NEWS FETCH – July 30, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Can Treasury Wine Estates Ltd be the punchbowl of Asia?
• Calif wine industry strong despite bumps in road
• Argentina’s potential debt default could cause wine prices to fall
• IRI warns of US food and beverage promo fever
• NZ growers in £8.5m “skinny” wine push
• China loses its shine
• Calif cities among slowest in US to recover from recession
• 12 Reasons why you should use Case Displays in your next brand **Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Early Calif 2014 Grape Harvest Begins
• Napa Valley Harvest 2014 Begins July 30
• Minnesota, Wisconsin Vineyards Seeing Polar Vortex’s Bite
• Downy Mildew Hits Finger Lakes Grapes

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Smoke Damage Worries For Vineyards Near Amador Fire
• RSVP For Sonoma Sustainable Winegrowing Field Day
• Napa Valley towns pay tribute to Vera Trinchero Torres
• A Glimpse into the Soul of Santa Barbara Wine
• Photo Gallery: Allied Grape Growers annual meetings
• Cape Mentelle winemaker moves to Napa on quality mission
• Law allows minors to sip and spit–for credit
• Five Hot Ideas To Grow Your Tasting Room Traffic *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Garamendi blasts BDCP
• Stanislaus supervisor calls for relief for residents with dry wells
• Modesto Irrigation District leaders hustling to get growers more water
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo Revamps Executive Committee As Ghostine Departs
• Diageo appoints Facebook exec to bolster digital marketing skillset
• Chinese frugality, US share loss may hurt Diageo’s 2014 results

FINANCE, M&A

• The Wine Foundry Acquires Small Lot Custom Crush Facility in Napa
• 2014 Farm Bill Changes to have Neutral Impact on Farm Financials

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 10 keys to bear in mind when investing in wines
• Liv-Ex: Interview with Ashley Hopkins, Head of Vine
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• Reports of Alcohol-Related Family Trouble Remain Up in U.S.
• The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

NANNY STRIKES AGAIN

• Jagermeister ad banned
• Supermarket bans super-strength cans

LEGAL MATTERS

• Trademark Battle: Jamieson Ranch Vineyards Vs Pernod’s Irish Distillers
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

INDUSTRY DATA

• Biggest drinking US states mapped
• Wine: Only Alc Bev Where Per Capita Consumption Is Above 1977 Level

MARKETING & SALES

• Russia: Promising Market Hit By Geopolitical, Economic Challenges
• Lessons For Wine? How Hotels Can Engage Gen X and Millennial Guests
• Champagne’s Crisis: Adapt or fizzle out
• Walla Walla: Pioneers, Next Gen, Foreign Legion & Millennials
• Insights From One Of China’s Largest Wine Importers **Sponsored Link*

BRANDING

• Cracking the label code
• Top 10 Champagne brands
• Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• These Twitter Community Structures Can Simplify Your Work
• 3 simple steps to improving your digital marketing in China
• Price comparison site pinpoints cheapest times to buy drinks
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• When Journalism and Brand Management Collide
• How social media has amplified the PR process
• After 10 Years, Sideways is Still Bewitching
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Is “terroir” a social construct, or an objective fact?
• Wine Critics?: Who Can You Trust?
• Sam Sebastiani Returns to His Wine Roots
• Are Wine Enthusiasts Destroying The Sommelier?
• The evolution of Wall Street wine culture
• The rosé squeeze
• Wines of Irouléguy, in French Basque Country
• Taste Buds and Molecules: The Art and Science of Food, Wine, and Flavor *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MO wine industry still recovering from prohibition
• Southern NM vinyards harvesting national attention
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Broadland Wineries signs deal with Singlz PET wine glass
• The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels*Sponsored Link*

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• France set to tighten law on vineyard pesticide spraying
• A Guide to Organic Viticulture *Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Jeremy Rockett leaves González Byass GB after 10 years
• Aldi on verge of overtaking Waitrose as sales jump a further 32%

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China Wine: Appetizing, Affordable, Available
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine cup used by Pericles found in grave
• Saving the Wine, One Glass at a Time
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Calif craft brewers fear drought could alter business, and the beer
• Learn About the Business of Starting a Craft Brewery
• The Craft Beer Revolution: How a Band of Microbrewers Is Transforming the World’s Favorite Drink *Sponsored Link*