NEWS FETCH – November 12, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Drought Is Taking California Back to the Wild, Wild West
• Crisis looms if Bordeaux fails with 2014
• Merrill Lynch Bullishness On Treasury May Be Wishful Thinking
• Cava Looks To Leverage Prosecco Surge
• Preserving trust in an era of consumer distrust
• See the world of wine in 4 minutes – ProWein 2015 presents an unparalleled diversity of wines from all continents. *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Burgundy welcomes return to normal

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Antinori family gets wine right in the Napa Valley
• Valley raisin growers, packers agree on price after tough negotiations
• New vineyard drone to debut at Rootstock
• Take control of your wine costing and set your prices with confidence *Sponsored Link*

GOVERNMENT INSANITY NEWS

• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cal ABC’s Bomb
• Champagne truffles treated as explosives by the US FDA
• The Stupidest Alcohol Law in All the Land? (Surprise: Not Calif)

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Global thirst for sparkling wine insatiable
• PLCB Sees Luxury Wines Drive Retail Growth
• Planned Holiday Spend Per Shopper
• Asia key region for long-term growth
• Is Asia’s Champagne palate changing?

DROUGHT/WATER

• Drought Monitor authors encourage growers’ input
• Water Levels In California’s Reservoirs Continue To Drop
• Why the Government Wants Drought-Stricken California Farmers to Flood Their Fields
• United States Water Use Drops to Lowest Level in 40 Years
• Please Scroll To Bottom For Extended Drought/Water Coverage

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Keeping Up With US Wine Direct Shipping Regs
• Grow Direct To Consumer Sales *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Bargain Booze owners say trading in line with expectations
• Sainsbury’s slumps to loss and warns supermarket sales will be falling for years
• Tesco bolsters wine team as it looks to improve quality and customer focus
• Tesco appoints new wine buyer

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• $14,000 Burgundies Help Prop Up Stagnant Fine Wine Market
• Bordeaux Wine Futures System in the Balance
• HK$30 Million Sold: 10% of All Lots Set New World Records
• Wilkinson unleashes first growth bonanza

MARKETING & SALES

• US: Multicultural Consumers Will Drive Higher Holiday Sales
• How to market a single product estate wine region king?
• The making of a wine brand
• Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWine Asia 2016 – Messe Dusseldorfs New Wine Trade Fair
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine’s Quiet Hypocrisy
• It’s Everywhere, the Clickbait
• Working with psychopaths in media and advertising
• In praise of the editor
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

REALLY?

• Good wine list idea: one-word descriptions
• A glass of wine a day CAN protect against heart disease – but only if you have a specific gene carried by just 15% of the population

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Premox: has the crisis moved to red wine?
• Burgundy and Champagne Lead by Example
• Chateau Clos Dubreuil Produces the First Chardonnay from Bordeaux
• WA: Old vineyard produces special blends for Harrison Hill
• OR: 1st harvest at Erath’s Willakia Vineyard something special
• Michael Klouda’s Stem Theory is unoppressively contrarian

WINE PEOPLE

• Uncorked: Raffaele Boscaini
• Craig Becker Is Betting on Honesty
• Doug Margerum Cooks For His Harvest Workers
• NZ: A wine like Alex
• Making wine in Dad’s cellar was grape experience
• South African native lives life to fullest making wine
• The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The Intimidating Genealogy Of Wine Varietals
• Fact-Checking Some Viticulture Myths
• Breaking Down Grapes to Build a Better Wine
• Finding an answer to trunk disease in grapevines
• Our wine owes a debt to ancient viruses

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wines Closed With Cork Saw Increase in Sales Volume and Value
• The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels*Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Majestic is screwing suppliers
• Champagne growers exasperated with social charges

DOWN UNDER

• Australia Loses a rare vintage of wine veteran

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Suckling partners with YesMyWine
• Crimean wines may be exported to India, China

WINE DISASTERS

• Semitrailer rolls over carrying 32K gallons of wine
• Red Robin Boldly Unveils Red Wine Milkshakes

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 5 Unavoidable Realities You Endure at Wine Tastings
• The Most Hipster Way To Open A Bottle Of Wine

OLIVE OIL

• Olive Oil Accelerates Wound Healing in Burn Patients
• Sicily Ready for PGI Certification
• Olives Et Al launches Neat & Dirty Alcoholic Olives
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT & WATER, CONTINUED

• Six things the Delta science community has learned in the last two years
• Will El Nino bring end to California’s drought?
• Water sector ripe for innovation and investment
• Can’t afford to wait for Prop. 1’s projects to be built
• The Passage of California Proposition 1 and the Groundwater Management Acts
• The IPCC Synthesis Report, record California temperatures and drought, and Mono Lake
• Steve Knell Wants to Sell Water
• Toward an Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Framework