NEWS FETCH – September 15, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Crazy Banker Goes Rogue To Help Get Federal Quake Aid for Napa
• Americans like red wine better than white wine
• California’s new sick leave law explained
• Drought sends N. Coast river underground
• Expand Your US Distribution – Enter Your Brands In 2015 BTN USA Guide Now! *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Welsh winemakers predict their best vintage in two decades
• Harvest Begins Along France’s River Of Wine
• Bordeaux’s yield riddle
• Italy: small harvest but upbeat about quality

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California poised to restrict groundwater pumping
• Post Napa Quake, Napa Valley Wineries Show “Strong Roots”
• Staglins reflects on Williams’ suicide, music festival
• Gallo Contributes $100,000 to Napa Quake Relief Fund
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FINANCE, M&A

• SABMiller Spurned by Heineken Family After Approach

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine Wine Market Showing ‘Positive Signs’ Amid Dollar Strength
• Liv-Ex Talking trade: 5-11 September
• Counterfeiting in the wine sector, growing phenomenon
• Asian investors stock up on £2,500 vintage Bordeaux wine
• South Africa’s Nederburg Auction tops R7 million
• Montalcino Fraud Won’t Hurt Brunello Name
• How Beer Went from Frat House to Auction House
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• Is wine really healthy? The jury is out
• Suggestions for the Drunken Alcohol Researchers

HEALTH: DOUBLE STANDARDS EDITION

• The Real Boozewives
• Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH: DRUNK MONKEYS EDITION

• US spends $3m on drunk monkey project
• Depardieu: ‘I drink 14 bottles of wine a day’
• The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• TTB Asks Senate Not To Cut Funding
• Alcohol, Anti-Federalists and the Failure of the 21st Amendment
• Ingredients on the wine label. Absolutely.

LEGAL MATTERS

• Brunello di Montalcino producers to sue over fake wine
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

INDUSTRY DATA

• Boomers in 5 charts: Marketers: ignore them at your own risk

WEB USABILITY

• Offending Ads – Pages That Twitch With Animations
• Search Is Not Enough: Synergy Between Navigation and Search

MARKETING & SALES

• Crowded Market: A Rise in Wine Labels Approved by TTB
• DTC Consultant Network Launches
• Why DTC is Becoming More Essential for Wineries
• Name That Wine Club
• Chile #4 Global Wine Exporter, 3rd Largest to US
• Get Ready For Holiday Programming: 10 Lean Marketing Tactics To Get Your Going *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• In defense of email
• How to sell your brand to online retail channels like Vinomofo.com and Lot18.com *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• A Writer’s Response to Intimidation
• Lettie Teague’s Six Favorite New Wine Books
• The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sommelier certification has become a point of contention
• Old guys: Don’t like the wine list? Eat somewhere else!
• Thinking about tasting
• Can we stop talking about Zinfandel being too high in alcohol?
• In one big vineyard, a world of its own
• Montes to trial vineyard near Peru’s Machu Picchu
• Provence’s Dark Side
• To Be Or Tannat To Be: That’s The Question
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

WINE TOURISM

• Emilia Romagna: Where Abundance Trumps Wealth
• Horse Heaven Hills Vineyards Tour
• Global Wine Tourism *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Cornell Coop Extension launches new ag classifieds site
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• EPA approves new methyl bromide alternative
• A Guide to Organic Viticulture *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• New grape-sorting system gives winemakers control
• USDA Needs Your Help In Tracking Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
• Vines still available, order now!! **Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Christine Lurton joins family firm but denies succession plan
• Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy*Sponsored Link*

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa to ape Marlborough success
• Wines of the New South Africa: Tradition and Revolution *Sponsored Link*

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Golan Heights: Making wine in the shadow of war
• The Ultimate Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine: why the cost-conscious should consider Costco
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Brewbot’s ‘Beer DNA’ may usher in a new age of delicious homemade brewing
• The Craft Beer Revolution: How a Band of Microbrewers Is Transforming the World’s Favorite Drink *Sponsored Link*