NEWS FETCH – June 26, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Top Exec Bails After Treasury shake-up
• Millions in Chinese government money used to buy French vineyards
• U.S. restaurant spending rises 1.7% in Q1
• Fiji Water Owners Spruce Up Justin Vineyards
• Coravin “Recalled,” Immediately Back On Market
• Changing of the guard at Peter Lehmann Wines
• Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth **Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Interview: Andy Beckstoffer
• Has local Love for wine gone too far in SLO?
• Stage is set for another good Napa Valley wine grape crop
• California still losing prime farmland to other uses
• Does the Grape Cycle Still Pertain to Napa and Sonoma?
• Is Your Winery Prepared To Profit From More Visitors? *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Water is the wild card for San Joaquin Valley wine grape growers
• Gov’s proposal intensifies water bond negotiations
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury Wine Estates signs exclusive label deal with Coles, Woolworths
• Tough fiscal year end closes for drinks industry’s biggest players
• Pernod Ricard drops strike plan
• Diageo creates global comms role

THIS SHOULD THE PUMP SHARES AGAIN (LIKE KKR, PERNOD ET. AL.)

• LVMH Added To List Of Potential Treasury Suitors

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• $91,000 bottle of wine a fake, Atlantan charges
• Fine wine investors looking to pawn collections
• WG Bottle Tag Helps Prevent Fakes
• Scotch Malt Whisky Investment & Enjoyment *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• What’s With the Teens Drinking Fancy Rosé Now?
• How strict are you about mixing kids and alcohol?
• Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

DISTRIBUTORS & IMPORTERS

• Vinho Verde Extends US Upswing
• Pasternak Appointed Exclusive U.S. Agent And Importer For Marchesi Fumanelli
• Chile’s Epica Enjoys Fast Start In U.S., Adds Argentine Malbec
• How to Import Wine: An Insider’s Guide *Sponsored Link*

LEGAL MATTERS

• Trademark Protection for Vineyard Brands
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• Executives reveal sales-driving beverage strategies
• New tool for collecting tasting-room data
• “Faces” World Cup Wines Offer a Team of Varieties
• Supporting Your Brand In Your Customer’s Crowded Portfolio **Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Hello Vino Launches Wine App for Android
• Reducing Shopping Cart AbandonmentWine
  
• Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The Challenges of Starting an Urban Winery
• Social media posts are scuttling more job applicants
• How to Launch your Wine Career: Dream Jobs in America’s Hottest Industry *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• How to Get the Press to Write About Your Beverage Brand
• For Premium AD CPM Prices, the Only Way Is Up
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Vintage versus Terroir: Can Science Find A Difference?
• Getting to know Dowell: RH Drexel talks with Parker.
• Sex, Sexism and the Natural Wine Label
• Wine Snobs are worse than thieves: ABC News
• Urban wineries, and medals, medals, medals
• Provence’s Ventoux is about more than entry-level co-op table wine
• Thinking out loud about Canadian wine
• Georgia (Sangiovese) On My Mind
• Judgment of Paris: mostly Sonoma County Wine in tha t#1 winner
• The Behind The Scenes Story Of How We Won The 1976 Paris Tasting
• Taste Buds and Molecules: The Art and Science of Food, Wine, and Flavor *Sponsored Link*

KILLER WINE

• Game of Thrones wines launched

MASSIVE DILUTION OF PERCEIVED VALUE

• Thousands of medals awarded in State Fair wine competition

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NW Wineries attract winemakers from California and France
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• House Committee Rails Against EPA’s ‘Secret Science’
• A Guide to Organic Viticulture *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Keep ahead of caterpillar threats
• Understanding Vineyard Soils *Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Valentino Monticello, sommelier and acclaimed artist, has died
• Alcohol ‘embedded’ in Ireland’s identity
• Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy*Sponsored Link*

DOWN UNDER

• S. Australian Wine Industry Association (SAWIA) launches Efficient Wineries Program
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine scandal involving Dalian shipowner uncorked
• China’s new wine frontier
• Ruby Red to open Beijing showroom on Saturday
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 5 Of The World’s Oldest Wine Bars
• 8 Unexpected Places With Great Wine
• Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris *Sponsored Link*