NEWS FETCH – July 3, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Major Pesticide Drift Threatens Lodi-Area Vineyards
• Light Beer Heads For 10-Yr Low, wine and spirits to post modest gains
• Wineries Near Napa Fire Still Okay
• Analyst sees logic in SAB Miller, Diageo merger
• Spectator publisher donates $3M to Sonoma State U
• Bank Reports Strong Farm Incomes Holding Land Values in Check
• US Wine Regions Join Protest Against .wine and .vin Domain Names
• EPA May Spend Summer Defending Waters of the U.S. Rule
• 15 Tips On Securing Distribution: How to Make Your Brand a Winner **Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Aussie wineries face selling wines at a loss in 2014
• Harvest 2014: What Winemakers are Really Worrying About

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Yountville Hill winery wins narrow approval from planners
• Butts fire evacuees face another night away from home
• Paul Hobbs Faces Potential Fine for Sonoma Clear Cutting
• Rebuilding the Mondavi empire
• Marc Mondavi turns water witch
• Sonoma County wineries’ leftovers transformed into snack food
• 99 Seconds To Bigger Tasting Room Sales *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Water Board promises swifter enforcement of curtailment orders
• Super-Absorbent Gel Could Help Farmers Save Water
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Is Mass about to legalize direct wine shipments?
• How to Import Wine: An Insider’s Guide *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH & NEOPROHIBITION

• One glass of wine or a beer at 14 could set teenagers on the path to binge drinking
• What Really Happened During Prohibition?
• A sort-of, kinda, equivocal, wishy-washy study of alcohol consumption

INDUSTRY DATA

• US: Spirits sales outpace wine, beer in 2007-2012 – figures

MARKETING & SALES

• If You Think Gen Y is Different, Wait Until You Meet Generation Z
• Vino Volo’s Airport Wine Rip-Off
• Booze Is the Biggest Source of In-Flight Revenue for U.S. Airlines
• Baptism of Fire competition makes wine accessible to a new vintage of Aussie consumers
• Creating a Premium Brand: Learnings from a New Zealand Producer **Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Vision to focus on how industry must adapt to millennials’ needs
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• An anti-phishing tool you probably don’t know about
• Wine Marketing Online: How to use the newest tools of marketing to boost profits and build brands *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• US no longer a young wine drinking country–compared to China
• Want to be natural? Harvest from wild vines, says grape geneticist
• Another View of “Estate Bottled”
• The next big thing? Probably not

WINE EDUCATION

• VA: Two new wine schools launch in Loudoun

EUROPE & THE UK

• ‘Not an efficient use of public money’: EU auditor slams €1.16bn wine fund
• 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

• Chinese wine theme TV series Wine Beauty to be aired
• Grange rovers: Penfolds holds its first re-corking clinic in Beijing
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Daily Meal Lists 101 “Best Wineries” of U.S.
• Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris *Sponsored Link*