NEWS FETCH – February 3, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Cal State Water Project Cuts Allocation To Zero
• Wineries More Optimistic Moss Adams Tells Unified Symposium
• Treasury Wine, Asian Stocks Continue Decline
• Mendoza And Tuscany Are Top Spots In Vineyard Prices

• A Stellar Sales Pitch Starts With Only One Thing? [Sponsored Link]

DROUGHT/WATER

• Up to 2 feet of snow expected to fall atop Sierra
• Calif Drought Raises Stakes for Water Tunnels

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Privatization: Don’t Stop Halfway
• Liquor Control States In United States

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Biggest Beam Shareholder Slashes Stake
• Treasury Targets Upscale On-Premise

FINANCE, M&A

• Foley keen to add more NZ vineyards

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Auction Napa Valley 2014 Tickets Now Available

• Breakfast at Sotheby’s [Sponsored Link]

HEALTH

• All alcohol, even wine , raises risk of gout flare-ups
• Attorney General Holder: All Drugs, Including Alcohol, Are “Potentially Harmful”
• On sulfites, wine and headaches, and misconceptions

MARKETING & SALES

• 10 Ways to Use A Good Wine Review
• Why most wine is in heavy bottles with corks
• Spanish Wine Armada Heads East
• Two Major Trends for Winery Email Marketing in 2014

• Facebook Marketing for Wineries and Tips on How To Engage [Sponsored Link]

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Hotel WiFi: Bad, Expensive & Rarely Adequate

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Golden Age of Tedious Wine Writing
• Solving what’s wrong with almost every trade tasting
• Gonzo Gastronomy’s Katie Pizzuto Joins NYCR Team
• Rudy, the documentary

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Now It’s Uruguay’s Turn to Shine With Wine
• Crate expectations (by Jancis Robinson)

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

WINE EDUCATION

• Be your own sommelier

OH CANADA!

• BC: Township 7 has a new label and a new investor

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

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• In Absence Of Methyl Bromide, Plant Diseases Up
• Changing the vineyard for climate change

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

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Saffron Aroma Compound β-isophorone Identified in Some Wine Grapes
• Pruning: The 2014 Vintage Starts Now

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Drinks profits slow as UK economy recovers

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

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: A month of heat drops grape size in McLaren Vale
• OZ: Phil Laffer honoured for services to Australian wine

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What’s the link between classical music and fine wine?
• Heimoff, Hollywood, Water & Prohibition
• The Year of the Horse – Starting Off With a Bang
• How Astronauts Had Wine Banned From Space

• The Science of Cheese [Sponsored Link]

OLIVE OIL

• Spain Sees Record for Olive Oil Exports