NEWS FETCH – November 17, 2014

TOP NEWS

• 3 Bil Gallons Of Calif Frack Waste Injected into Clean Aquifers
• Why Does California Hate Wineries?
• Western Growers Frustrated By Union Port Slowdowns
• Banfi’s Philip di Belardino Dies at 68
• Chevy Buys Carbon Credits from Working Ranch Lands
• Field of weeds: Could agriculture crisis crop up from herbicide resistance?
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EXPORT/IMPORT/INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Sonoma County wineries keep close eye on trade negotiations
• USPTO Recognizes Exclusivity in Surname Trademark for Wine
• Australia Trade Tasting Announces Export Focus Day on US
• Australia, China deepen ties with landmark free trade deal
• French government will not sign TTIP Trade Agrement in 2015
• Canada-EU Trade Deal: Little Effect on BC Wine

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Natural gas fracking in the Delta?
• Santa Rosa Wine museum fundraising kicks off
• Napa Furmint Ferment
• Eleven Eleven: Synchronicity is the source of a new Napa winery
• Hawk and Horse Vineyards appoints four new distributors
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OF COURSE IT DOES

• Calif claims taxpayers, ratepayers can afford governor’s twin tunnels

DROUGHT/WATER

• Scientists study stormwater, deadly to salmon
• Water thievery on rise amid California drought
• Sacramento’s salmon run in full swing, but drought still a worry
• New dust busting method ends LA’s long time feud with the Owens Valley
• Meteorologists Say Adios To Wet, El Niño
• Tunnel report carries caveats
• $25 billion delta tunnel project will jack up users’ bills
• Water Marketing, Groundwater Banking & Drought Management in California
• Drought hits San Mateo County coast ag particularly hard

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Majestic Wine PLC Raised to Buy at Investec (MJW)
• Majestic Wine’s H1 profit slips on high investment costs
• Twitter Bonds Are Junk. Why Are You Surprised?
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FINANCE, M&A

• Accolade Wines confirms Grant Burge talks
• Private Chinese winery draws investors’ strong interest
• Credit Bank Q3 Reports Show Increases for Northwest FCS, CoBank

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Pavie Tops Liv-ex 2014 Power 100
• Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction Hits Record High
• Is Now The Time to Invest in Wine ?
• 14 Wine Advisers To Trust In Britain
• Can Bordeaux Bounce Back?

HEALTH

• Hidden toll of drinking among retired professional women
• UK wine market grows with consumers unaware of alcohol’s high calorie content
• “South Park” Nails The Hypocrisy Of Alcohol Advertising

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Okla ABC At Odds With with Potawatomi Nation over Sunday liquor sales

MARKETING & SALES

• Does Winning Wine of the Year Affect Future Vintage Prices?
• How do device, location and mood affect consumers noticing ads?
• Tell me why I should be a member of your group

WINE CHOICE & RECOMMENDATION

• What’s 100 points between friends?
• Real wine-drinking countries don’t need wine critics
• Wine Can Be So Complicated—And That’s OK

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine trade prepares for ‘seismic change’, says Wine Vision director
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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• What’s the different between “developing a strategy” for social media, versus just having fun?

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Language Solutions for the wine industry

MEDIA MATTERS

• 7 Ways To Pitch Your Story To Industry Publications
• Send Reviewer Free Wine, But Only Stuff He Likes

REASSESSMENTS

• The worth of vintage dates
• Sideways

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The 8 Wrong Ways To Drink, Serve And Enjoy Wine
• How Charles-Camille Heidsieck became the original Champagne Charlie
• Tom Eddy, an insider’s hero
• South Africa: Cape Enigma
• O Canada, We Raise Our Wine Glass to Thee

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• New Research on Role of Yeast in Winemaking

EUROPE & THE UK

• Italy’s ‘other’ Ferrari steps up a gear
• Help us save Lugana – for us and for the future!

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Red Robin shakes things up with red wine milkshake
• The Mind-Boggling Genealogy Of Wine
• Pop! Goes The Cork: The Ideas Behind This Season’s Most Iconic Sound

GADGETS

• Sonic Decanter uses sound waves to ‘age’ cheap plonk
• ‘Indestructible’ wine suitcase launched

OLIVE OIL

• Bottled gold: Olive oil is a thriving business in the San Joaquin Valley (video)
• Oregon winemakers use festival to promote its olive oil