NEWS FETCH – July 8, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Despite economics, Millennials still spending
• Nearly 80% of Calif now under ‘extreme’ drought
• Extreme drought fires endanger Calif wine regions
• Who Owns The Reputation of a Wine Region?
• Calif Oil Field Yields Water
• 15 Tips On Securing Distribution: How to Make Your Brand a Winner **Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Statewide farmland loss eased by grapes in Sonoma County
• Winemakers discovering Lodi’s Mokelumne Glen
• Lodi Pesticide Drift: More Details, Perspective
• Herbicide-Resistant Weeds Threaten Vineyards
• Calif drought imperils a dream
• Napa crop reports show historical rise of the mighty wine grape
• 99 Seconds To Bigger Tasting Room Sales *Sponsored Link*

FIRE/DROUGHT/WATER

• California restricts access to water well records
• Secrecy shrouding well-drilling data must end
• Three fires burn around Lake Nacimiento area
• Firefighters gain upper hand on Napa area fires
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• SD moves closer to direct wine sales – with catches
• PA Liquor privatization effort dead for now?
• Arkansas Confirms Direct Shippers Only Responsible for Statewide Taxes
• How to Import Wine: An Insider’s Guide *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Interview: Tom Looney, President, Diageo Guinness USA
• Should Constellation Worry About This New Cerveza From Bud?
• Is The Diageo plc—SABMiller plc Merger Back On?

HEALTH

• The Neo-Prohibitionists’ new study, new push
• Low-alcohol wine can lower nasty after effects
• Alcohol ads in magazines target under-21s
• Anatomy of American Alcohol Consumption
• 8 healthy foods that could wreck your diet
• Does Wine Make You Fat?
• The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• Tupper-wine? Tesco takes wine tasting to the consumer
• Veuve Clicquot Clutch Presents Champagne As A Must-Have Accessory
• First Cape trims range as hard to make ‘nice-tasting’ low alcohol wines
• Creating a Premium Brand: Learnings from a New Zealand Producer **Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Social Media is Lost Without a Social Compass
• VinoPRO Announces Tasting Room Kiosk Solution for Automated Data Capture
• Social Media – where it’s not rude to interrupt other people’s conversations
• Wine Marketing Online: How to use the newest tools of marketing to boost profits and build brands *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• What’s The Point Of Points? Wine Spectator Responds
• Heimoff’s prescription for wine magazines
• Get to Know The Authors of “The World of Sicilian Wine”
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Paul Draper’s Quest to Reveal What’s Actually in Your Wine
• Napa Cabs: Is the jammy monster wines period over?
• Tradition and innovation in wine
• The Alchemy of Winemaking Still Counts
• Luca D’Attoma, one of the top Italian wine oenologists
• The diversity of wine
• Wine defects
• Wine Faults: Causes, Effects, Cures *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• New York Grape Growers Asked To Fill Out Winter Injury Survey
• Reputation Tapping and Marketing Silliness — Virginia is Virginia!
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Wine flexitank capable of carrying two different liquids launched
• Cover crops and vineyard floor temperature
• Understanding Vineyard Soils *Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Leading UK independents criticise major wine suppliers for “lazy” service
• UK Alcohol industry praised by government over Responsibility Deal

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Tempranillo and India growing fastest
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

LATIN AMERICA

• With Wine, Machismo Rules In Latin America
• The Vineyard at the End of the World: Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• So You Wanna Be A Wine Hack…?
• Coravin’s Bottle Condom
• Understanding The Difference Between Old World Wines And New World Wines
• Amphoras as seen through the eyes of Portugal
• Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris *Sponsored Link*