Voice of the Vine- What’s That Smell, Leafroll, Wine Center
• Arizona to get new wine studies program

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Reinventing the Wine Bottle in Bordeaux

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• EPA Releases Draft Guidance Documents for Evaluating Pesticide Drift

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

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Whither the world’s biggest vine collection?

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Calon Segur invests EUR20m on renovation

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Why There Are No Lobby Bars In China
• Golden age of wine: Eight reasons why Chinese consumers are living in one

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

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Azerbaijan determined to gain more shares of world vine market

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Jelly Belly’s War On Wine and Kids Begins
• Oh, The People You’ll Meet! (At a Winemaker Dinner)
• How to Read Italian Wine Labels

• The Science of Cheese [Sponsored Link]

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Top 10 funny beer names

AD NAUSEUM: PARKER, PERFECT PAIRINGS, WANDERING PR

• Damn right all these teetotalers should get out of my vineyard!
• It’s Bash Parker Time Again
• Sommeliers Recommend Perfect Wine Pairings for California Restaurant Month
• Good Gawd Almighty! Get To The Point!