NEWS FETCH – June 27, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Could a Treasury takeover top-up ‘glass half-full’ wine industry?
• El Niño Is Coming
• Dispute Between Duckhorn & Duck Walk Flares Up
• Hill, Carneros, Ranch & The TTB: A Clarification
• Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth **Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Robledo Family Succession Nears As Chapt 11 Winds Down
• Californian making mark in NZ wines with Pyramid Valley
• California closer to passing under-aged ‘sip and spit’ bill
• California winemaker plans $2m central LA winery
• Paso Wine alliance hires new membership director
• Is Your Winery Prepared To Profit From More Visitors? *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Grapes and Water-Use Efficiency
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• TWE tactics win analyst’s approval
• Molson CEO Says Craft-Beer Firms ‘Massively Overvalued’ (Note to Big Beer: Not to their consumers, they aren’t)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• How Radioactive Dating Is Used to Authenticate Wine
• Don’t use Coravin without protective sleeve, says US safety watchdog
• Bigging Up Your Wine Bottles
• Scotch Malt Whisky Investment & Enjoyment *Sponsored Link*

KILLER ALCOHOL

• Alcohol Kills One in 10 US working-age adults: CDC
• Alcohol still #1 killer on Europe’s roads
• The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

WINE AND WOMEN

• 31 Things Women Do ONLY When Drinking Wine With Other Women
• Why do women drink more wine than men?
• Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

BRANDING

• Creating a Premium Brand: Learnings from an NZ Producer
• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook secretly moved all of your Instagram photos to its own servers
• EU and US at stand-off over .wine domain names
• Wine Marketing Online: How to use the newest tools of marketing to boost profits and build brands *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• 3 Ways Winemakers Trick You Into Paying Too Much
• Are Wine Trade Groups Worth the Money?
• Good idea? Coffee-flavored wine in a can
• Does your wine club need to improve?
• Supporting Your Brand In Your Customer’s Crowded Portfolio **Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Drink, Drank, Drunk: A Lesson In Wine Grammar Using Stock Photos
• Top 10 Reasons This Blogger Blogs
• Corporate Awards & Prizes: Subtle Ways Of Biasing Media Coverage
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Safe Havens for Albariño in California
• On the benefits of estate bottling
• Jon Thorsen, The Reverse Wine Snob
• Trade talk: Champagne ageing
• Wine Faults: Causes, Effects, Cures *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY Winter grape losses starting to become apparent
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Finding Closure(s) in Portugal
• The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels*Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• President of French wine co-op indicted for rape
• Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy*Sponsored Link*

DOWN UNDER

• Veteran Australian Winemaker Announces Retirement
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

DOH!

• Don’t Chew Gum, and Other Basic Wine Tasting Rules

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Edible Infographics
• Disturbing Restaurant Trends
• Why do yeast make alcohol?
• Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• Update of IOC database of experts
• First national laboratory for olive oil testing launched in Lebanon
• The Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil
• A study of potential therapeutic effect of EVOO in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Olive Oil School Wraps Up Its First Semester
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*