NEWS FETCH – November 20, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Consumers still cautious 5 years after recession
• WineGavel Saga Finally Over As Founder Pleads Guilty
• Ocean carriers jacking up to container shipment fees
• Farm Bureau Challenges EPA Over States to Enforce watershed farm land use
• Mother of all grapes saved from extinction
• Wine trade faces an assault on pleasure

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• British Columbia wine industry slows rate of plantings
• 2014 Vintage Report: France Wine Harvest
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma County poised for crackdown on Bella Vineyards
• Conference zeroes in on SJ Valley economy
• Napa Walt Ranch opponents deliver petition
• Harper Wells Wins Calif Wine Institute Prize
• UC Davis wine executive program runs March 22-27
• Vintage Wine Estates Staff Changes
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DROUGHT/WATER

• High court allows delta water contracts to be challenged
• Australia: Worst drought on record
• Cost Creep Lurks Over Santa Barbara Desal Plant
• San Diego seeks to get past ‘yuck factor’ with drought-driven plan to recycle wastewater
• Oakdale plans to sell $3.9 million in water to outside buyers
• Delta science vision: Sustainable data integration for the Delta

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury Eyes Global Expansion For Etude

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Red wine – best investment option for this century
• Bordeaux not ‘too expensive’

HEALTH

• The Link Between Migraine and Wine
• Fetal alcohol syndromes” result from multiple maternal factors during pregnancy
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REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• BC Announces New Wholesale Price Model for Wine
• The UK’s tied-house problem may put thousands more pubs out of business

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Beaujolais gains popularity with Millennials
• Millennials most apt to see benefits in mobile payments

DIRECT SALES

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MARKETING & SALES

• Wine must cut jargon to win young drinkers
• How To Hone Your New Black Friday Sales Messaging
• UK wine trade slow to react to Millennials’ sweet tooth
• Robert Joseph: Blood on the high street

WINE CHOICE & RECOMMENDATION

• Next Glass Cracks the Code of Taste
• App takes guessing out of wine buying
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TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Vision: Going global not always the answer
• ProWine China toasts record numbers
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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Does Anyone Really Use Social for Customer Service?
• Wine brands need to get on top of Facebook

EMPLOYMENT

• SJ Valley farmworkers rally at White House for immigration reform

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine writing on the Internet – Little Room For Actual Journalism
• The Changing Face of Wine Criticism

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Calif Cab in crisis, or just best enjoyed young?
• Decanting Is All About Chemistry
• In Defense of Natural Wine
• Oregon’s Ponzi Vineyards – A Family Success
• Grapes, Not Wines, Are Impacted by AVAs
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REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Red Mountain’s Cooper Wine Company expands
• Kluge Saga Continues in Virginia

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Pyrethroid pesticide increasing in California streams
• Modesto nut, food wholesaler ordered to buy, endow conservation easement

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Viticulturalist sounds the alarm on vine trunk disease

EUROPE & THE UK

• Nuns Making Orange Wine for God
• Burgundy ponders foreign investments
• Lugana Winemakers Fear the Train a-Comin’
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AROUND THE GLOBE

• Kurds Find Unity in Beer and Fighting Islamic State
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