NEWS FETCH – August 8, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Hill Wine Co – Fireworks Likely In Today’s Liquidation Hearing
• Beijing project creates ‘Bordeaux in China’
• Calif wineries look to make use of a trade loophole and build exports to Cuba
• LabelVision Offers Searchable Visual Access to 1.5 Mil Alc Bev Labels
• 15 Tips On Securing Distribution: How to Make Your Brand a Winner **Sponsored Link*

GOODBYE RUDY, GOOD RIDDANCE

• LA Times: Wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan, once an L.A. name, gets 10 years
• Spectator: Wine Counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
• 10 Years “Just About Right” for Wine Fraudster Rudy
• Rudy, Fraud And Wine Snobs
• Kurniawan: Welcome to Clos de Pruno

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• OZ: Murray Valley 2014 crush down 10%
• French vineyards to face heavy storms

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine industry urged to help in study on red wine quality
• Napa County: Circle Oaks residents to fight vineyard project
• Tablas Creek: Photos of each Rhone grape as harvest approaches
• Five Hot Ideas To Grow Your Tasting Room Traffic *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Drought-busting El Niño looking less likely
• Brown’s ‘no-frills’ water bond offers no help for California
• Well water levels drop dramatically on UC Davis campus
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo has whisky ‘contingency plan’ in Russia
• Bud Light building secret city

FINANCE, M&A

• Saxco International acquires Square Peg Packaging

LEGAL MATTERS

• Ohio winery owner indicted on federal charges
• Explorers’ Club Shuts Down Johnnie Walker “Explorers’ Club Collection”
• Supplier-Funded Instant Rebates No Longer Permitted on Beer in California
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• Creative Shipping Rates are Good Wine Marketing Tools
• Global On- Vs Off-Premise Wine Sales Trends
• Why businesses that pass on data-driven marketing & sales tools might get left behind
• Insights From One Of China’s Largest Wine Importers **Sponsored Link*

BRANDING

• Should brands create their own fonts?
• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Industry Pros to Address Packaging
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Why article pages are going big on photos (and why they suck)
• WordPress & Drupal team up to save your website from going down
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Blog Visits: How To Make Every Second Count
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A new wine mixture of Bordeaux and Rhone is launched
• Vineyards In the Clouds: Wine Behind The Scenes At Delta Air Lines
• The Hoopes Scoop: Elegance In Oakville

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Fracking is Not Coming to the Finger Lakes. Here’s Why
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Dry farm for better wine – not to save water
• Understanding Vineyard Soils *Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK On-trade losing thousands in wine sales

DOWN UNDER

• 24 hours with Symington’s Australia
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Reality Bites: Treasury Wine’s cool plan to avoid a hostile takeover
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• Day of Olive Oil at Washington’s Smithsonian
• Russian “black lists” of imports includes olives and olive oil from Spain
• Greek Wine and Olive Oil Survive Russia’s Import Embargo
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*

ALMONDS & OTHER TREE NUTS

• Walnut dieback troublesome in Central California orchards
• US almond growers say ‘nuts!’ to Russian import limits
• Nuts: A Global History *Sponsored Link*