NEWS FETCH – November 5, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Calif exports grow despite sluggish global economies
• MN: The complaint against Total Wine that backfired on the MLBA
• Yellowtail bids for top-shelf cred with AUS$100 Cab, Shiraz
• Treasury Wine loses Jon Rosenthal to Concha y Toro
• Sovereign Brands Sells Armand de Brignac Equity To Jay-Z
• New Invasive Grape Pest Discovered In Pennsylvania
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• The Campaign for Malibu Coast AVA
• New research predicts California droughts will worsen
• Update on saving a historic California vineyard
• Jessup Cellars Raises Nearly $6,000.00 for Napa Valley Quake Relief
• Grow Direct To Consumer Sales *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, M&A

• NZ/OZ: Woolies snaps up troubled wine firm
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DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• New Shipping and Distributing requirements for Indiana
• Tennesseans vote YES to wine in grocery stores
• Much of Tennessee to see wine sales in groceries

MARKETING & SALES

• 6 Ways to Sell More Wine During The Holidays
• Millennials embracing sparkling Spanish wine Cava
• Groupon uncorks its own wine label
• Bordeaux Wines Still Hurting From Chinese Crackdown on Lavish Living
• That new Bordeaux ad campaign wants it both ways
• Lidl shows the way forward in how to sell wine
• Win Your Customers’ Vote by Keeping Choices Simple
• US Hispanic Mobile Buyers More Inclined to Buy, Research on Mobile

DROUGHT/WATER

• California Water: Where We Are, and Where We Ought to Go
• Statewide Water Conservation Gains Leveling Off
• Coastal California residents using far less water than inland communities
• Fracking yields tainted water that could be reused
• Davis experiences water issues during California’s drought
• OID to discuss selling water to outside agencies during closed-door meeting
• There’s no drought of rebukes, lectures and guilt
• Delta and water policy: “I think we’ve turned a bit of a corner.”
• Groundwater security, for the long term
• Drought Drives Drilling

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 1000 runs flat in October
• Record levels of engagement at Liv-ex
• Bordeaux Bounces Back in the US

HEALTH

• Drinking when pregnant message mixed
• 5 Red Wine Healyh Mistakes You’re Probably Making
• Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Wines that you’ll be hearing about and why
• Port assesses incredible comeback

WINE CHOICE & RECOMMENDATION

• Why Consumer Heuristics Matter
• Grade Inflation: Perfect Parker Scores Keep On Coming

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The Art of Wine
• Which Wine Closures Are Recyclable?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Pinot Noir forum ‘SIPNOT’ comes to HK

PAYMENTS

• BitPay brings one-touch payments to bitcoin with new app
• Windows Phone has a digital wallet that works where Apple Pay does

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Bloggers: You Are Only As Valuable As Your Audience Size
• 6 Wine Videos That Prove Wine Doesn’t Have To Be Snobby
• How to become a successful wine writer
• Thank wine for the invention of the printing press

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Which Came First: The Dirt or The Winemaker?
• Chile Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Carmenere’s Rediscovery
• Grenache: Au Naturel
• Taylor Fladgate And The Quality Revolution In Port Wine

WINE PEOPLE & PLACES

• China: Q&A with Aurelio Montes Snr
• Wandering Through Germany: Part 2 – Rhine

WINE TOURISM

• Portugal: How Many Glasses of Wine Would It Take to Get You Into This Bed?

OH CANADA!

• Tokyo store thrives selling only Canadian wines

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NC: Glen Alpine gets beer and wine
• PA: Mason-Dixon Wine Trail offers more than wine
• NY: New hire at Seneca Lake Wine Trail

ACADEMIA

• Washington: Wine Science Center to open next year at Richland

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Kiwi-developed Sensor technology could improve wine

EUROPE & THE UK

• Angry at Majestic? Naked Wines Says “Go With Us”
• Spaniards to Winemakers: We Want the Good Stuff
• UK: Holiday pay ruling could hamper investment in hospitality sector

DOWN UNDER

• OZ winery owner toasts the weakening Aussie dollar
• OZ: Pinot project gets people hands on

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Slow down for the simple pleasures of wine
• Party like a pro

OLIVE OIL

• World olive-oil production is predicted to slump in 2014-15
• A Palestinian Man’s Long-Awaited Olive Harvest

CRAFT BEER, CIDER & SPIRITS

• A craft distillery seems to be getting it right despite the odds
• Wine expert happy to be wrong about cider