NEWS FETCH – February 19, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine Estates: Is The ‘Penfolds Curse’ Back?
• Calif Megadroughts Have Lasted For Centuries
• US Absent From World’s Top 5 Per Capita Wine Consumers
• California AVAs as splintered broomsticks in “Fantasia”
• Prison wine breaking into your local liquor store

• Ten Proven Methods to Motivate Your Sales Team [Sponsored Link]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Ballard Canyon: The Newest, Rhone-Focused AVA
• William Cole temporarily shuts down public visits
• Lodi Wine Competition Seeks Judges,Wines
• Stevenot Found Again: Matthew Rorick and Forlorn Hope

• Introduction to Water in California [Sponsored Link]

DROUGHT/WATER

• Two irrigation districts sparring over wastewater in Turlock
• Vineyard Management Strategies for Drought Conditions
• California water crisis moves into national spotlight
• Drought management decisions have consequences
• Inside look at the 2014 drought in Sonoma County

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod reacts to disappointing first half
• Constellation splits from Accolade in Europe
• Diageo credits its export success to EU, warns UK not to leave

FINANCE, M&A

• Titanic director buys BC winery
• NZ: Buckland Grove vineyard put up for sale
• TX: Bingham Family Vineyards buys Pheasant Ridge

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Don’t be conned when investing in fine wine

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

LEGAL MATTERS & REGULATION

• Napa County Winery Audits: What are the odds?
• Is China Making a Step Forward in Wine Trademark Law?

INDUSTRY DATA

• Rioja sees record-breaking sales in 2013
• “Prosecco Revolution” Marches On

MARKETING & SALES

• The Wine Group Bolsters Upscale Stable With New Brand, Chloe
• Restaurant Wine Program of the Future Makes Sense Today
• (oops) wine – A Cautionary Tale of Typography
• Promoting Greek wine in California

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Eastern Winery Exposition Opens in 2 Weeks w. Sold-Out Trade Show

• Planning Wine Trade Show Participation [Sponsored Link]

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Contact Forms Mean You DON’T Really Want Contact
• Hardys Wine sets out to replicate Nike’s social media sparkle
• Fetzer Launches Mobile Wine Pricing App

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Thoughts on Huet’s “Ugly Behavior”

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Parker: ‘Natural’ wine will be exposed as ‘fraud’
• Grenache: Next Big Thing or Another Passing Fancy?
• The Turkish Wine Renaissance
• Seattle’s New Beer/Wine Hybrids
• Alcohols and assumptions about California Zinfandel

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

ACADEMIA

• Arizona college offers associate degree in wine

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

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Applications sought for EPA wetlands grants

• Chinatown (DVD) [Sponsored Link]

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Yeast Market worth $3.6 Billion by 2018

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• British Government’s $5m Wine Cellar Includes Some Rare Prizes
• VINIV Wines `Worth Every Penny,’ Lalondrelle Says

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

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Heavy rain fails to damage grape growers’ spirits

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine, Food and the Pace of Things to Come
• Don’t shy away from funky wine flavours
• How to Go Right—and Wrong—with a Restaurant Wine List

• The Control of Nature [Sponsored Link]

OLIVE OIL

• Europe Acts to Stop Spread of Olive Tree Killer
• U.S. FDA Warns Company Over Olive Oil-Related Claims

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Pliny the Younger and our craft beer heritage

• Water: A Comprehensive Guide for Brewers [Sponsored Link]

FUNKY

• Grapevine bacteria named after Frank Zappa