NEWS FETCH – September 22, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Tesco suspends 4 executives over £250m accounting scandal
• Treasury Wine Takeover Moving Closer
• As summer ends, Cal drought as deep as ever
• Next big wine trend points to South Africa
• Business management Lessons From The Napa Quake
• Congressional sloths leave drought legislation in lurch
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HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Sudden Storm Smashes Tuscan Vineyards
• China’s Ningxia faces shortage of quality white wine grapes
• Quick Season for Calif Vineyards
• Near-perfect Willamette Valley harvest hums along
• Washington embraces another warm growing season
• Burgundy 2014: September heatwave set to save vintage
• Busy harvest time at Montana vineyard
• UK Sparkling wine production increases
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine logistics companies fill new American Canyon warehouses
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DROUGHT/WATER

• A coming tsunami of dry wells
• Drought Journal: Hope springs eternal
• Calif Reservoir and water conditions for September 22
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• New wine industry direct to customer research
• Arkansas Mulls Alcoholic Beverage Ballot Issue
• TN: Push for wine in grocery stores not done yet
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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Golden parachute for Treasury Wine chief David Dearie
• Tesco accounting scandal: what happens next?
• Constellation Brands Streamlines Field Sales
• Alex Ricard’s plans for liquor giant Pernod Ricard
• Bargain Booze boss makes millions in share bonus

FINANCE, M&A

• Club W Raises $9.5 Million To Appeal To Wine Lovers, Not Snobs
• Burgundy land offers reach fever pitch
• LVMH Dealmakers Pair Dumplings With Dom Perignon in Asia
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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• How to Manage Collectible Investments
• Wine Market Journal sees impressive performances from Rhone & Red Burgundy
• Acker Merrall Hits Almost $10 million in Sept Sales
• Sassicaia & Tignanello Set Liv-Ex Trading Volume Record
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HEALTH

• Alcohol safety band praised by Microsoft
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REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• COLA No Help When Approval is Not Approval
• Delegat’s loses trademark case brought by Accolade, Pernod, Treasury
• How to sell your brand to online retail channels like Vinomofo.com and Lot18.com *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• Predicting Value in Wine-Searcher Sponsorships
• Low alcohol wines dogged by lack of awareness and poor quality perceptions
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MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Big data study finds most productive people work in sprints
• How To Get Your Brands Into Specialty Distributor Portfolios.

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine criticism: a conversation with the blind
• Who Has Time To Read About Wine?
• The importance of an editor
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MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Hipster Somm Just Might Be What Wine Needs
• Chile’s Fallen Merlot Ripens Into a Fabulous, Exotic Carménère
• Primitivo: A Gentle Giant
• “Mini-Mouth” Threatens To Replace Human Tasters
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WINE PEOPLE

• New Yorker ‘Brash Higgins’ makes a sea change to Aussie win
• Can A French Count Make Fine Wine In Sunny Sicily?

WINE EDUCATION

• Wine Australia Certifies Chinese language educators

ACADEMIA

• Japan: University to start new program to train ‘wine scientists’

EUROPE & THE UK

• Cru Bourgeois expands with 2012 vintage selection

DOWN UNDER

• Kiwis step up use of Aussie subsidies
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NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Ancient ‘industrial’ winery unearthed
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CRAFT BEER

• Ohio limit on alcohol may chase off Stone Brewing Co.
• FDA updated proposals okays beer byproducts as animal food (Scroll down)
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