NEWS FETCH – February 10, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Charles Banks Invests In New Zealand Winery
• Polar Vortex Chills Jan Restaurant Sales
• Foley Family Wines Expands in New Zealand
• Gunfire and grapes in taxis: How civil war threatened Syria’s only harvest
• French wine thieves caught red-handed

• Going national? Consider this in your distribution strategy – Control States [Sponsored Link]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Obama to visit Fresno For Drought Photo Op
• St. Helena May Rescind Small Winery Ordinance
• Producer of BottleRock 2013 seeks return of $3 million
• Napa to BottleRock: No new show until old debts are paid

• Introduction to Water in California [Sponsored Link]

DROUGHT/WATER

• Paso water group wields major-league muscle

• Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World’s Most Vital Resource [Sponsored Link]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Concha y Toro sign Russian distribution deal
• India: Supreme Court orders ‘status quo’ in United Spirits-Diageo deal

• The West without Water: What Past Floods, Droughts, and Other Climatic Clues Tell Us about Tomorrow [Sponsored Link]

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• de Villaine on Rudy: ‘It’s hard to believe Acker didn’t have doubts’
• Bordeaux 2013: Low-key en primeur campaign expected as Le Pin pulls out
• Cos d’Estournel 2009 at $3,280 Matches Three-Year December Low

• Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization [Sponsored Link]

HEALTH

• Minimum alcohol price would save UK lives, cut healthcare costs

MARKETING & SALES

• Two Major Trends for Winery Email Marketing in 2014
• Getting your wine into Shanghai
• Wineries Need a Seamless Customer Experience

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Oregon Chardonnay Symposium adds International Perspective

• Planning Wine Trade Show Participation [Sponsored Link]

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The” Wine Text Interview”-a new way to talk to the wine consumer

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Sideways is ten years old!
• Blogger<->Journalist?
• The son of the cheap wine book tour
• Jamie Goode Intros new book, Wine Science, with video

• Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment [Sponsored Link]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine replacing liquor at Chinese banquets
• Chardonnay still No. 1 in Washington?
• We are the enlightened 5%

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

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Deadline Nears for 2nd Round Comments on GoTexan Wine Rules

• Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water [Sponsored Link]

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Chinatown (DVD) [Sponsored Link]

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Ganimede Fermentation: How Does It Stack Up to a More Traditional Approach?
• What to Do About Red Blotch
• New York Grape Meeting Will Address Winter Injury
• Preparing for the World Ag Expo

• Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever [Sponsored Link]

EUROPE & THE UK

• Italy bucks fine wine’s downward trend
• China sales up 30% for Bordeaux négociant
• Downing Street’s £3.2m wine cellar revealed
• Sunny 2014 forecast for UK wine market

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Current wine production & consumption in China
• Predictions for the China wine market

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine + Life: How To Find A Wine You Like
• Southern Italy is Sinking

• The Control of Nature [Sponsored Link]