NEWS FETCH – October 24, 2014

TOP NEWS

• OIV 2014 Harvest: France regains #1 Wine Spot, Calif #4 & Down 4%
• Feds OK Chumash Santa Ynez Expansion
• California cracks down on wage theft by employers
• WA: Eric Dunham of Dunham Cellars Dies
• Tesco withholds £2m pay-out to former bosses
• Australian wineries wary of China’s allure
• Why Calif’s Drought-Stressed Fruit May Be Better For You
• Federal grand jury reviewing PA Liquor Control Board violations
• EPA Proposes to Remove 72 Chemicals from Approved Pesticide Inert Ingredient List
• Early Bird Pricing Ending Soon – Enter Your Brands in 2015 BTN USA Guide Now! *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Weather Plays Havoc With World Wine Order
• Severe hail storms damage vineyards across W Australia
• Italy: Bubbles Amid the Storm
• Demand for premium Australian wine slowly picking up in export markets
• PA: Celebrating a big harvest
• Take control of your wine costing and set your prices with confidence *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa: Public sessions planned for controversial Walt Ranch vineyard proposal
• Parched Central Valley Town Drying Up, Blowing Away
• Celebrating John Shafer’s lifetime of giving
• Kick start your DTC wine sales business with the DTC Consultant Network *Sponsored Link*

CALIF DROUGHT/WATER

• Can sex industry proceeds land a California water district seat?
• 199 drought maps reveal just how thirsty California has become
• What Will Winter Hold for Drought-Plagued California?
• California’s Drought Survival Strategy
• Environmental groups say water proposition is no panacea
• Citizens voice opposition to water transfers
• Releases from New Melones accelerate as drought continues
• Calif: County wants long-term drought fixes
• San Gabriel Valley water agency declares supply emergency
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury Wine to drive premium wines in the convenience sector

TESCOGATE

• The impact on BWS of retailer’s lack of strategy
• Suppliers should complain to Groceries Code adjudicator
• Creative accounting no surprise in retail

FINANCE, M&A

• C&C joins bidding war for UK pub group
• A Guide to Investment, Innovation and Business Opportunities in the Water Sector *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• UK: Pubs break law by not serving small wine pours
• Daily glass of wine aids memory in older folk

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Contraband Wine & Obsolete Laws
• TTB Issues Final Rule for Small Brewers
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Top 10 biggest Champagne markets (click bait)

MARKETING & SALES

• Lessons your brand can learn from Millennials’ wine consumption rates
• Chablis has brand strength of Champagne
• How To Pitch Your Brand In National Restaurant Chains *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• High alcohol and diminishing wine styles
• Rip-Offs & Fakery in Bottle Service
• Barolo And The Game Of Come-Hither
• Pontet Canet or Francois Hollande?
• Why older men prefer higher alcohol wines and younger women
• Israel: Looking for King David’s Favorite Wine Grape
• Chris Blandy: big changes afoot in Madeira
• Tasting Wine From PD-Resistant Grapes
• Riesling: A white wine’s comeback
• From Napa to Idaho: Coiled Wines’ twisted tale
• Obscure Greek Wine Grapes
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

FOOD PAIRING WITH BIG MACS?

• Foodies Duped Into Thinking McDonald’s Was High-End Food

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Will the check-in survive? Foursquare’s controversial relaunch
• Yelp & CellarPass Partner On Online Tasting Room & Reservations
• Millennials’ Social Shares Don’t Stop with the Post
• 5 Rules for Using Push Technology to Your Advantage
• Why Twitter launched Fabric
• A nation that twitters together fritters together
• Launching New Wine Brand Without A Winery? *Sponsored Link*

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Why Apple Pay is more safe and secure than using your credit card
• Millennials Go For Advanced Payment Options
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• A look a wine industry growth in Georgia anc the Deep South
• CT: Cops tracking down thief of high-end champagne
• D.C. region’s pioneering vintners have wine varieties that might surprise you
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Books: 10 New Fall Releases
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• WA: Concord Grape Growers Wrestle With Blackleaf
• Vines still available, order now!! **Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• European wineries unite
• Move to ban pesticides a threat to UK food security

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Agriculture liberalisation a must for Trans-Pacific Partnership
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

LATIN AMERICA

• Mexico’s Burgeoning Wine Scene
• Healthy future predicted for South American and lighter style wines and spirits
• The Vineyard at the End of the World: Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Drinking Wine with the Ghosts of My Family
• An Evocative and Sensual Guide to Wine Tasting
• Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Wine
• Asteisms ~ Ingeniously Polite Insults
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*