NEWS FETCH – June 5, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Winter weather dampened 1Q Restaurant traffic
• Chinese winery owner buys majority stake in Saint Emilion’s Chateau Trianon
• Wine + Technology: Four Leaders, One Curveball
• Portugal’s wine industry struggling for survival
• Pre-Phylloxera 1863 Port Vintage Goes on Sale
• Joker dupes shoppers with fake wine labels
• Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist **Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma sets new rules on tasting rooms, wine bars
• Lodi Growers: Sustainability Means Better Market For Grapes
• Force Majeure Vineyards Announces Winemaker Todd Alexander
• Approval of Grape Variety Brachetto

DROUGHT/WATER

• Feds Kill More Lake Cachuma Steelhead
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Rémy closes door on nightmare year
• Drinks dauphin is ready to take the crown at Pernod Ricard
• Brown-Forman’s income and sales growth driven by Jack Daniels whiskey
• Pernod: China becoming a normal emerging market
• How to Import Wine: An Insider’s Guide *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, M&A

• VJB Vineyards & Cellar gets $1 mil for upgrades

HEALTH

• The Problems With Resveratrol Research: Lessons from Mary Jane
• Middle-aged women drink more than any age group,
• Light alcohol consumption associated with a reduced risk of stroke
• Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

COMPLIANCE & LEGAL MATTERS

• Accelerating the Demise of Paper Compliance
• Booze & Politics Mix Just Fine
• The New Chinese Trademark Law In Effect: The Wine Version
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN

• Mateus Rosé: Once the world’s biggest wine, now ripe for hip revival
• White zin makes most of a modest resurgence

MARKETING & SALES

• The Accidental Narcissist and The Future of Customer Engagement
• How should wineries display shipping information?
• Machine makes ice cubes out of alcohol
• The Secret’s In The Sugar: Lower-Alcohol Wines Are Taking Off
• Satirical Case Study Points Out Everything Wrong With Advertising
• Here’s how you need to pitch Tesco **Sponsored Link*

BRANDING

• Pichon Longueville becomes Pichon Baron
• Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• TEXSOM Celebrates 10 Years
• En primeur debate at LWF
• The London Wine Fair in pictures
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Laithwaite’s online wine recommendations have Amazon-style service
• Personalisation key to engaging with consumers online
• UK online wine sales buck offline decline
• Wine Marketing Online: How to use the newest tools of marketing to boost profits and build brands *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Study: To keep talented staff, offer flexible hours and education
• How to Launch your Wine Career: Dream Jobs in America’s Hottest Industry *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Palate is Wine’s Answer to The Voice
• Wine Opinions and recommendations
  
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• When experts get stuff wrong
• Reflecting on 20 Years of Zinfandels
• BC wine region finally growing up
• Is Texas wine at a crossroads?
• Wine Faults: Causes, Effects, Cures *Sponsored Link*

ACADEMIA

• Washington Colleges Set Course for Students

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Plastic beer bag wins design award
• The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels*Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Winery Seeks Crowdfunding to Save Traditional Varieties
• UK Consumers ‘turning backs’ on Bordeaux
• Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy*Sponsored Link*

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China continues to surprise the global spirits industry
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

LATIN AMERICA

• Cost still a ‘barrier’ to organic in Chile
• The Vineyard at the End of the World: Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Top 25 Wine Instagram
• Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris *Sponsored Link*

BIZARRE

• Man finds dead lizard in beer