NEWS FETCH – August 21, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine plunges into red amid takeover battle
• A Breather in California’s High-Speed Harvest
• Water bond measure is a bad deal for North Coast
• Calif Economic Collision Course: Immigration and Water
• Border Crisis Not Helping US Farmers
• How to Sell Your Brand To Online Retail Channels **Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• European Wine Harvest in the Lap of the Weather Gods
• Rainy Weather Jolts Temecula Valley Wine Industry
• NY: Hope at harvest after harsh winter
• NZ wine exports rise 10% after record harvest
• Vines still available, order now!! **Sponsored Link*

WELL … THAT WENT BADLY. SO … LET’S TRY IT AGAIN!

• Treasury Wine’s Michael Clarke flags US acquisitions despite $100m loss

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Inc. Magazine Taps VinoPRO To list of the fastest growing private companies
• Vintner Doumani proposes 84-room hotel in St. Helena
• Chumash Expansion Plans Scrutinized
• Santa Ynez water releases are flowing again from Lake Cachuma
• Coldani Olive Ranch Acquires Lodi Olive Oil Company
• California drought stings bees, honey supplies
• How To Engage Your Wine Club Members So They Can’t Live Without You *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Cuyama Valley Drying Up
• Cal water rights: You can’t manage what you don’t measure
• In a dry year, study reveals contracts don’t hold water
• Nacimiento pipeline fix is a priority
• Oregon Water dispute boils
• New satellite data will help farmers facing drought
• How Dust Could Solve California’s Drought
• If You Think the Water Crisis Can’t Get Worse, Wait Until the Aquifers Are Drained

PRIVATIZATION

• Ontario Report Calls for End to Liquor Monopoly
• Canadians Want The Government to Remove Wine Barriers
• How to Import Wine: An Insider’s Guide *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod pushes for a premium Christmas
• Diageo rows with Portman Group after breaching marketing code
• AG Barr poaches Diageo supply chain guru as finance chief

TREASURY – FAMILIAR HEADLINES REDUX

• Time running out for Clarke at Treasury Wine
• Treasury Wine posts loss on US …

IMPORT/EXPORT

• Export Insurance Program Crucial for Washington Wine Industry

HEALTH

• Mum’s the word as wine-quaffing women get some sobering news
• Are Sulfites in Wine Bad for You?
• Sulphite scare prompts Waitrose Chardonnay recall
• Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

WINE RATING AND WRITING

• The changing approaches to wine writing
• Rating The Rating Systems – Where Words Can Actually Work
• The Legendary Study That Embarrassed Wine Experts Across the Globe

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Vintank’s Powerful updates to customer search
• 99% of organic social posts create almost no engagement (But hang on, there’s an upside)
• Drync for Android now lets US oenophiles pay for wine using Google Wallet
• Social Media Marketing is Dead
• Smart wristbands gaining traction for site-specific payments and passes
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

WINE SHIPPING

• Technology Brings Wine Shipping Out of the Past
• Same-day delivery: The next frontier for online wine?
• Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• Sales rep: The Most Important Person In Your Supply Chain
• Why grocery stores love wine
• Why The Vodka Nation Is Ripe For Wine
• Exclusive Club Marries Wine and Business for High-End Networkers
• Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist **Sponsored Link*

MANAGING INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Identifying How and When to Collect Customer Data
• Google says it favors encryption, but it’s penalizing encrypted retailers
• Stitch Labs grabs $3.5M to keep your online store running faster and more smoothly
• Do you really know your consumer? The art and science of location data.
• 7 reasons why we’re going to see more card data breaches at our favorite retail stores
• Social media and content automation for brands

EMPLOYMENT & WORK

• Female sommeliers on the rise
• Great infographic: 200 Jobs Compared
• How to keep your job search confidential
• Working on vacation irks loved ones
• Americans’ Satisfaction With Job Security at New High
• Working on vacation irks loved ones
• Wine Business Case Studies:: Thirteen Cases from the Real World of Wine Business Management *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Telling the Santa Ynez Valley’s Wine Story
• Robert Lawrence Balzer Breaks the Sta. Rita Hills
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The (Still) Dismal State of California Chardonnay
• Q&A with Viviana Navarrete of Viña Leyda
• Talking Chardonnay + winemaking with Maggie Harrison, Antica Terra
• Chile rescues near-extinct Romano grape
• Cadaretta’s Soil Composition at Southwind Vineyard
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Lafite and Mouton: trading places
• Staglin family event raises millions for mental health
• Wineapalooza Paws Its Way On To The Napa Valley Scene
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

SOVIET (RE)UNION

• Russia considers state monopoly on wine production
• Will Paul Masson Be Banned in Moscow?

AT LEAST IT WASN’T NICKI MINAJ

• Champagne coupe moulded from Kate Moss’s breast launched

OH CANADA!

• Okanagan College Unlocks the Secret to Local Wine Success
• The Wines of Canada *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Pindar Vineyards Founder, Long Island Wine Pioneer Dies
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Skinnygrape wine brand embraces PET
• Morrisons wine closure uses 64% less aluminium than screw cap
• The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels*Sponsored Link*

HOLY VINO, BATMAN!

• British Cathedral to sell communion wine

DOWN UNDER

• Aus vintners fear planned coal mine
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wild Figs and Ancient Chants
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

HOPE THAT STAYS IN VEGAS

• Man builds $80k beer fort on dancefloor