NEWS FETCH – September 30, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine CEO hints at  acquisitions & organizational changes
• Vintner’s Alliance Closes Doors
• Casella trades up as Aussie dollar drops
• Spain: Winemaker overcome by CO2, dies falling into vat
• How winery owners can preserve their family legacy
• Expand Your US Distribution – Enter Your Brands In 2015 BTN USA Guide Now! *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Buyers should beware of storm damage when sourcing New Zealand’s 2014 wines
• Challenging Grape Harvest in Texas
• Make sure to order harvest bins while the supply lasts *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• New Gulliams Winery Owner Kieu Hoang Signs China Distro Deal
• Jerry Brown hands United Farm Workers a setback
• Industry reacts to California labor legislation
• Sonoma woman creates Wine Country guide for disabled visitors
• Mendocino Wine Company Announces New Hires
• Intense Napa storm creates winter wonderland
• Make Your Tasting Room Sales Explode (Video) *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Drought hits Lake Tahoe, drying up Truckee River
• California drought and climate warming: Studies find no clear link
• North State entrepreneurs innovate for efficient water use
• Six Industries at Big Risk in California’s Drought
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Moody’s reviews Tesco for further credit downgrade
• Why Diageo is struggling with United Spirits’s books

FINANCE, M&A

• KKR Backing First Asia Hedge Fund Even As Wine Is Off The Table
• A Guide to Investment, Innovation and Business Opportunities in the Water Sector *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Hong Kong unrest could rattle big auctions
• Romanee-Conti Leading September Sale Demand With Lafite
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• TTB Expands List of Changes for Prior-Approved Labels
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• Alcohol proven to spread smiles
• How olive oil could reverse heart failure
• Beer flavonoid could boost brain power
• The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol *Sponsored Link*
• Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

DIRECT SHIPPING

• Get Ready For Fall: Top DTC Wine Sales Strategy Tips *Sponsored Link*

INDUSTRY DATA

• Treasury: Tanks Over 2013 Losses. Soars on 2014 Takeover Talk. Now, How Far Down?
• Wine Market Council Releases Holiday Consumption Data
• Cider Growth Surges, Brewing Bigs Play Catch-Up
• Spirits trends improving in the on-premise channel

MARKETING & SALES

• Consumers have little love for own-label beer, wine and spirits
• Interview: Annette Alvarez-Peters Of Costco
• How Hippies and Dreamers Transformed Priorat Into A Success Story
• Whole Foods Offers Canadian Wines
• Get Ready For Holiday Programming: 10 Lean Marketing Tactics To Get Your Going *Sponsored Link*

BRANDING

• Champagne is suffering a major identity crisis
• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Tweet This Dress! (Literally)
• How to sell your brand to online retail channels like Vinomofo.com and Lot18.com *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Re-Defining Dishonesty in the Wine Media
• WA Journalist needs Winemaker, distributor, and retailer thoughts on the effects of Initiative 1183
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• 11 Of The Weirdest Wine Aromas
• The search for high-quality Cava begins in Penedès
• Woodinville Wineries: Meet The People Behind The Labels
• Warren Raftshol: Peripheral Persistence
• Meet Aromella, the newest Finger Lakes wine (and the grape it’s made from)
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

BOORISH MATTERS OF NO TASTE

• They said it on Facebook: bad restaurant behavior
• The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

IRONIC MATTERS OF TASTES BAD

• Food Safety Summit Attendees Sickened By Bad Chicken

ACADEMIA

• FAA’s Sluggish UAV Ruling Slows Ag Research

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• How many types of containers are there in the market?
• The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels*Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Leafroll 3 Virus Testing Reagent that Could Impact State Certification Programs
• Vines still available, order now!! **Sponsored Link*

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China wine business: A way out in a sluggish market
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• “The Bounty of the County” known to Sonoma
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*