NEWS FETCH – September 3, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Napa quake leads Cal Gov to request federal aid
• Crimson Wine Buying Sonoma Vineyard With 98-Year-Old Zinfandel Vines
• Wine Leaders to Analyze Trends at Napa Financial Symposium
• U.S. Consumer Spending Flat in August
• Calif & Southwest Facing Megadrought: Cornell Study
• From Chocolate to Beer, Shrinkflation Is Unseen Pressure
• 12 Things to Consider When Expanding your Beverage Brand’s Line-up. *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Quake jolts, doesn’t stop 2014 Napa harvest
• Bordeaux 2014 – hoping for September sun
• Bad weather causes harvest concerns in Europe
• Central Coast: Harvest picking up speed
• NY Growing Season Check-In: McCall Wines
• Chapel Down Cites ‘Good Summer’ for Grapes on U.K. Vines

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Drought impacts farmland purchases
• Tuscany Agrees With Los Angeles: Vineyards Are Evil
• Women for WineSense to host two Vin de France events
• How To Engage Your Wine Club Members So They Can’t Live Without You *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• In the California drought, “Water Pirates” are now an actual thing.
• Cal Reservoir and water conditions for September 1, 2014
• The Untapped Potential of California’s Water Supply
• Growers say groundwater bills would bring uncertainty
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

NAPA QUAKE

• Expert says drought did not cause Napa quake
• 2014 Napa Earthquake: Learning from ‘Quakes Past
• Post-quake business tips to help wineries, other businesses get back on track
• Napa’s Restaurant and Wine Industry Begins to Rebuild After Earthquake
• Lodi offers help to Napa wineries
• After the Napa earthquake, helping people to help out

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard still ‘extremely optimistic’ about China despite major drop in sales

LEGAL MATTERS

• Trademarks: Why FLYING MONKEY WINE Never Got Off the Ground
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

DATA

• The “Sweet Spot” For Best Wine, Best Value: Just Under $30
• Outlook for global, regional wine markets
• The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• Selling wine in China: Helene Ponty on the Beijing market
• Budweiser uses Hyperlapse in real time at Made In America festival
• Programming your Brand for Retail Depletions: What programs work and don’t work *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 2014 Best Winery Websites
• For many brands, social media ‘conversations’ are only whispers
• Why Building a Web Business Built on Facebook Is Foolish
• Why I Love Hootsuite, Hate Sendible, and Why “Social Media” Doesn’t Matter Anymore
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• When Wine Writers Scrape The Bottom Of The Limousin Barrel To Make Deadline
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The words you use shape how you taste
• Not a corkjing good time
• Frogs & snails or sugar & spice? Wine drinking gender stereotypes
• Wine in Context: Wine Vision Probes the Sensory Experience
• Wine ‘cold soak’ success put through the wringer
• 40 Under 40: America’s Tastemakers 2014
• Israel: The Land of Milk, Honey and … Wine?
• Have Robert Mondavi Jr And Christopher R. King Made The Best Cult Wine In Napa?
• Gianni Gagliardo: “Barolo is more approachable in early times “
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

WINE TOURISM

• Best of the West: Travel Tips for Wine Lovers
• Global Wine Tourism *Sponsored Link*

OH CANADA!

• Two more female winemakers in the Okanagan
• The Wines of Canada *Sponsored Link*

WRETCHED EXCESS? OR JUST WRETCHED?

• Rauner’s High-End Wine Club Adds to Class-Warfare Fight
• The embarrassment of the rich when it comes to wine
• Would you open $180,000 worth of wine?
• Bruce Rauner spends more on wine than average Illinois households spend on everything

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 99 Bottles of Wine On the Wall, it’s no longer a joke
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• Despite Drought, Calif. Olive Growers Will See Good Return
• Costs weigh on olive oil group Deoleo bottom line
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil Wholesale Prices in Europe in August
• Tunisia ready to replace European olive oil supplies to Russia
• Douche Bag Rock Star Gouges Tourists For Olive Harvest
• Olive Oil Among Top Organic Imports in U.S.
• Napa Olive Oil Merchant Recovering from Earthquake
• California olive oil producers seek new rules to compete with imports
• IOC submits comments on proposed standards of Olive Oil Commission of California
• Andalusia Boasts Record Olive Oil Exports Amidst Drought
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*