NEWS FETCH – August 20, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Calif allocated 5X more surface water than the state has
• Women Drink More Vino, But Spend Less Than Men
• Words: Big Trouble For Tasting Notes
• How to Sell Your Brand To Online Retail Channels **Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Paso Pre-Harvest Report: The Crop Drop
• Argentine wine prices stable despite economic crisis
• Harsh Winter Allows NY Wineries to Use Out-of-State Grapes

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• LI Demei: Seeking the wine dream in Napa
• Napa County supervisors hear calls for new winery rules
• Fresno business groups vow to fight bill on labor violations
• How To Engage Your Wine Club Members So They Can’t Live Without You *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Fresno group in U.S. court over water usage in S.F.
• Merced County hires expert to help draft groundwater ordinance
• Drought’s insidious stress on wildlife
• Calif Reservoir and water conditions for August 18, 2014

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Tesco and Morrisons stocks rate of return declines by around 30%

FINANCE

• Outlook for Farmland Prices, Cash Rents Into 2015

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Thousands of fake wines destroyed in China
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• Red Wine May Protect Against Foodborne Illnesses
• The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

LEGAL MATTERS

• Penalty upheld against BC company that sold wine without charging tax
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

INDUSTRY DATA

• Prices, Ratings Bias Consumer Enjoyment & Willingness To Pay
• Mining Wine Labels Online

MARKETING & SALES

• Consumers prepared to pay more for pricier wines, report finds
• Uberflip intros scoring system to show marketers which content works
• Lay’s, Uber Launch Urban Delivery Service (wine with that picnic?)
• Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist **Sponsored Link*

MILLENNIAL MARKETING MADNESS

• Don’t miss the point with US millennials
• Harnessing User Generated Content To Tap Millennials
• Parents key to millennials’ drinking habits
• Boomer Vs. Millennials: Who Cares About Wine The Right Way?
• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• The 10th Annual Sustainable Ag Expo
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Winestyr, Wine Direct … Content & Serving Readers
• Truth & The Art of Diplomacy
• A new winery P.R. website is born
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Terroirist Manifesto of Anselme Selosse
• Color and sound, important when tasting
• Bonny Doon’s Randall Grahm scales back, forges ahead
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

WINE RATINGS

• Wines of Affection: Price and scores simply don’t matter
• Wine scores can be helpful, but don’t rely on them too heavily

RESTAURANTS, FOOD & WINE

• How Restaurant Wine Lists Are Sexist
• Julia Child On Wine, Food, And Spoiled People
• Cognac-soaked hot dog is most expensive

WINE TRANSITIONS

• Leading Hungary winemaker Laszlo Bussay dies
• RIP Paolo Rapuzzi

VINO VARIETY

• Italy’s Weird And Wonderful Wine Grapes
• Michigan’s Varietal Variety

WINE TOURISM

• The Best Wine Tasting Tours Around the World
• Global Wine Tourism *Sponsored Link*

OH CANADA!

• Ontario Farmers’ market wine sales slow to start
• The Wines of Canada *Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Magnum Fine Wines bought by Farr Vintners
• Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy*Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The EXTRA (glass shards) in Your Corona Extra
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

OLIVES

• Table olive growers report a ‘real bad’ crop
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*

ALMONDS & OTHER TREE NUTS

• Drought, heat take toll on almond sizes, weights
• Nuts: A Global History *Sponsored Link*