NEWS FETCH – July 29, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Courts Finally Catch Up To WineGavel Auction Site Founder
• Water is the next oil in a rush to turn resources into profit
• Treasury boosts Penfolds sales, avoids takeover
• Farmers drilling deeper for water as drought drags on
• 12 Reasons why you should use Case Displays in your next brand **Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Amador Foothill sold to Lava Cap
• North Coast winegrape harvest set to begin this week
• Harvest 2014: It’s quiet out there. Too quiet.
• Coughlan Napa CPA Co. to host WWS Roundtable
• Five Hot Ideas To Grow Your Tasting Room Traffic *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• North Coast farmers face new state, federal water rules
• West’s water worries rise as Lake Mead falls
• Growers file 2nd appeal against frost rules
• BDCP comment period grinds to an end
• Stanislaus County hopes to seek funding for groundwater efforts
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard refutes fake Jacob’s Creek claims
• Struggling Chinese baijiu sales weigh on Diageo?
• Pernod Ricard and 34 launch a responsible drinking selfie

MIXED ECONOMIC MESSAGES

• Are U.S. Consumers Putting the Recession in the Rear View Mirror?
• U.S. Economic Confidence Down Sharply From Last Week
• A third of consumers with credit files had debts in collections last year

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• Wine crime and wine shipping
• The VQA and SA Wine & Spirit Board’s plot to kill wine

LEGAL MATTERS

• Wine Producers Now On The Hook For Prop 65 Health Warnings At Retailers
• Trademarks: protecting your product and your reputation
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• QR Codes Help Keep Wines Authentic and In Reach
• Naked Wines kicks off free same-day SF delivery
• Insights From One Of China’s Largest Wine Importers **Sponsored Link*

BRANDING

• Does your logo work across all platforms?
• Creating Effective Marketing For Your Brand
• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine world lines up for Vinexpo Nippon
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• How will the Internet of Things impact the wine business?
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

TO-MAY-TOE … TO-MAH-TOE?

• Going down in history as a Variety versus Varietal old fart
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Aroma of Color w Jordi Ballester, an IPNC Seminar
• Professor claims terroir is a myth
• All Wines Deserve A Level Playing Field
• The New World of the northern Rhône
• French Malbec: A new relationship
• The Real Frontier of Chilean Wine
• Learning about using language to describe wine
• Q&A: Thierry Brouin Of Domaine Des Lambrays

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Neonic Pesticides Showing Up in Midwestern Streams
• A Guide to Organic Viticulture *Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• A ‘yes’ vote from Scotland could cripple drinks firms with duty headaches

DOWN UNDER

• A search for the most expensive vineyard real estate in Australia.
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Taxes: A Big Reason Your Wine Has China Troubles
• Reaching Markets in the Far East
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

LOL

• World’s first Champagne ice lolly launches

TOTALITARIAN CELEBRITY SPOKESPEOPLE?

• Depardieu to be face of Crimean wine?
• Duchovny defends ‘pro-Russian’ beer ad

CALL VINO-911, STAT!

• Overwhelmed by trying to open a bottle of Lambrusco

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Stunning Architecture Of The Wine World
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*