NEWS FETCH – September 8, 2014

TOP NEWS

• USDA Awards $3.28 Mil to 28 Wineries (None In Calif)
• SB County Winemaker Right Hand in Crusher-Destemmer Accident
• Whole Foods Market in U.S. set to sell British Columbia wines
• Paul Draper Keeps Pushing Expansive Additive Labeling
• Riedel Etc: Millions Wasted On Fancy Glasses
• How to sell your brand to online retail channels like Vinomofo.com and Lot18.com *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Conditions perfect for big Oregon wine yield
• Napa Shifts Focus from Quake to Harvest
• Bordeaux 2014: Cautious optimism as whites harvest begins

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma Grower Robert Weidlich Dies
• BottleRock producers announce earthquake benefit concert
• Napa sanitation district to study winery wastewater disposal
• Napa Vintners want to raise fees for supportable housing
• Women for WineSense Adds to its Board of Directors
• How To Engage Your Wine Club Members So They Can’t Live Without You *Sponsored Link*

QUAKE SAFETY

• Responsible Retrofit: How Buena Vista survived the quake
• Negligent Non-Retrofit: Napa owner dodged retrofits by being uncooperative
• Looking Ahead: Napa, Sonoma wineries examine safety of barrel rooms after quake

DROUGHT/WATER

• California Water Law Will Affect Vineyard Value
• Desalinization plan catches imagination of Delta residents
• Climate, drought, and change
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• PA Liquor Control Board revenues rise to $2.24B, up $67M
• How to Import Wine: An Insider’s Guide *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod eyes billion euro acquisition
• Diageo backs big beverage ideas
• Diageo, United Spirits chart 14 power brands’ strategy

FINANCE, M&A

• Ausone owner buys St Emilion’s Chateau La Clotte
• Think English sparkling wine can take on French champagne? Place your bets now

HEALTH

• Parents serving alcohol to children likely to have adverse impact in teens: Study

MARKETING & SALES

• Looking at the Statistics That Matter to Wineries
• Why Major League Baseball Got Into…the Wine Business?
• Woodinville Wine Country offers money-saving Insider Pass
• Why use Ratings and Reviews in your Marketing Strategy? *Sponsored Link*

BRANDING

• 5 Small Business Branding Tactics You Can Use
• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• In social advertising, YouTube converts more customers than anyone else
• Browsers become buyers as online intent doubles
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Some common misconceptions about wine blogs + reality checks
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How Smartphones Revolutionized The Tasting Note
• What wine loses in the quest for profits
• Tools of James Suckling’s trade: black briefcase, 4 glasses, $6,800
• Can cheap wine do this?
• Bars, Booms & Busts: Dives and Tasting Rooms
• The last of Lodi’s rare ancient vine Alicante Bouschet
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

VAGUE HEADLINES THAT HIDE INTERESTING ARTICLES

• Behind the vinous eyes
• Split infinity
• The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

OH CANADA!

• Here’s why Ontario restricts alcohol sale
• Ontario wine makers urge VQA to reformulate certification process
• The Wines of Canada *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Dundee Hills for remarkable wines
• Winemaker Talk: Fred Merwarth of Hermann J. Wiemer
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Is NZ the world’s most sustainable wine producing country?
• A Guide to Organic Viticulture *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Australian winemakers’ views towards oak barrel alternatives matures

EUROPE & THE UK

• Swiss Air Force Drops A Bomb Over Italian Wine
• French Wine Drinkers Discover Beer’s Appeal
• Indian wines takeover in Slovenia
• Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy*Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Scottish Distillery Awaits Return of Whisky Particles from Space
• “Beer” Made from Concentrate Isn’t Very Good
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• U.K. Defines New Ban on ‘On-Tap’ Olive Oil Sales
• The coming rise of pure, premium, American olive oil
• California Wants to Be an Olive Oil King
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*