NEWS FETCH – November 18, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine CEO Mulls Vineyard, Infrastructure Spinoff
• Ag Bankers Get Ready For Rough Ride
• By 2018, China will spend more online than the rest of the world combined
• Some Hard Questions For California’s Anti-Volunteer Folk
• Chinese Food Chain Lets You Pay with Your Face
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HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Ciatti Global Wine Market Update
• Spectator Vintage Report: California Wine Harvest
• Washington wine and juice grape tonnage soars; juice prices fall
• Washington wine grapes to set record

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley Grape Growers’ First Rootstock Symposium A Sold Out Success
• Napa officials say Argentina junket yields benefits
• Here comes the Petaluma Gap AVA
• How important is defining an AVA? Ask anyone in Paso Robles
• First Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards
• Take control of your wine costing and set your prices with confidence *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• San Diego ro recycle water toilet to tap
• Environmental groups offer drought solutions
• Bay Delta Science Conference: The Delta Science Plan and the Interim Science Action Agenda
• Chinese Consumers: Happy, single, and spending

DIRECT SHIPPING

• Buying Wine Online This Season? Join The DTC Crowd
• Direct Shipping Hogwash
• Grow Direct To Consumer Sales *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• China Alcoholic Drink Stock Index To Launch Dec 10
• Craft beer and spirits fuel Majestic growth

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Free trade agreement with Korea to boost New Zealand’s wine market

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Sichel predicts 30% drop in primeur prices
• Hermitage La Chapelle ’61 Leads Sotheby’s With Montrachet
• Sotheby’s single owner sale makes $2.5m
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• Consumers are now “risk adverse” says Future Foundation
• How are retail marketers adapting to online consumer trends for Black Friday and the Christmas Holidays?
• Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come *Sponsored Link*

WINE CHOICE & RECOMMENDATION

• What’s the point of 100 points when everybody gets 100 points?
• Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Comparing the same wine sealed with cork and screwcap
• American Consumers: We Want Cork
• The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels*Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Social Media Followers Serve as Currency in SoHo Pop-Up Shop
• Surf and Shop Online With A Friend Using Speedshare
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

PAYMENTS

• Snapchat partners with Square to launch Snapcash, a service for sending money to friends

MEDIA MATTERS

• Book Review: Best White Wine on Earth
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Giving Thanks to a Native American Variety: Norton [VIDEO]
• Indian Country Bringing a Revolution in Wild Food Culture
• The 20 Best Wines In The World, According To Wine Spectator
• Darth Vader on Wine Spectator’s Wines of the Year
• Syrah: the metamorphosis of a classic
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• At Masi Agricola, Amarone is a Family Affair
• The Next Act For Mondavi
• Dan Marca: Modern-Day Pinot Pioneer
• The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

WINE EDUCATION

• The Surprising Things a Master Sommelier Can Teach You About Wine
• New York’s Sommelier Young Guns

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• KWV ditches sulphur for Rooibos
• Vines still available, order now!! **Sponsored Link*

EUROPE & THE UK

• English Sparkling Wine Pioneer Dies
• UK independent wine sector ‘thriving’

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What Your Wine Choice Says About You
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