NEWS FETCH – July 7, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Sparkling wine growth continues to surge
• Lodi Pesticide Drift – Update
• No World Cup sales boost for wine
• Naked Wines enjoys sales boom
• Global Wine Market Update from the Ciatti Company
• 15 Tips On Securing Distribution: How to Make Your Brand a Winner **Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Details On Sonoma State’s $3 Million Wine Spectator Donation
• European grapevine moth trapped in Sonoma County
• New Winery Heads Into the home stretch
• Japanese farming delegation studies Lodi wine
• Napa: MST recycled water pipeline prepares to break ground
• Monticello blaze continues to challenge firefighters
• 99 Seconds To Bigger Tasting Room Sales *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Levee breaks east of Sanger, several families evacuate (video)
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

HAIL ON EARTH

• Hail: everything you never wanted to know
• Hail Damage From The Air
• The hail damage in Burgundy is sad, but…

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Adrian Atkinson quits Pernod Ricard
• Pernod Ricard hires Cirkle for “conviviality” trade brief amid cuts
• Treasury: When wine becomes a bitch

FINANCE, M&A

• Cathiards buy 4 Chateaux Including Beauregard
• The Bud Battle: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Buy ‘Em

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-Ex: The role of a fine wine exchange
• A nose for crime: counterfeit wines
• Wine shouldn’t be for investment. Should it?
• Liv-ex’s most popular wines of 2014
• Classics to dominate Bonhams sale
• Scotch Malt Whisky Investment & Enjoyment *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• A new cocktail calculator that tells alcohol content of your drink
• French Bosses Allowed to Say “Non” to Lunchtime Wine
• The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• Help TTB Break the Logjam

LEGAL MATTERS

• Calif’s New Minimum Wage Affects Wine Industry Employers
• Immigration law at the Sonoma County Wine Library
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• For NakedWines One-to-One Discussions Drive Growth
• 8 Ways To Price Your Wine for Sustainable Growth
• Winery Membership Organizations: Measuring the Value
• Mobile advertising for millennials — how to do it right
• Searching For The Next Big Thing And Missing An Obvious Point
• Wine at the Rodeo means Big Competition
• Creating a Premium Brand: Learnings from a New Zealand Producer **Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ‘This most traditional of industries must transform!’ Wine Vision MD
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 3 Right Ways That Wine Brands Engage Online
• Sticky Matters: Those controversial .wine domains
• 4 Mistakes That Can Harm a Company’s Social Media Campaign
• 5 Social Media Marketing Rules “Orange is the New Black” Teaches Us
• Now YouTube is calling out ISPs for crappy streaming video service
• Driving commerce with mobile: increasing savings & shortening in-store visits
• Wine Marketing Online: How to use the newest tools of marketing to boost profits and build brands *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Call me Jancis
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Not Just 4 or 5 tastes: there are over 20
• The Wine Curmudgeon visits The Reverse Wine Snob
• Wine In A Can Appeals To The Rebel In All Of Us
• Why ‘Natural’ Wine Tastes Worse Than Putrid Cider
• London Sommeliers Offer Tips on Scary Business of Picking Wines
• Walla Walla winemakers showcase terroir, style in Syrah
• Q&A: Danilo Drocco Of Fontanafredda
• Patricia Green Cellars Revisited
• Strong Words
• Umami: Unlocking the Secrets of the Fifth Taste *Sponsored Link*

WINE EDUCATION

• Looking California, and feeling Minnesota
• ASEV Honors Bisson, Bates
• NZ scholarship up for grabs for UK wine professionals

WINE TOURISM

• Mendoza wineries lure LGBT travellers
• Global Wine Tourism *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Drink Local Wine and TasteCamp Announce Partnership
• Oregon’s Union Wine Co. Targets 100K Cases
• Starring Tempranillo and Wine Clubs: Oregon’s Southern Wineries
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The Effects of Biochar on Vine Growth and Grape Quality
• Farmers beat environmental groups in latest water dispute
• Understanding Vineyard Soils *Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Cristal Roederer’s Universe

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Increasingly adventurous Japanese welcome different wine styles
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Egypt: the vineyards behind the pyramids
• Wines of Lebanon *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• When should you drink that bottle?l
• Are These The Best 101 Wineries In America?
• John the Apostle Talks with Jesus: on Water, Natural Winemaking and Large Gatherings
• On wine criticism, “The Purge” and situational quality
• Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris *Sponsored Link*

ALMONDS & OTHER TREE NUTS

• How To Train Young Walnut Trees
• Irrigation Management Strategies For Your Almond Orchard
• Nuts: A Global History *Sponsored Link*

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Can Big Beer close the idea gap with craft?
• TTB Formula Ruling is Big Win for Craft Brewers
• Hop to it!