NEWS FETCH – October 21, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Amid Calif’s drought, a bruising battle for cheap water
• Mini-Interview: Billionaire Industrialist and Napa Vintner Kieu Huong In His Own Words
• What’s Big Wine Up To?
• Interview: Whole Foods Founder
• Hennessy On The Rise In The U.S., Despite Cognac’s Global Slowdown
• Early Bird Pricing Ending Soon – Enter Your Brands in 2015 BTN USA Guide Now! *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Central Coast: Yields up 5.2% and Quality excellent
• Take control of your wine costing and set your prices with confidence *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Supervisors to hear appeals on 2 proposed wineries
• To Kalon: Napa’s First-Growth Vineyard
• Farm Labor in California’s Specialty Crops
• California farmers getting $3.6 Million in grants
• Kick start your DTC wine sales business with the DTC Consultant Network *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Rainstorms may brush California this week
• Calif: Gov talks water at Stanford conference
• Water line break spills 610,000 gallons in west Sonoma County
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

LEGAL MATTERS

• Beer Is Not the New Wine

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• TN: Frantic Parent Syndrome Highlighted in Wine TV Ads

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Rating Lowered to Neutral at Zacks (STZ)
• Tesco sales worst in the grocery industry
• Interview: Diageo’s Head Of Whiskies, Nick Morgan

TESCOGATE

• Tesco drinks division not likely implicated
• Tesco to announce smaller ‘black hole’

FINANCE, M&A

• Expect more restaurant IPOs
• A Guide to Investment, Innovation and Business Opportunities in the Water Sector *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• First growths see trade boost
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• Wine could protect against brittle bones
• Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

INDUSTRY DATA

• Low-calorie alcoholic drinks on the rise
• 2015 US Food Trends
• Do Millennials Matter?

MARKETING & SALES

• Virgin Wines ramps up focus on home wine tastings
• The New Retail Buccaneers
• The “Dallas Buyers Club” For Wine Exists In Manhattan
• Minibar home alcbev delivery expands To San Francisco And Chicago
• France’s biggest opportunity in wine is online
• Aussie Wine: How to crack the US market
• How To Pitch Your Brand In National Restaurant Chains *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Packaging is a Cinderella discipline
• The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels*Sponsored Link*

BRANDING

• How social media can ruin company reputations
• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• When social media goes bad
• Using A/B testing to make your email marketing sparkle
• Huge Ecommerce Implication: Mobile Internet Traffic Passes Desktop
• Launching New Wine Brand Without A Winery? *Sponsored Link*
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Apple Pay setup step-by-step
• The Future Of Bitcoin
• 3 Cyber Monday Mistakes to Avoid

MEDIA MATTERS

• Cabernet Franc’s effect in the international press
• Think Wine Criticism Is B.S.?
• Blind Book Review: “Sherry”
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Burgundy producers show how Chardonnay’s personality varies by site
• Calif: Surveying the Santa Cruz Mountains
• Gamay: NZ’s red answer to Sauvignon Blanc?
• Why settle for a flute when you can savour the whole symphony?
• WA: History, mystery in Harrison Hill Vineyard
• Chenin Star
• Inflight Wine Reaches New Heights
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Icons of Chilean Wine
• Jean-Michel Cazes
• Bruno Prats
• Larry Turley
• The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

JUST PRETEND YOU ARE NOT AN IDIOT WITH TOO MUCH MONEY

• How not to pay $2,200 for a glass of wine

BECAUSE THEY ARE IDIOTS WITH TOO MUCH MONEY

• Why Amar’e Stoudemire and a Bunch of Other Rich People Are Bathing in Red Wine
• Stupid Rich People Are Ruining Red Wine

OH CANADA!

• B.C. Wine Subappellation Moves Ahead
• The Wines of Canada *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• SC: Sunday Sales of Beer & Wine on Multiple Ballots
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Fruit pest’s favorite aromas turned against it
• Vines still available, order now!! **Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• Sales of English wines up 53%
• Crimea and Punishment
• Russia to invest €250m in Crimean wine industry
• English fizz sets sights on export push
• Philippe de Rothschild Succeeds Mother as BPDR Chairman
• Forget the beer — Germany is for wine lovers
• Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State*Sponsored Link*

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Tax a threat to region’s winegrape growers
• OZ: Zapac opens $25m manufacturing facility
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Warm outlook for Canadian ice wines in Taiwan amid push to raise exports
• HK returns record Aus wine imports
• Thirst for Wine – Inside China’s Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Mom creates unique business with champagne
• Cement Suitcase ~ A Wine Sojourn
• What you should know about unscrewing your wine
• Wine Tasting Terms And How to Use Them
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• Croatian Olive Growers Face a Disappointing Harvest
• Ruinous Floods in Liguria Add to Poor Outlook for Italian Production
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*

CRAFT BEER & SPIRITS

• Beer lovers crave GrowlerWerks’ uKeg
• The Craft Beer Revolution: How a Band of Microbrewers Is Transforming the World’s Favorite Drink *Sponsored Link*