NEWS FETCH – October 1, 2014

TOP NEWS

• America’s Thirst for Wine Insatiable, Despite Rise of Cocktails, Craft Beer
• Texas billionaire buys Mechanics Bank, a player in wine finance
• Volunteers Banned By Calif, Welcome At Wineries in WA and MN
• Moet starts selling sparkling wine in China, from its new locally grown grapes
• Burgundy will struggle to regain market share as exports plummet
• Bordeaux ‘lacks premium brands’, says Baron Philippe de Rothschild chief
• Expand Your US Distribution – Enter Your Brands In 2015 BTN USA Guide Now! *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Weather Causes Havoc at Languedoc Harvest’s End
• Harvest time in the Golan Heights
• Napa Wine Grapes Unscathed By Freak Hailstorm
• Central Coast:Furious September, Moderate Yields, Quality High
• Make sure to order harvest bins while the supply lasts *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sustainable/Organic Production in the Wine County Seminar Dec. 3
• California cult winemaker ‘improving’ after bike crash
• Make Your Tasting Room Sales Explode (Video) *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Divvying up the costs of the twin tunnels
• Daily water allocation could be the next California drought strategy
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Why Stephen Mutch built wine’s first fully integrated direct marketing solution
• Get Ready For Fall: Top DTC Wine Sales Strategy Tips *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Earnings for Constellation Brands Projected to Rise

HEALTH

• Red wine could hold key to acne cure
• Positive Link Between Red Wine And One’s Vision

ACADEMIA

• George Mason Univ Offers “Exploring the Business of Wine” Class
• The Catena Institute of Wine is Officially Introduced at Wine Summit in Mendoza

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• Your New Friend, ARTAL, Part 2

MARKETING & SALES

• Intriguing Content Makes the Email Marketing Difference
• Natural, Organic, Biodynamic: Marketing or Magic?
• Maximizing wine exposure through social media
• Get Ready For Holiday Programming: 10 Lean Marketing Tactics To Get Your Going *Sponsored Link*

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• TTB Reduces Regulatory Burden on Small Brewers
• Fall craft beer report: Mellowing with age
• German Beer Goes American to Regain Buzz in Oktoberfest Home
• The Craft Beer Revolution: How a Band of Microbrewers Is Transforming the World’s Favorite Drink *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS

• ShipCompliant: Three-Tier Regulation & Tech at New Conference
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Unemployment Rate Falls, But So Does The % Of People Working
• Wine Business Case Studies:: Thirteen Cases from the Real World of Wine Business Management *Sponsored Link*

MORE BAD NEWS FOR EXPERT RATINGS

• Alcohol sensation influenced by genes

MATTERS OF TASTE

• China’s Ningxia matures as a quality wine producer
• Berger: An unknown, but great wine
• Rioja shows Burgundian-style‘revolution
• Chile’s Red Wines Come Of Age
• Riesling – will it ever catch on?
• Wine learns a thing or two from craft beer — which is good
• What did King David drink? Israeli wine researchers aim to revive ancient libations
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Winemaking taint smoked out
• Understanding temperature data? Not so easy!
• DNA Tests Defeats Wine Barrel Fraud
• Vines still available, order now!! **Sponsored Link*

WINE TOURISM

• Valpolicella: Time for Wine Tourism to take Center Stage
• Global Wine Tourism *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Britons spend more on drugs and prostitutes than beer and wine
• The difference between how Italians & Americans view wine
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• The global Olive oil demand may exceed its production
• Kangadis Case Moves Forward Despite Bankruptcy
• Aussies praise tougher Californian olive oil standards
• The Italian way for olive oil traceability
• The outlook of the olive oil production in the Mediterranean basin
• New Phenolic Compounds Unveiled at Harvard Conference
• Analyzing Olive Oil Purity with Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*