NEWS FETCH – October 15, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Make cheap plonk, someone will drink it
• Tesco wine chief suspended
• Calif. weather outlook still dry, but surprises may loom
• Fraud Is Destroying the Rare Wine Business
• Alipay wants to be One-Stop Shop for Selling Into China
• The French really, really need the Chinese to drink more wine again
• Early Bird Pricing Ending Soon – Enter Your Brands in 2015 BTN USA Guide Now! *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Bumper French wine grape harvest clouded by threat of wood decay
• Bordeaux Upbeat About Vintage as Harvest Closes
• Bordeaux 2014 – guarded optimism as red harvest ends
• Calif Harvest Surprises & What they mean for Quality
• NY: From Potential Disaster to Possible Cool-Climate Classic
• Douro’s tough year
• Make sure to order harvest bins while the supply lasts *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma County OKs winery on Sonoma Mountain Road
• Napa Supervisors may delay Yountville Hill Winery hearing
• Fine for Volunteer Labor Makes Wineries Wary
• Stanford students learn the art of wine tasting
• Sonoma State offers new Vineyard and Winery Taxation seminar
• Calif table grape commercials hit YouTube
• DTC Wine Sales Checklist: Dial In Your Strategy *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Less water, more production at Mendocino Wine Co.
• Cal Water board will ease curtailments during storms
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• TN: Wine in grocery store ads hitting TV statewide

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo ad banned for appealing to children
• TescoGate latest: Suppliers reel from Jago suspension
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

SPINNING THE LVMH FINANCIALS

• Luxury group LVMH posts improved third quarter sales growth
• LVMH Points to Asia Slowdown Amid Tougher Luxury Markets
• LVMH sees wine and spirit growth stall

HEALTH

• Mediterranean Diet Can Reverse Metabolic Syndrome
• New HealthKit-ready wearable breathalyzer
• The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• Expansion of Allowable Label Revisions by TTB Helps Industry
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• Women Are Influential Adult Beverage Consumers
• Winning in US wine: Pricing to maximize profit, avoid brand equity erosion
• How To Pitch Your Brand In National Restaurant Chains *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• HKTDC Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair Opens in November
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• New Apps Could Change How We Pay In Bars And Restaurants
• Launching New Wine Brand Without A Winery? *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• In Defense of Excess(ive) Wine Writing
• A Well-Crafted Tasting Note Still Matters
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why Some Wines Taste Better With Age
• Researchers pinpoint mechanism for aroma formation in wine
• The influence of the multisensory environment on the wine drinking experience
• Riesling in Oregon
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

WINE & SPIRITS PEOPLE

• Giannola Nonino: Behind the Success of Nonino Distillers, Friuli
• A chat with Matteo Lunelli, the once & future king of Italian bubbly
• Xavier Gramona: why he is committed to Cava and putting quality first
• The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Australian agriculture needs to adapt, not simply shift, to meet climate change
• A Guide to Organic Viticulture *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Stomping out grape disease one vineyard at a time
• Vines still available, order now!! **Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Fatal Wood Diseases Affect 12 Percent of French Vineyards
• Portuguese wine exports to UK up 10%
• Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy*Sponsored Link*

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• New Hong Kong wine registration scheme to launch
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Best Wine You’re Not Drinking
• 7 Stunning Modern Wine Decanters
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• The olive oil production will stop to 2.560.000 tons
• Italy and Pakistan together. Insights on a local and wild promising cultivar
• Is Olea ferruginea an alternative to the Olea europaea?
• Effects of maternal dietary olive oil on diabetic embryopathy
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*