NEWS FETCH – September 9, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Napa Valley wine biz took $80+ Mil hit in quake: New Study
• U.S. Wine Consumption Expands for 20th Straight Year
• Fake Montalcino Wine Latest Scandal
• Ontario blocking B.C. wine but nobody seems to know why
• How to sell your brand to online retail channels like Vinomofo.com and Lot18.com *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Australia: Murray Valley wine grape prices drop by 20%
• Italy’s “black harvest” 2014: enologist association’s bleak forecast
• 2014 could be Bordeaux’s ‘last chance’
• Sonoma County Harvest Heats Up
• The ‘Pillsbury Wine Boy’ and his fall grape harvest
• China wine import data in July 2014
• The 10 Strangest Harvest Superstitions

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Volunteers and the Law: Winery Shuts Down After Labor Violation
• Quake loss victims must steer through IRS system
• Calif to get $22+ Mil to conserve wetlands and farmland
• Vardo in the Vineyard: Reed and Oak, or Flexibility in the Face of a Shakeup
• UCCE posts viticulture jobs for Fresno, Madera counties
• How To Engage Your Wine Club Members So They Can’t Live Without You *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• The era of big dams is still over, even with the water bond
• For regulating California groundwater, this is only the beginning
• Twin Tunnels Could Produce Friant Dry Year Water Woes
• Most voters don’t support Prop. 1′s $15 billion debt for dams, agribusiness subsidies
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Distell to triple share in the UK premium SAfrica wine segment

FINANCE, M&A

• A Venture Capitalist Walks Into A Winery
• Chapel Down Winery Raises Financing After 21% Sales Jump
• A Guide to Investment, Innovation and Business Opportunities in the Water Sector *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Aussie restauranteur talks about being stung by Kurniawan
• Wine collection discovered in ham cellar
• Wine signed by first man in space for sale
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• TTB UPDATE: What Makes an Effective AVA Comment?
• Beer distributor keeps up Indiana liquor law fight

MARKETING & SALES

• Mobile Commerce Grows, But Desktop Still Rules
• Why SEO Still Matters in Wine Ecommerce
• The Enduring Effects of Sideways, 10 Years Later
• Why use Ratings and Reviews in your Marketing Strategy? *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Registration is Open for 2015’s Craft Beverages Unlimited
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Be a Bud … Send-A-Bud on Facebook
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Tips for your LinkedIn Profile
• US job market’s lingering weak spot: Stagnant pay
• Immigrants are most susceptible to worker misclassification
• Wine Business Case Studies:: Thirteen Cases from the Real World of Wine Business Management *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Crimson Wine’s Gratuitously Self-Congratulatory, Over-Stated News Release
• Booze Science, German Geography & Essential South America: New Books for Wine Geeks
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

VINO PROSTITUTION NOW LEGAL

• Wine Spectator, Advocate can now legally sell a 90-point rating

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wines & Vines Tasting Finds Uneven Performance For Natural Cork Vs. Alternates
• Wine in a can ads poke fun at drinks snobs
• IPOB Attacks!
• Six new Masters of Wine announced
• How Piedmont pioneer Walter Massa revived Italy’s newest celebrated white wine
• Getting Inside The Head Of Siduri’s Adam Lee
• North central Washington wine country makes a comeback
• What’s The Big Deal About Etna?
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• How Do Growers Sharpen Their Knowledge About Vineyard Management?
• Vines still available, order now!! **Sponsored Link*

LATIN AMERICA

• Video: Baryshnikov promotes Mendoza’s wines
• Argentina’s Haarth winery is Canadian-owned
• The Vineyard at the End of the World: Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Three-tier, wine prices, wine marketing
• Top 10 wacky wine designs
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*