NEWS FETCH – September 26, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Hill Wine Co: The Pink Bunny Of Wine Financial Disasters
• KKR & TPG Formally Submit Separate Offers For Treasury Wine
• Bordeaux Vineyards Threatened By New Pest
• Long range forecast: Less snow for skiers, less water for Calif
• California regulators target popular ag pesticide for limits
• Think you drink a lot? 10% Drink 10+ per day
• Expand Your US Distribution – Enter Your Brands In 2015 BTN USA Guide Now! *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Chardonnay ‘winner’ in Champagne harvest
• A sweet, but tricky, year for Washington’s red wines
• Bordeaux 2014 – the red harvest begins
• NZ Fingers crossed for vineyards after frosts
• Make sure to order harvest bins while the supply lasts *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Winery’s message to government: Crush grapes, not vintners
• CDFA to accept applications State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program
• Make Your Tasting Room Sales Explode (Video) *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• The Dry Land (From the New Yorker)
• A Watershed Moment: Californian Droughts Invite Compromise
• Drought means opportunity for some
• Are prospects of widespread desalinization realistic?
• How Dust Might Make Drought Worse (or a Bit Better) in California
• Drought plays out different in various regions of the state
• Delta farmers may need to measure water
• Jerry Meral and Jonas Minton debate the Bay Delta Conservation Plan
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

LEGAL MATTERS

• Legal Analysis of Empire Wine & Spirits v NY Liquor Authority
• What does your Lease, Custom Crush, or Alternating Proprietorship Agreement say about Earthquake Damage?
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• “Sell more wine” say proxy advisers in Olive Garden board brawl
• Why Tesco’s woes are raising a cheer in Germany

FINANCE, M&A

• Crowdfunding Wine
• A Guide to Investment, Innovation and Business Opportunities in the Water Sector *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The Liv-ex five-year wine plan
• Liquidator to sell 500 cases of fine wine
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

CUSTOMER SERVICE

• Dealing With Customer Complaints Online
• Social CRM for Your Winery: Get Connected in 30 Minutes or Less *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• Engaging the Evolving Hispanic Consumers: A Look at Two Distinct Sub-Groups
• Does wine brand loyalty exist?
• Get Ready For Holiday Programming: 10 Lean Marketing Tactics To Get Your Going *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• DTC Wine Symposium Sets 2015 Speakers
• 10 tips for hosting successful media events at trade shows and conferences
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• How to Make Social Commerce More Appealing
• How to sell your brand to online retail channels like Vinomofo.com and Lot18.com *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• 5 signs you may be getting fired
• French strike in defence of on-job drinking
• Wine Business Case Studies:: Thirteen Cases from the Real World of Wine Business Management *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Writers Symposium to Focus on Voice and Value
• Shadows in the Vineyard gives a sunny view of Burgundy, DRC
• Tesco launches digital edition of its wine magazine
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Catena: The man who scaled Argentina’s mountains to bring malbec to the world
• New wine from Cornell’s latest grape variety
• Q&A: Ernie Loosen, Doctor on the Loose
• Interview: Jeffrey Davies – Anatomy of a Bordeaux Negociant
• Checking Out the Wine Library
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

OH CANADA!

• BC Liquor licences being sold in anticipation of new rules
• BC wine business receives boost from Clark
• The Wines of Canada *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• US wineries speak up about benefits of cork
• The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels*Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Inhumane Conditions For Champagne Pickers
• New German vineyard quality classifications a nightmare?

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Gravels winemaker steps up
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• CNN takes a look at Chinese wine
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Scam alert: Wine and flowers aren’t always good
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*