NEWS FETCH – May 30, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Calif Drought yields only desperation
• 50% Won’t Buy Your Products If You Ignore Them On Social Media
• Calif Anti-Alcohol Activists: Ban Farmers Market Wine Tasting
• USDA Changes Payment Planting Rules
• Italian Police Seize 30000 Bottles of Fake Wine
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Calif halts some water diversions on upper Russian River
• Calif’s crazy alcohol laws: a farce in nine acts
• Honor Winery Comes to Aid of Veterans
• New Calif Wine Group To Promote Asia Exports
• Napa Winery began with a slip on a grape
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Calif poised to make crucial step toward Delta tunnels
• SJ County protests wild, scenic proposal for Mokelumne
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard: Consensus Rating of “Hold”
• Diageo To Build $115 Million Distillery in Shelby County, KY
• Diageo fears impact of Scottish independence
• Scotch Malt Whisky Investment & Enjoyment *Sponsored Link*

COUNTERFEIT WINE

• Opera star Bocelli victim of wine scam
• Victim Shyness Delays Kurniawan Sentencing
• How to Import Wine: An Insider’s Guide *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Petrus back on the table for Asia’s richest investors
• Haut-Brion ’98 at $4,760 on Liv-Ex Holds April Levels
• Liv-ex: Spotlight on Gruaud Larose
• Sotheby’s Cheval Blanc ex-cellar auction sells out

INDUSTRY DATA

• Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi Sees U.S. Sales Surge 19%
• Own-label Champagne sales lose their fizz

MARKETING

• Should cats sell wine?
• Manipulating price impacts taste perception
• Veuve Clicquot’s Strategy Of Rereleasing Wines
• Tesco Exec slams ignorant suppliers
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AUSSIE DISINTERMEDIATION BATTLE

• Furious retailers delist online competitor Moet Hennessy
• Wine producers tackle big liquor chains online
• Wine website eliminates retailers
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TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexpo benefits from ‘broader’ visitor base
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Email Affluent Customers: They Don’t Want Texts
• Quini Wine Tasting System Adds 60K Listings to Database
• The best apps for wine enthusiasts
• Wine Marketing Online: How to use the newest tools of marketing to boost profits and build brands *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• How can small wineries succeed online?
• McGuigan CEO on the ‘Aussie philosophy’
• How to Launch your Wine Career: Dream Jobs in America’s Hottest Industry *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Author Argues The Case For Natural Wine
• Buy the Right Wine Every Time by Tom Stevenson
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• When To Get Wine By The Glass
• Are the Terroir-ists Winning?
• Gruner Veltliner and Beyond:
• Tasmanian wine culture is no laughing matter
• Get to know Tempranillo
• Wine Faults: Causes, Effects, Cures *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• Ancient olive trees are centrepiece on Dubai’s World Islands
• 12 unexpected uses for olive oil
• Politics, economy harm Lebanon’s olive oil
• Hard Line Proposed on Flavored Olive Oil Labeling
• Czechs Pay the Most for Olive Oil, EU Survey Shows
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center opens today in Prosser
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Pumps Can Save Energy, Money in Vineyards
• National Pesticide Information Center Beefs Up Mobile Presence
• Understanding Vineyard Soils *Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Grace and Poise in Alto Piemonte
• Gaja open letter stirs controversy
• Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy*Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Top 10 alternative uses for cheap vodka
• 10 Wine Songs You Need To Be Listening To
• Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris *Sponsored Link*