NEWS FETCH – November 10, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Calif ABC: Retweet a tweet, get your license suspended
• OZ: Treasury to shut Rosemount Estate winery
• Court demands explanation from labor board in Gerawan case
• Grange Spanning 60 Years on Sale at Dubai Airport Shop
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HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• OR winemakers thrilled with 2014 harvest
• WA vineyards finish harvesting record wine grape crop
• Napa Valley bounces back with great vintage
• Italy: Looking Back On the Toughest Harvest in Years
• Harvest Report – Château Suduiraut (Sauternes)
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Quake Could Claim Trefethen’s Historic Winery Building
• Water Conservation Among Many Changes At Vintage Nurseries
• 134 year-old California wine research: Conclusions pending
• Treating winery waste in Napa faces hurdles
• New York City vs. San Francisco: It’s A Wine War!
• Women for WineSense offers “Discover the Wines of Southern Italy”
• Grow Direct To Consumer Sales *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Pot Farmers Steal Water Amid Epic Drought
• Byproduct of drought: Water thieves
• The future of California’s drought
• Whose Groundwater Is It?
• The Nutty Truth About Almonds
• Water Policy & Science must cooperate

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• TWE offers CEO rights over 764,000 shares
• Truett-Hurst: Sales Rise, Loss Per Share Up
• TescoGate will be major test for Groceries Code
• Pernod Ricard Winemakers at 30

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex: 31st October – 6th November

HEALTH

• Surprising Health Risks Associated With Extra Alcoholic Drink
• The rise of female drink-drivers

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TN: Distributors, grocers voice delivery concerns following wine referendum
• TN Voters Put Wine in Supermarkets
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Your Typical Online Wine Buyer: Rich Married Guys
• Marlborough Sauvignon: too much of a good thing?
• Portuguese wines up double digits in US
• America’s Top Imported Wine Sources

HOLIDAY SALES

• Poll shows reasons for Christmas cheer
• The state of 2014 holiday spending in 5 charts
• This holiday season, social media is all about getting people to buy

MARKETING & SALES

• Use video to get your brand up in lights!
• How to Generate Demand in the 3 Tier System

WINE CHOICE & RECOMMENDATION

• Is There Grade Inflation Going On In Wine Scoring?
• Those Parker scores: Score inflation?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine Labels – It’s a Family Thing

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Hong Kong & Spirits Fair Records Strong Buyer Growth

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• La Crema uses crowdsourcing to make wine, engage consumers
• What Facebook’s new unfollow feature means for brands, publishers

PAYMENTS

• UK: Sainsbury’s trials shopping app allowing customers to pay at the shelf
• Apple’s Wallet Killer Is Already Making An Impact At Whole Foods
• Shopping Cart Abandonment A Huge Opportunity

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine science writing: How To Baffle & Confuse People
• Customer service PR lessons; the good, bad, and the ugly
• Wine book for beginners revised for the 22nd time
• Meiburg’s wine trade guides launched: Now including Singapore and Beijing

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The (sometimes) uneasy relationship between critics and somms
• Lodi Winemakers Strip Back Their Zinfandel
• Great Wine Finds in Odd Places
• Bonaparte to biodynamics
• New Zealand reds are ripe and ready to go

WINE PEOPLE

• The Intoxicating Intellect of G. Stanley Howell
• Boyhood curiosity became a wine career for Robert Smasne
• Josè Rallo of Donnafugata
• Outsiders who’ve shaken up the wine world

WINE PLACES

• A Sonoma mountaintop aims for the heights with Cabernet
• Mythopia, An Experimental Swiss Vineyard
• Wine region takes shape in South Jersey
• Calif: Vintner Profile: Chouinard Vineyard and Winery
• Jefford on Monday: Kissing the Wind
• Why southern England is enjoying a wine renaissance

WINE TOURISM

• Tourism: an added value of Patagonia’s viticulture

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• KY: Ag college to offer certification in wine, brewing and distilling
• Washington winery recognized for sustainability efforts

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Drones to detect vine disease in France
• Vineyard Soil Moisture Monitoring – Part III

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Lidl named best value for wine
• The St James’s wine merchants
• Michel Chapoutier elected Cotes du Rhone president

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• HK wine registration programme launches

LATIN AMERICA

• Chilean wine industry ‘too brand driven’

MESHUGEHAH

• Why this champagne costs $2,000 a bottle

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• How to Tell if Wine is Corked
• The Most Affordable Italian Varietals On The Wine List
• How-To Freeze Leftover Wine For Cooking

OLIVE OIL

• Greece Holds ‘World Record’ in Olive Oil Production
• Israel wants to lower customs duty on imported olive oil
• Yirca Villagers Rejoice, Replant
• A Growing Appetite for Olive Oil in Korea
• Farmers and Police Clash in Turkey Over Clearing of Trees