NEWS FETCH – July 22, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Company At Center Of Lodi Herbicide Drift to move to Denver
• Napa’s Quixote Winery Sold To Chinese-Owned Firm: $29 Million
• Cash Crops With Dividends: Winegrapes, Ag Turned Into Securities
• FBI hunts winemaker linked to neo-nazi site
• 10 Must-Have Documents to Have Ready For Your Distributor Meeting **Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Milats will close winery, keep property
• Mondavi Center gets $400,000 grant
• Calif Gov Signs Student Tasting Law
• Five Hot Ideas To Grow Your Tasting Room Traffic *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• High-bidding farmers battle in water auctions
• Calif taxpayers may be stuck with BDCP costs
• Coalition forms to manage Califgroundwater
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Chateau St. Jean A Rare Bright Spot For Treasury

FINANCE, M&A

• William Grant, Rémy Reportedly Mulling Drambuie Buy

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Spectator Auction Index Up 1.5 Percent in Q2
• Prosecutors Name More Kurniawan Victims
• First growth prices rise 700% in 25 years
• Burgundy has become the new king of the auction market

A HEALTH STORY THAT WON’T STOP

• How Even Moderate Drinking Harms Your Heart – No Wine Industry Response. So, It’s true?
• The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

LEGAL MATTERS

• Wine in Bond-age
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

SALES TRENDS

• UK Prosecco sales go bananas
• Trade begs for end to deep discounts
• Insights From One Of China’s Largest Wine Importers **Sponsored Link*

INDUSTRY DATA

• Calif Alcohol Taxes

MARKETING

• Crowdsourcing sets new wine blend from Rosemount Estate
• Same-Day Naked Delivery in SF
• Wine firms must be consumer-centric to win new generation of drinkers
• Consumers Want More Flexibility in Their Shopping and Shipping
• Vintners uncork retail tech for direct sales

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWine China 2014 to Feature Exciting Ancillary Program
• Interwine Roadshow 2014 hails success in Nanning
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Breaking Web Design Conventions = Breaking the User Experience
• Blogging: Social Media OR Search Tactic?
• How To Master Twitter Marketing to Boost Business Profits
• Are You Producing Content Like An A-Lister?
• Wine Marketing Online: How to use the newest tools of marketing to boost profits and build brands *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Co-Workers Quitting? You Might Get a Raise
• 13 real-life stories of the worst customers ever
• New Glassdoor features use data science to help you find work
• How to Launch your Wine Career: Dream Jobs in America’s Hottest Industry *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine By Any Other Name Doesn’t Rate As Well
• How The Pros Taste From WBC14
• Chianti deserves better
• Dave McIntyre, wine scores, and wine in the movies
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Hail to The Shale
• Paso Robles: It’s Hot But Cooler Than You Think
• Comments on Bruce Palling’s anti-natural wine article
• Is there anything natural about raw wine?
• Suddenly, more wines contain cobalt
• The man behind ReversewineSnob.com
• Sun and slate – the secret to Mosel wine
• The Five Pillars of Walla Walla’s Wine Success
• Brothers in Wine
• Wine Faults: Causes, Effects, Cures *Sponsored Link*

WINE TOURISM

• The Top Ten Places in The World You Must Visit if You Love Wine
• Global Wine Tourism *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Could wine-making get big in Northern Nevada?
• Winery in Nebraska rebounds from fire that leveled it
• BC: The Comox Valley’s 40 Knots Winery changes hands
• VA: Old House Vineyards Hires Andy Reagan
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• In the Vineyard with Paul Verdegaal: A Dry Year and Pest Update
• Understanding Vineyard Soils *Sponsored Link*

JUST BECAUSE THE EPA APPROVED IT, DOESN’T MEAN IT’S OK

• NW Wildlife Refuges To Ban Neonicotinoid Pesticides

THIS IS NOT OKAY

• China Is Brewing Wine From Tiger Bones

EUROPE & THE UK

• Rhone wine co-ops fighting ‘supply war’ with negociants
• Banker bets bonus on 400 flagging pubs
• Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State*Sponsored Link*

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Wine Offers Brighter Future for Ethiopia
• Wines of Lebanon *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Origin Of The Wine Spritzer
• Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• Oil, Art and Culture in Liguria
• India’s olive oil imports drop 10 percent in 2013-14
• Greek olive oil exports expand in Japan market, shrink in others
• Japanese Olive and Olive Oil Sector review
• European Olive Oil Prices Rise Over 30% Since Start of the Year
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*

ALMONDS & OTHER TREE NUTS

• ‘Thumbs up’ to walnut marketing order continuation
• Nuts: A Global History *Sponsored Link*

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• 10 of the best jobs in beer
• The Craft Beer Revolution: