NEWS FETCH – October 7, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Robert L. Hall, Owner of Robert Hall Winery, Dies at 85
• John Sarich Dies: Culinary director of Chateau Ste. Michelle
• Treasury Wine: A stock to avoid
• Turley + White + Zin = WTF?
• Expand Your US Distribution – Enter Your Brands In 2015 BTN USA Guide Now! *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Michigan’s wine grapes will survive another rough winter, experts say
• Make sure to order harvest bins while the supply lasts *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Union workers protest alleged Gerawan intimidation (video) in Fresno
• This is how the winery volunteer brouhaha started
• ‘Power drunk’ agency slams small winery
• How Did the Russian River Valley Get Its Name?
• Napa Valley Grapegrowers Viticultural Best Practices Video Series
• Drive DTC Wine Sales and Keep ‘em Coming Back! *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Improving Vineyard Water Use: mobile water conduct irrigation audits
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine a safer investment than liquor
• South African reds break new ground at Cape wine auction
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• Young Wine May Be Better for You Than Old Wine (But No Alcohol May Be Better Still)
• Moderate Drinking Found to Significantly Lower Heart Attack Risk
• Thyme + olive oil increases potent anti-cancer compound

MARKETING & SALES

• How to Get New Customers to Join Your Wine Club
• SABMiller to apply coffee marketing
• Home, sweet, home keg: Heineken shakes up beer market
• How To Pitch Your Brand In National Restaurant Chains *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Vision probes risks and rewards of new wine markets
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Digital Wallets Meet With Consumer Resistance
• Selling Wine Online: Which Winery Ecommerce Practices Promote Highest Sales?
• Rival Hotel Chains Respond to Marriott’s Wi-Fi Blocking Practices
• The cookie is dead. Here’s how Facebook, Google, and Apple are tracking you now
• Launching New Wine Brand Without A Winery? *Sponsored Link*

HARVEY POSERT

• A Great PR Guy Is Gone — And Why It Matters
• What Did You Do When You Grew Up? An Interview with Harvey Posert

MEDIA MATTERS

• Trending PR, is this the way of the future or just a guise?
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why Everyone Hates Wine Geeks
• Anosmia Dogs and other failed Master of Wine dissertations
• McLaren Vale perfect for Mediterranean grape varieties, says winemaker
• Why Mexico is turning into a vineyard hub
• Seattle Garagiste and their bottle shop
• ‘Sideways’ at 10: Still not drinking any Merlot?
• Wine, From Where The Price Of Real Estate Never Goes Down
• What’s Ahead for Amarone? Looking Beyond This Year’s Soggy Vintage
• Create the Perfect Whiskey Flavor with New Customization Tool
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Man on wine mission in the Outer Hebrides

WHO CARES, A LONG AS IT TASTES GOOD?

• Can cider be as sophisticated as wine?

EUROPE & THE UK

• Hugel Family in Alsace angered by supermarket listing
• Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy*Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Wine-and-chainsaw store
• The 300-year union that shaped the wine we drink
• 12 Incredible Instagram Photos Of The Fall Wine Harvest
• Wine industry lightens up
• Costco , wine demographics, wine and drugs
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• The olive tree: a perfect fit for Kona (Hawai)
• UC Davis Master Milling Course to Squeeze Out Another Day
• In Umbria, an Italian Olive Oil Worth the Accolades
• 9 Common Olive Oil Faux Pas
• Chile will host the XII National Olive Oil Meeting on October 16th
• Olive Oil Byproducts Used to Improve Properties of Foods
• Deoleo and FINUT Agree to Further Olive Oil Research
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*