NEWS FETCH – July 9, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Wine, Beer Families Among Forbes Richest
• Feds Seek Court Approval Of Strong-Arm Farm Labor Tactics
• San Joaquin County files objections to twin tunnels
• Labor dispute briefly shuts LA, Long Beach ports
• Australia looks to revive exports
• Languedoc hit by hail ‘catastrophe’
• 12 Ads Show How US Learned To Love Wine
• Aussie wine vendors hail Japan tariff deal
• 15 Tips On Securing Distribution: How to Make Your Brand a Winner **Sponsored Link*

EASY COME. EASY GO. HARD TO SWALLOW.

• The Strohs Show How To Blow $9 Billion

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Everyone Angry at Proposed Santa Barbara Winery Rules
• Calif Farmer’s Market Wine Tasting Law Signed By Gov
• Grapes #2 as 2013 Tulare ag value hits nearly $8 bil
• Demand, gaps drive California table grape prices
• Tra Vigne restaurant in St. Helena fails inspection
• 99 Seconds To Bigger Tasting Room Sales *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• SLO Supes dodge position on Paso water district bill
• Urban water use restrictions expected for entire state
• Valley irrigation leaders warn against state’s river flow proposal
• EPA: Ditch the Myths, Not the Waters of the U.S. Rule
• Calif Water Board adopts curtailment rule; exempts ‘seniors’
• Preventing Flooding from Levee Breaches in the Central Valley
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, M&A

• ​Roussillon’s Maison Cazes buys vineyard in Maury
• New ways of funding wine in Australia
• Cash-Bearing Chinese Buyers Fuel $22 Billion in U.S. Home Sales

NEOPROHIBITION

• UK Pubs agree to serve weaker (under 12.5%) to beat tougher alcohol laws
• Back Door Prohibition
• The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• Finding Bigfoot: ROI in Social Media is Not a Mythical Beast
• Screw-caps dominate UK and Australian wine markets
• Beer Is Better Than Wine for the American Worker
• THIRSTIE Launches In Miami
• Creating a Premium Brand: Learnings from a New Zealand Producer **Sponsored Link*

BRANDING

• Why do wine brands think they don’t need a positioning/proposition?
• Ideas + Tech + Identity
• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Are you helping your customers through social media?
• Google releases findings on how to spot fake reputation builders
• Wine Marketing Online: How to use the newest tools of marketing to boost profits and build brands *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Tips To Improve Grower And Winery Relationships
• How to Launch your Wine Career: Dream Jobs in America’s Hottest Industry *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• If It’s Boring, You Might As Well Not Write It: Wine Prose & Labels
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What did a wine list look like in 1914?
• You’re Not Decanting Enough!
• Falling In Love With A Sommelier
• When is a wine too old?
• 60 different grape varieties, what would you do with them?
• Interview: Steve Fennell, Sanford Winery & Vineyards
• I love natural wine, but…
• Taste Buds and Molecules: The Art and Science of Food, Wine, and Flavor *Sponsored Link*

A NICE PLACE TO BE, INDEED

• Out in the Fields Drinking Old Vine Zinfandel

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Wider Use for Ozone in Winemaking
• Sugar is poor guide of when to pick for sparkloing
• Understanding Vineyard Soils *Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Savoie Fizz Joins the Crémant Family
• Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy*Sponsored Link*

DOWN UNDER

• Swan Hill hopes to become the wine region for Moscato
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Japanese grapes smash price record
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

LATIN AMERICA

• Chilean Winemakers Decry Proposed Tax Hike
• The Vineyard at the End of the World: Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Savino Connoisseur – A Way to Preserve Your Wine Investment
• Understanding The History of Wine Through Ancient Texts and Artifacts
• Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• Calif Commissiom Releases Proposed Olive Oil Standards
• Upswing in World Olive Oil Market
• First issue of OLIVAE in new scientific journal format
• Word Market for Olive Oil and Table Olives: 2013/14
• Survey Finds Consumers Both Enthused, and Confused, About Olive Oil
• Olive Oil World: Olive Oil Needs A Pitchman pitchman
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*