NEWS FETCH – September 23, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Cal wine biz adapts to aging boomers, imports & drought
• Tesco chairman Richard Broadbent under pressure to resign
• NY Part 1: State Hits Empire Wine with Illegally Shipping to Out-of-State Consumers …
• NY Part 2: … The Empire Strikes Back
• Aus vintners aim at premium end of US market
• Spec’s and Total Wine Battle for Wine Supremacy, Consumers Drink the Benefits
• On-Premise Alc Bev consumption under pressure at bars/clubs
• Expand Your US Distribution – Enter Your Brands In 2015 BTN USA Guide Now! *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• French bulk market ‘tense’ in face of Languedoc shortages
• Aussies waiting for a wine miracle
• Make sure to order harvest bins while the supply lasts *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Financial settlement from BottleRock 2013 proposed
• Fresno State students prepare to release new wines
• Fresno State losing ag dean to Montana
• Best Places to Work 2014: Rack & Riddle Wine Services
• Napa Lot Line Adjustments & Involuntary Mergers
• Changes brew up raisin success for grower Steve Spate
• Make Your Tasting Room Sales Explode (Video) *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Rain, cooler temps expected in California
• Sinking land still a growing problem in SJ Valley
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Update on Direct-to-Consumer Wine Shipping
• 2014 ShipCompliant Wholesale Gathering
• Social CRM for Your Winery: Get Connected in 30 Minutes or Less *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• New Tesco finance director joins from M&S three months early
• Get Ready For Holiday Programming: 10 Lean Marketing Tactics To Get Your Going *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, M&A

• Lafaurie Peyraguey owner on lookout for more vineyards
• A Guide to Investment, Innovation and Business Opportunities in the Water Sector *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Petrus and DRC Top Wine Auction Sales
• Asian fine wine auction market still has the edge over the US
• Winemakers use banknote-style holograms to stop fraud
• Everything That I Know About Investing I Learned From Wine
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• How Wine Might Help You Replace Your Pesky Gym Membership
• Mediterranean Diet, Workplace Health at Harvard Conference
• Heart-health studies boost almonds’ popularity
• Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• How Important are Federal Excise Taxes to the Wine Industry?
• Charity calls for booze ban on planes
• Red wine, wine brands, three-tier
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

COLA WINE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION

• Kroger to carry Truett-Hurst’s Cola & fruit-flavored wines
• “No one wants Coca-Cola wines”

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 4 “Weak” Digital Marketing Metrics That Should Be Avoided
• How to sell your brand to online retail channels like Vinomofo.com and Lot18.com *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The long, grim struggle for the long-term unemployed
• Wine Business Case Studies:: Thirteen Cases from the Real World of Wine Business Management *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Multiple Personality Disorder Splits WII Publisher’s Tweets
• This Is the Best-Selling Wine Book of All Time
• The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine pairing Challenge: Insects as an everyday food source
• Farmers in the desert: the Horse Heaven Hills AVA
• The Pendulum Swings to Premiumization in the Veneto
• Camuto: The Wrath of My Grapes
• Primitivo: A Gentle Giant
• Good Vibrations In Your Wine Glass
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

WINE TOURISM

• A couple of drinks? We won’t pay, say travel insurers
• Global Wine Tourism *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Beer Packaging Pairs Brew with Corresponding Pantone Shade
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AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Wisconsin Winery Using Soap and Mountain Dew to Thwart Vineyard Pests
• Effect of Light Environment on Methoxypyrazine Content of Cabernet Sauvignon
• Test for Wine-Spoilage Microbe to be Distributed by Enartis
• Vines still available, order now!! **Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Is Latour changing its strategy?
• Scotland Stays in the United Kingdom: Is the Cause Wine-Related?

DOWN UNDER

• Aussie Researchers turn winery waste into biofuels
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Upside down boot + Rightside up New Zealand’s wines
• A Guide to Drinking Wine at Home
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• ‘WE Expo’ Project Seeks to Build New Alliances
• Moroccan City Bans Olive Trees Citing Allergy Concerns
• Greek Olive Oil Company Wins at European Business Awards
• Next season expected a world olive oil production will be 2.6 million tons
• India, a market with great growth potential for olive oil
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*