NEWS FETCH – April 18, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Recycled Wastewater In The Wine Vineyard: Unknowns, Health Hazards, Brand Issues
• Feinstein’s Calif water bill flows to the money
• Toxic terroir?
• China says one-fifth of its farmland is polluted
• TTB Approves Powdered Alcohol: Really
• Farming still attracts many despite challenges

• What To Cover When You Meet Your Distributor? [Sponsored Link]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Paso Council approves $800K to design recycled water system
• Calif’s Astonishingly Fast Snowpack Melt
• Starfield Vineyards Launches, Sinton Family Returns to Wine
• Water Issues Haven’t Worried Some Cal Wine Grape Growers

• Introduction to Water in California [Sponsored Link]

DROUGHT/WATER

• Court ruling may change Calif. water pricing, delivery
• Feinstein’s water bill is an overreach
• WA: Army Corps holds up permits for some irrigators
• Ag water conundrum eludes resolution
• Graphing the Droughts in California and Texas
• Change In Texas Drought Mixed, Midwest Improves

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Emerging markets stifle Diageo’s growth

FINANCE, M&A

• Americans Are Thirsty for the NZ Wine Business
• Northwest Vineyard Deals Reflect Rebound

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

LEGAL MATTERS

• Cape Mentelle drops legal challenge over Wallcliffe name

MARKETING & SALES

• Use Promotional Packaging To Convert Customers
• Email marketing could help you sell more wine
• An Awful Idea for a Wine Name
• What Is the Future of Proximity Marketing?

• Understand the Retailer, their Market and their Buyers [Sponsored Link]

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Changyu unveils major e-commerce push
• Yahoo’s new Flickr app adds creepily accurate search tool
• AccuBar, CIA partner on iWineLists

• How to Get Five Million Users to See Your Brand on Youtube For Free? [Sponsored Link]

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Making of ‘Farmland,’ Ag’s Newest Documentary

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Restaurant Wines: The Customer Knows Best
• History, tasting & wine appreciation
• The Great Post-Baby Wine Debate
• Tannins tamed, sagrantino grape surprises
• Talking Coravin Trials, Barolo, and Bourbon
• Aquitaine | Bordeaux: Left Bank v. Right Bank
• Who’s the best wine critic? Locals Or Visitors?

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

EASTER, PASSOVER WINE MATTERS

• Finding Religion in the Vineyard
• Wine, Easter and the Passover: the miracle of the grape vine
• What’s Manischewitz? (A guide for Goys)
  
• Yes, You Should Drink Manischewitz at Passover—in a Cocktail

HOME ON THE GRANGE

• Cash makes a much better bribe than wine
• Penfolds Grange affair sparks satire
• Job offer after wine gift

OH CANADA!

• Okanagan spring reveals secrets

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

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Oregon State Hires a New Wine Research Leader

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

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Does cross-flow filtration affect wine flavor? No easy answers.

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Ten things you didn’t know about Freixenet
• Yes, He Killed Zoë Barnes, But He Drinks Good Cabernet

• The Control of Nature [Sponsored Link]

CRAFT BEER, CIDER & SPIRITS

• Gadget geeks invent sonic beer foamer

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