NEWS FETCH – August 1, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Wine Prop 65 Settlement Opt-In Details Grow Less Murky
• No El Niño in 2014? Drought-weary California in trouble
• Has Sideways Cost Merlot Farmers More than $400M?
• French hospital opens wine bar for terminally ill
• Ag business is no longer business as usual, says expert
• Stabenow Calls on EPA, Army Corps for More Info on Waters of the US Rule
• 12 Reasons why you should use Case Displays in your next brand **Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Calif breaks drought record as 58% of state hits driest level
• Appellate court OKs high-speed rail bond sale
• Wine Institute Joins Governor Brown’s Mexico Trade Mission
• Don Davis Named Sales and Hospitality Director for MacRostie
• Five Hot Ideas To Grow Your Tasting Room Traffic *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• US OKs huge export of Merced groundwater to Stanislaus County
• Tales From the Dry Farmed Vineyard
• Atascadero residents trying to refill lake
• Lebanon: A model project to save rainwater
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• NZ Wineries expand to meet demand
• J Vineyards leads off early harvest for Sonoma County

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• ABI snatches back Corona control from Carlsberg in China
• Beringer Unveils New Upscale Red Blend
• Concha y Toro Joins the Global Compact

FINANCE, M&A

• How To Secure A Farm Loan

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Could the wine in your cellar be your family’s best investment?
• Liv-Ex: Spotlight on Lynch Bages
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

NANNY GOES NUTS

• UK Launches Ankle Tag Monitoring For Binge Drinkers
• Winemakers Too Happy for France’s Anti-Alcohol Lobby

LEGAL MATTERS

• The global wine market is about to get a shot in its legal arm
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• The Red Dress Effect: How Marketers Have Been Suckering Us With This Strategy Forever
• Online Wine Sales Forecast to Explode
• Insights From One Of China’s Largest Wine Importers **Sponsored Link*

BRANDING

• Supporting Your Brand In Your Customer’s Crowded Portfolio
• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends *Sponsored Link*

OBVIOUS MARKETING STATEMENT OF THE YEAR SO FAR

• Consumers will drink cheap wine until the trade convinces them to do otherwise

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine, beer, spirits groups benefit from sharing stories
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Upcycling Blog Posts Your Readers Will Love
• Facebook faces EU and US probes over data harvesting
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT

• Supply chain investment to secure wine future
• 8 Reasons Why Internal Communicators Should Cheat on Outlook
• Wine Business Case Studies:: Thirteen Cases from the Real World of Wine Business Management *Sponsored Link*

EMPLOYMENT

• 6 ways to search for a job using social media
• Talk with, not at, the interviewer

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Problem with Pinot Noir
• How Much More Do We Care About Food Than Wine?
• Zachys President Reveals What’s Hot In New York

WINE TOURISM

• The Ten Most Luxurious Wine Country Hotels
• Global Wine Tourism *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Walla Walla Valley prepares to welcome new AVA
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Gerard Depardieu will not be the next chief winemaker of Crimea
• UK vintners to benefit from climate study
• Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State*Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 7 Ways to Make Bad Wine Drinkable
• In your glass of Pinot: Food coloring, weird additives, and a 400% markup
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• Beringer Unveils New Upscale Red Blend
• What Happens When You Add Olive Oil to a Cocktail?
• EVOO On Your Cereal for Breakfast?
• In Spain, a Villa Where Wine and Olive Oil Flow
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*

ARGUMENT #357 FOR SHOPPING LOCALLY

• CDC says Foster Farms outbreak appears to be over “Appears to be?” Does anyone really know?