NEWS FETCH – April 24, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Pernod-Ricard looks for more deals after Kenwood Wine buy
• Bulk wine driven by price not green issues
• Canadian Govt: $2 million for Okanagan wine research

• How To Pitch MEGA Chains: A Blueprint for Success [Sponsored Link]

WAG THE PR DOG, MAYBE THEY WON’T NOTICE SALES, FX

• Pernod-Ricard China, EU Sales Flat
• Pernod hit by unfavourable foreign exchange rates
• Ricard Expands Relationship with Southern Wine & Spirits to 33 States
• Pernod Ricard Buys Kenwood Wines

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Rack & Riddle Opens New Facility
• Water moratorium lawsuit transferred out of SLO County
• Napa’s Oak Knoll District Marks 10 Years

• Introduction to Water in California [Sponsored Link]

FINANCE, M&A

• Chinese group offers EUR 3.6 million for Romanian Winery

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex: Haut Brion 2013 – low enough?
• Kurniawan sentencing postponed
• As Wine Fetches Staggering Sums, Fakery Claims Rise

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

HEALTH

• A Little Wine Might Help Kidneys Stay Healthy
• Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• Palcohol: “Even Bigger Than Rhianna!” The FAQs
• FTC Releases Study of Statistics and Best Practices in Alcohol Advertising
• OZ: Govt refuses to set minimum price on alcohol

DISTRIBUTORS, DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Three-Tier System is Whatever Alcohol Distributors Pay for

MARKETING & SALES

• Interview, Part 2: Total Wine & More’s David Trone

• Supporting Your Brand In Your Customer’s Crowded Portfolio [Sponsored Link]

MARKET KILLERS: SCREW THIS, LET’S GRAB A BREWSKI

• The Absolutist Attitude of The Wine Critic
• Enough with the wine and food pairings already!
• How critics come up with those numbers
• 89 or 90 Points: The Line Between Life or Death
• Is That Bottle of Wine on the Shelf Literally Talking to You?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWein 2015 Registration Now Open
• Beer, Bordeaux and bulk wine for LWF 2014

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Thinking outside the box with email marketing
• Consumers Frustrated by Stalling Mobile Video Ads

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• An Interview with Jameson Fink
• When a wine blog is a personal journal
• Bristling Over Gendering Wine Feminine and Masculine

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine Desires: X, Y … Boom!
• Extreme Viticulture in South Africa’s Swartland
• Sauternes & Barsac – Sweet Success in 2013
• Is Coffee the New Wine?
• J Wrigley Vineyard: One Stick at a Time
• Interview: Thrall, Thrall, Thralls
• A Cider To Substitute for Champagne

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

WINE EDUCATION

• As Wine Culture Gets Older, the Sommeliers Get Younger
• Wine education spreads far and wide

OH CANADA!

• B.C. Wine Industry Prepares for Shake-Up

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

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Labeltronix White Paper Introduces PET Liners for Labeling

SUSTAINABILITY

• Putting a price on GMO ban enforcement
• Southern Oregon farmers divided on GMO bas

• Chinatown (DVD) [Sponsored Link]

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Japanese Patent Awarded for Hydrogen Sulfide-Preventing Yeast

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• The Feud Over Italy’s Most Mysterious Wine Estate
• Former Constellation president takes helm at Enotria

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

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Why We Root for Godzilla

• The Control of Nature [Sponsored Link]

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Brewers Association lists 5 new beer styles in 2014 guidelines

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

FOR FASCISTS ONLY

• Magnum of Nazi wine sells for £1,500