NEWS FETCH – August 28, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Napa Vintners provide $10 million for new disaster fund
• Calif delays massive Delta water tunnel project
• Catastrophe-modeling firms view Northern California quake damage
• Jenga Barrels! How Clever Napans Untangle The Quake Jumble & Avoid More Disaster
• 12 Things to Consider When Expanding your Beverage Brand’s Line-up. *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Is Spain’s bulk wine industry in crisis?
• Lake County grower’s harvest off to an early start
• Mid-Columbia grape growers plan for record harvest

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Chumash Expansion Ignites Santa Ynez Valley Fever
• Sonoma County stream protection rules back for debate
• Dreams and Sacrifice, or “Making It” In Wine Country
• Oak Farm Vineyards ramping up with new tasting room, production facility
• Distributor fined $116,400 for truck pollution
• How To Engage Your Wine Club Members So They Can’t Live Without You *Sponsored Link*

QUAKE NEWS

• City of Napa estimates quake damage to private property at $300 million
• Napa vintners say 95 percent of wineries up and running
• Quake Damage Becomes Napa’s Newest Attraction For Tourists
• Napa County to vote on federal funds for quake
• How to Help #DrinkNapa #NapaStrong
• Dodging Bullets In The Napa Earthquake
• DP&F Law Reaches Out After Quake Halts Operations

DROUGHT/WATER

• Striking Photos Of California’s Dwindling Water Supplies
• Partial settlement in suit over Stanislaus County groundwater drilling permits
• EPA’s Waters and Wetlands Maps Released Under Pressure from House Committee
• Groundwater reform more important than water bond
• USDA doesn’t find drought price effect yet

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Concha y Toro profit surges 165% on strong wine exports
• Australian Vintage outshines rival with strong profits rise
• Pernod Ricard shares at 10-month high
• Pernod posts double-digit profit loss
• Pernod CEO Outlines Job Cuts as Chinese Market Improves

HEALTH

• Most Kids Have Tasted Alcohol by Age 12

DRINK TO REMEMBER, DRINK TO FORGET

• Moderate Drinking Helps Memory, Heavy Drinking May Cause Dementia

MARKETING & SALES

• Quake Relief Sales: Be Specific Or Be Suspicious
• Emotion is the key to wine marketing
• Retailer With Beverage Education As A Priority
• Crafty Aussie beer independents set sights on China’s middle-class
• Programming your Brand for Retail Depletions: What programs work and don’t work *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Brands Hop on Board Instagram’s Hyperlapse
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Why Successful Entrepreneurs Are Effective Delegators
• Wine Business Case Studies:: Thirteen Cases from the Real World of Wine Business Management *Sponsored Link*

POINT, COUNTERPOINT: PAUL DOLAN AND MENDO WINECO

• With Lawsuit Behind Him, Paul Dolan Talks About The Future
• Paul Dolan v. Mendocino Wine Company, Take 2

MEDIA MATTERS

• A Guide to The Wine Media and the Zombie Apocalypse
• The Wine Blogging Community Is A Joke, Part Two
• Book Review: Soft Soil, Black Grapes: The Birth of Italian Winemaking in California

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What Bronze Age Wine Snobs Drank
• Bonné, Galloni and Veseth on NPR’s “On Point”
• It may not be scientific but it’s not anything goes with wine pairing
• Winemaking’s future lies in old vine clones
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

150 REASONS NOT TO PUT SNAKES IN YOUR WINE

• Chaos as 150 deadly cobra kept to make wine invade Chinese city

OMG! OMG! OMG!

• The Hamptons Are Almost Out of Rosé

OH CANADA!

• The concrete wines at Okanagan Crush Pad
• The Wines of Canada *Sponsored Link*

ACADEMIA

• Cornell archive seeks material about microbreweries

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Police seeking beer thief dressed as penguin
• How Artisans Harvest Wine Corks In Portugal
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*