NEWS FETCH – June 30, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Diageo/SAB-Miller merger talk props up FTSE
• Move Over, Millennials, Here Comes Gen Z
• Could Calif weather a mega-drought?
• China’s taste for imported wines doubles
• Hail Crushes Hopes for Bumper Burgundy Vintage
• South African Wines Gaining Traction In U.S.
• Email Newsletters Thriving
• Beer cheaper than water in World Cup price war
• Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth **Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Fountaingrove Sub-AVA Proposed For North Coast
• Winery a natural next step for Salinas Valley grape growers
• Napa Valley Grapegrowers”Rootstock” Debuts in Nov.
• Morgan Twain-Peterson talks about his new Katusha Vineyard in Lodi
• Grapes: The economic engine that drives Sonoma county
• Surf’s Up for San Diego’s Wine-and-Food Scene
• Feds clear the track for the bullet train
• 99 Seconds To Bigger Tasting Room Sales *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• State to target upper Russian River water rights holders
• Atascadero Lake will disappear within a month
• SoCal should change how much is charged for water
• Why some Delta Protection Commission members are uneasy
• Drought forces Le Grand grower out of farmers markets
• Modesto’s rainfall year ends with dismal totals
• Calif Drought So Severe, Water Dowsers Are Back
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Foley wine co plans to upgrade on NZX

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Did liquor privatization help or hurt Washington?
• Ahead of Wine in TN Grocery Stores Is Food in Wine Stores
• How to Import Wine: An Insider’s Guide *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, M&A

• Long Island vineyard funded through Kickstarter offers different wines

HEALTH

• French Try To Fight Its NeoDrys
• Research goes in to sulphite-free wine

LEGAL MATTERS, REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• Skepticism on Study that US beer market is open, freely competitive
• Does the Three Tier System Kill People?
• When a DOCG isn’t a DOCG
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• China’s end of the three-tiered system?
• Major global speakers lined up for Wine Vision 2014
• Supporting Your Brand In Your Customer’s Crowded Portfolio **Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Most Brands Measuring Social Content Effectiveness
• Facebook & Email Spying: People Will Hate You If You Secretly Mess With Them
• What Yo and Slingshot can teach us about why people share
• Foursquare to charge for access to its check-in data
• Wine Marketing Online *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• UC Extension advisor leaves labor management tips before retirement
• How to Launch your Wine Career *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• This Is Your Site On Flash
• Wine Across America: The Movie
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Serge Hochar, the Brave Knight of Lebanon
• The comeback of carménère
• Broadly speaking, estate bottled wines are better
• Tasting Dom Pérignon From Various Decades
• DC Chefs Love Virginia Wine
• Fine wine in rural Wyoming
• Pinot Noir redux
• Cider: Easy To Be Hard
• Wines of Lebanon *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF BAD TASTE

• Oakland A’s dump wine for poorly made mixed drinks

GRAPES!

• Who’s Your Daddy?: Müller-Thurgau
• The Ghost Grape: Renaming “Tocai”
• Wine Grape Varietal Leaves

ACADEMIA

• Wine Business Education Summit 2014 – Germany

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Bees: Nature’s Dying Migrant Workers
• A Guide to Organic Viticulture *Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Georgia in wine-making renaissance

DOWN UNDER

• Mildura wine lost in truck crash fireball
• Barossa mourns Doug Lehmann
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

ROBO-CHEF

• Cornell team creates robot that understands casual commands, makes dessert (video)

TAKE A BITE OUT OF PAIN

• Dentists Offer Free Wine to Take the Edge Off Visits

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Pearl Jam singer drinks wine from fan’s shoe
• We have become accustomed to constant change and instant boredom
• Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris *Sponsored Link*

ALMONDS & OTHER TREE NUTS

• Chowchilla nut cooperative adds new huller and sheller
• Nuts: A Global History *Sponsored Link*

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Sonoma County’s brewpub boom
• The Craft Beer Revolution