NEWS FETCH – February 27, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine Gets $24Mil From US Fund
• Upending how California thinks about water
• Aussie Optimism On Bulk Wine
• Are we Living In A Golden Age Of Wine?

• Best practices that distributors use to grow profits: [Sponsored Link]

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Aussie Wine Co warns its 2014 crop will be smaller
• Prepare for next wave in wine supply

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• NASA turns research to California drought
• Creston landowners throw water on SLO district formation plans
• Carlos and Linda Chavez walk the American Dream into the wine industry
• Joseph Phelps Vineyards Promotes Justin Ennis to Winemaker
• Screaming Chief wines have fiery back story
• Update to yesterday’s article: 2013 Calif Wine Exports

• Introduction to Water in California [Sponsored Link]

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• “Gluten-Free” Labels for Alcohol. We’re Still Waiting
• Gallo Goes on Trademark Attack
• Federal Court Denies Beam Motion To Dismiss Sidney Frank Lawsuit
• Judge rules for San Diego in major water dispute

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• South Dakota Direct Shipping Bill Needs One More Push
• Everything is bigger in Texas: 4 month quarters, 13 month years
• B.C. Alarmed over Wine in Grocery Stores

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Michael Cox Taittinger collection to be auctioned

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

MARKETING & SALES

• Prospects for the Los Vascos and Caro labels,
• The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Celebrity Liquor
• This is Real Innovation In the Wine Biz
• Are you providing enough information?
• Black Tower bucks lower-alcohol wine decline

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The Web at 25 years of age
• US Twitter User Base Begins to Mature
• Interview with the Digital Wine Business Analyst Thorton Jacob

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Robert Parker on some scandals in 2011-2012
• A list of Portuguese wine grapes: Help Needed

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

TEDIOUS MATTERS

• Why is wine jargon “pretentious” but sports jargon isn’t?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How Ripe Is Right?
• Concha y Toro’s winemaker on Chile’s success with Pinot
• In Pursuit Of Balance
• The truth about Valpolicella (and other busted myths)

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

OH CANADA!

• Ontario’s wine industry gears up for farmers market sales

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

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Northwest Wine Industry Matures With Appellation Milestones
• NE: Grape and Winery Board seeks grant proposals
• NY: Wine expo’s announced move to take central New York’s temperature
• VA: Chateau Morrisette Winery Names Brian Cheeseborough New Winemaker
• WA: 2nd generation joins Woodward Canyon Winery

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

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Newly Identified Yeast Produces Lower-Alcohol Wine
• WSU’s Voice of the Vine- Red Debut, Terroir, Greenhouse

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Cambridge Regains Varsity Tasting Title

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

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Why Maharashtra is India’s wine tourism capital
• Taking a sip of Beijing’s drinking culture

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Pairing Girl Scout cookies with adult beverages
• Shelley Bridgeman: Are you guilty of wine crimes?
• The Tippling Point: Where Cognac Is Worth Its Price
• Gigantic Floods Created Washington Wine Country
• Off the Beaten Path Wines
• New Ideas In The Wine Country

• The Control of Nature [Sponsored Link]

OLIVE OIL

• Adulterating Greek Olive Oil Will Not Boost Competitiveness greece

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Weed-infused beer is a real thing

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