NEWS FETCH – February 12, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Calif Hits 2013 export record
• US Senate Finally Plans Drought Help
• Drought: A flood of business for irrigation firms
• Net Farm Income to Decline in 2014
• Americans Drinking More Italian Wines Than Italians
• Canadian Passport = Free Beer At Sochi Olympics

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

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Building on Sand: How Jonata is Redefining Santa Barbara Wines
• Gallo Marks 50th Anniversary of its iconic blend, Hearty Burgundy
• Sonoma State Wine Entrepreneurship Grads Impacting the Wine

• Introduction to Water in California [Sponsored Link]

DROUGHT/WATER

• Calif snowpack gains, still falls short
• Storm provides Northwest much-needed moisture
• Drought on minds of farmers, vendors at Tulare’s World Ag Expo
• Aussie Farmers seek drought relief

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Burgundy Prices Have “Nowhere To Go But Further Up”
• Fine Wine Index Continues To Decline
• Bordelais will slash 2013 prices ‘by 30%’
• Bordeaux 2013: ‘Not the most difficult vintage’

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

HEALTH

• Sobriety: Why we’ve called time on wine o’clock

LEGAL MATTERS

• Don’t Mess with a Vampire…Or Lawyers
• What have Ch Lafite & a giant Aussie supermarket got in common?

MARKETING

• Helpful resources to plan your 2014 wine marketing activities
• Online Wine Sales Have the Chance to Surge
• Why Can’t You Find That Wine?

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

DIRECT SHIPPING & REGULATION

• How to make compliant shipments to Arkansas
• TTB Updates its Position on Gluten-Free Label Claims
• Gluten labelling and the US govt’s problem with fermentation

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Boston Wine Expo continues to expand

• Planning Wine Trade Show Participation [Sponsored Link]

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The top 10 customer relationship management services

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

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Where women-owned businesses thrive
• Fearrington Village: Grand Slam For Slow Entrepreneurship & Wine

• Beating Obamacare: Your Handbook for the New Healthcare Law [Sponsored Link]

LE VIN “CHEAP”

• Obama serves Hollande ‘cheap’ US wine
• Wines for tonight’s state dinner: wine world shrugs

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Out of the Bottle: Wine Psychology
• A skateboarder turned winemaker mixes tradition with experimentation
• A Greek model for white wines in Israel
• Tasting mountain wines in San Francisco
• Mosel and Sonoma Meet in the Finger Lakes

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

HIRES & CHANGES

• Renee Ary New Winemaker for Duckhorn Vineyards
• Adler Deutsch Vineyard Appoints Aaron Pott Winemaker
• Villa San-Juliette winery names Matt Ortman as interim president
• Wente Family Estates Retains Balzac Communications
• Apolloni Vineyards hires Kevin Green as assistant winemaker

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

OH CANADA!

• Canadian LIquor Law Reform Momentum Continues

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

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Reducing Oxygen Pick-up at Bottling
• Taking to the flor

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

OLIVE OIL

• Farm Bill Notes Call on Agencies to ‘Remove Obstacles’ to Olive Oil Trade
• Central Coast Olive Oil Competition open for entries

ALMONDS & OTHER TREE NUTS

• Oregon’s hazelnut orchards should be fine despite snow and ice

BIZARRE