NEWS FETCH – November 19, 2014

TOP NEWS

• What does the Galloni purchase of Tanzer mean to wine criticism?
• Wineries Growing the Bitcoin Ecosystem
• Cal ABC Tweet Twits & The Retailer Right to Pay Exception
• W. Coast Port truck strike slows exports
• More Changes Afoot On Aussie Wine Scene
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CRITICAL MASS: GALLNANZER? TANZALLONI?

• Galloni and Tanzer merge websites
• Galloni and Tanzer Join Forces at Vinous
• Antonio Galloni’s Vinous acquires Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar
• Critical Consolidation in Wine

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• NY: Ice cold means ice wine, early harvesting at vineyards
• ‘Once in a lifetime’ crop for English wine
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California’s Hahn Sees New Upscale Focus Pay Off
• Envolve Winery changes ownership
• Obsidian wine tours goes off the beaten path
• In Search Of The Petaluma Gap
• Petaluma Gap Winegrowers Draft AVA Petition
• Grow Direct To Consumer Sales *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Stream Diversion order lifted on the upper Russian River
• Talks on drought bill underway on Capitol Hill; Restore the Delta responds
• Shopping for water: How the market can mitigate water shortages in the American West

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Flowing Innovation: 5 Questions with Diageo’s Helen Michels
• Majestic Wine PLC (MJW) Plans Dividend

FINANCE, M&A

• Fine wine investment requires visionary eye, says Moet chief
• Pabst Blue Ribbon Deal Doesn’t Involve Russian Brewer After All

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Why investors are moving from wine to whisky
• Top Italians fly at Sotheby’s New York

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TN: Liquor store owners frustrated by wine in grocery stores approval
• Trademarks: Arcata Not Primarily Geographically Deceptively Misdescriptive of Wine
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Global Wine Sales Value Tops Volume

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine has to talk more to young consumers says Wine Riot chief
• Americans are falling out of love with restaurants—in 3 charts
• Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come *Sponsored Link*

ROBO-BOOZE CRUISE NEWS

• Robot Bartenders on a New High-Tech Cruise Ship

BRANDING

• Wine designs fail if don’t stand for something
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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Social media is key for producers going direct to consumers
• Kate Hudson launches Farmville wine
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• A Best-of-Its-Type Wine Book
• Long lead pitching = relevancy & research
• The NY Times runs its first print native ad
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Napa’s Wizard of Oz Winery Makes Cult Cabs Worth the Price
• The Judgement of Pennsylvania: Does The State Hold Its Own?
• Real-World Burgundy
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

WINE PLACES

• Top Gear to film in Okanagan
• OR: Winemakers squeezing every last drop out of doomed grapes
• NY: At Stever Hill Vineyards, New Ownership Tries to Rebuild the Brand

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Audit: Utah liquor stores not selling fast enough
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Calif Wineries to honor leadership in sustainability
• A Guide to Organic Viticulture *Sponsored Link*

OLIVE OIL

• Tough Season in California
• European Partnership to Certify Olive Oil Traceability
• Insects, tree “leprosy” drive up Italian olive oil prices
• New App Helps Farmers Manage Daily Harvest Data
• Growers expecting another down year for Central Coast olive oil harvest
• Europe Olive Oil Crisis: 2014 Harvest ‘Worst Year In Memory,’ Drives Up Costs
• Blighted Harvest Drives European Olive Oil Price Pressures
• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*