NEWS FETCH – June 23, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Farmland values keep going up
• Faking a pricey bottle of wine is a cinch
• Americans Say Social Media Have Little Sway on Purchases
• Constellation Project Genome Finds 19% Of Wine Consumers Overwhelmed
• UC Davis study links autism to pesticides
• World Cup boosts sparkling wine sales by 25% in week one
• Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth **Sponsored Link*

.WINE ANGST

• Why Would Wine Industry Support .wine TLD?
• Should Special Protections Should be Granted To Wine?
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Tourism in Napa County booms, but why?
• Jackson creates new team for Oregon
• Spotlight on leaders at independent North Bay wine companies
• Is Your Winery Prepared To Profit From More Visitors? *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Modernizing California’s groundwater management
• Delta businessmen urge alternative to tunnels scheme
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation names new NZ head
• Diageo Finally takes control of United Spirits

FINANCE, M&A

• Lynch Bages owners back 1m euro startup fund
• Denis Dubourdieu buys Chateau Doisy-Dubroca

IMPORT/EXPORT

• Alcohol, sugar and metals testing for wine imports in China
• How to Import Wine: An Insider’s Guide *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine Investment Q&A with Cult Wines Director Tom Gearing
• Fine Wine Collector Gives Thieves The Finger
• High prices for Argentine wines in a New York auction

HEALTH

• Gout not the wine drinker’s curse

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• Punishing the majority for the sake of the few
• B.C.’s minimum pricing law forces some pubs to raise prices

MARKETING & SALES

• Millennials a Top Target for Loyalty Programs
• When Company Blogs Slide Into Sales Brochure-land
• Wines From Emerging Countries Pick Up Steam With American Consumers
• Wine sales, price, and what doesn’t get enough attention
• Supporting Your Brand In Your Customer’s Crowded Portfolio **Sponsored Link*

BRANDING

• Fendi Touts Dolce Vita as Owner LVMH Relies on Brand
• Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Worst New Web Site Remake Of The Year (So Far)
• Wine Marketing Online:

MEDIA MATTERS

• Are Wine Bloggers Like Other Wine Journalists?
• Americans’ Confidence in News Media Remains Low
• 9 Easy Subheading Tricks To Boost Reader Engagement
• Isabelle Legeron MW publishes guide to natural wine
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Give Pinotage a Chance
• Icewine battle leaves Ontario vintner with a bitter taste
• Is the drive toward ever-newer wines a form of OCD among critics?
• The new wave of prosecco
• How do you describe a wine region, anyhow?
• Wine needs its Nate Silver
• Hyposmia ~ the aging palate
• Wine Faults: Causes, Effects, Cures *Sponsored Link*

WINEMAKERS

• With focus and good grapes, DeLille created demand, desire
• Still Asking Questions: Warren Winiarski Returns to Colorado
• Randall and his experience making wine in California
• New winemakers for Silver Oak and Twomey

PINK

• Summer’s Rosés: Which Pink to Drink?
• Praise to Make a Californian Blush

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?

• The Miracle Stick That Makes Wine Taste Better in Seconds

WINE TOURISM

• Bernard Arnault’s LVMH Museum to Open in October
• Becca Yeaman’s Favorite Places To Wine And Dine In Charlottesville
• Global Wine Tourism *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• The Rest of the CapRock Winery/Texas Custom Wine Works Story
• Requiring Texas Grapes to ‘Go Texan’
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

ACADEMIA

• CUVEE – Cornell University Viticulture and Enology Experience

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• USDA Provides $8 Million To Help Boost Declining Honeybee Populations
• Price Now a Smaller Barrier to Buying Organic
• A Guide to Organic Viticulture *Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Burgundy: Learning On The Hill
• Turkey’s ‘wine dream has been halted’
• Why German wine sales should recover
• Piedmont Vineyard Landscape Recognized by UNESCO
• Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State*Sponsored Link*
• Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy*Sponsored Link*

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Korea land of opportunity for winemakers
• Finding Shangri-La in Yunnan
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Sex and the Cittadella
• Australian Bacon Awards winners announced
• Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris *Sponsored Link*