NEWS FETCH – November 24, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Court Dismisses Empire’s Lawsuit Against NYSLA
• Immigration reform: Farmworkers, agribusiness feel left out
• Americans’ Projected Holiday Spending Up Slightly From 2013
• Bringing movie magic to the wine world will win new drinkers
• How Climate Change Will End Wine As We Know It
• Take control of your wine costing and set your prices with confidence *Sponsored Link*

IMMIGRATION REFORM

• Turmoil Over Immigration Status? California Has Lived It for Decades
• A Legal Look At Reform Of The Immigration System

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• 2014 Vintage Report: European Wine Harvest
• Small harvests hit Burgundy exports
• OZ: Frankland wine producers moving on after devastating hail storm wiped out crops in October
• Northwest ice wine harvest comes early
• 2014 California Winegrape Harvest: Outstanding

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Jackson Family Pres to Open 2015 Unified Symposium
• Few signs of summer’s earthquake in Napa, Vallejo
• See the world of wine in 4 minutes – ProWein 2015 presents an unparalleled diversity of wines from all continents. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Drought revives forgotten art of dry farming vines
• Drought worries deepen for groundwater users
• Back-to-back _ to back _ storms in California raise hopes of ease in drought
• How this week’s rain figures in California’s drought
• ‘Weak’ El Niño won’t bring much relief to drought-stricken California this winter
• Drought revives ‘forgotten art’ at wineries: Farming without irrigation
• Orange County Recycled Water System Shows Importance of Collaboration
• Getting our money’s worth from $7.5 billion water bond
• Sacramento to speed water meters
• Drought requires fresh thinking on residential water use
• WSU wins national award for water-saving research

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Where now for the Firsts?
• Turning Lafite into Bordeaux Supérieur
• Sotheby’s CEO Ruprecht to Step Down After Loeb Fight
• Burgundy faces structural shift
• Bet against Chanos? The wine market says you should

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Ohio to ban sale of powdered alcohol

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Britons shun wine for beer
• Who drinks Beaujolais Nouveau?
• Thanksgiving Store Openings Remain Controversial
• Grow Direct To Consumer Sales *Sponsored Link*

MARKETING & SALES

• Managing negative customer feedback
• Marketers Expect Healthy Native Ad Spend Growth
• Cult Cocktail Bars Create a New Hotel Category: The Bed & Beverage

WINE CHOICE & RECOMMENDATION

• Picking a Good Wine Should Be Like Shopping at a Record Store
• Wine critics and wine writers
• Our Selfies, Our Wines

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook Has Finally Killed Organic Reach. What Should Marketers Do Next?
• Brands Are Wasting Money on Facebook and Twitter, Forrester Says

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWine China claims market leadership after second year

MEDIA MATTERS

• Do bloggers have an obligation to wineries that wine and dine them?
• Is Wine PR Nothing More Than Bribes?
• Newspapers are dead as we knew them

WINE SMELLS

• Do you need to smell wine to enjoy it?
• Rotundone: Is there anything new to learn?
• If You Smell Something, Say Something

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Putting the Focus on Oak in Winemaking
• Sherry and The Raw Revolution
• Buy a Nouveau Today
• “Painting” the 2012 Zinfandel

UHM … HAS SOMEONE FORGOTTEN THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS?

• Great Napa Valley wines will rival Bordeaux First Growths

WINE PEOPLE

• Wacky winemaker Yealands tastes success
• Change in winemakers at Washington’s Swiftwater Cellars
• A French style Thanksgiving in Lodi
• How Do You Say Sommelier in Mandarin or Cantonese?
• The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

WINE PLACES

• Baja’s wine country is crushing it
• South Okanagan winery redefines winemaking excellence
• Leading Idaho wine out of the wilderness
• Donnafugata and the New Western Sicily

FULL TRANSPARENCY IN WINEMAKING

• Beychevelle to showcase winemaking with glass-walled winery

EATERIES TO SHUN

• Could a restaurant charge customers a “bad review” fee?

WINE EDUCATION

• There is a wine class to suit all palates

WINE TOURISM

• How wine tourism has taken off in Catalonia
• Global Wine Tourism *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• TX: Farmers’ war on weeds threatens neighboring vineyards

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• OZ: Scientists developing lolly flavoured grape varieties
• Global focus on grapevine disease management
• Conventional, organic and biodynamic agricultural and oenological practices in grapeyards
• Global insecticides market is expected to grow to $16.7 billion by 2020

EUROPE & THE UK

• Wine map of London shows Zone One can’t get enough red wine
• What French producers and generics think of the UK market
• Wine suppliers say scrapping UK beer tie will have limited effect on wine
• Black Tower boss to step down

JUST DON’T GRAB THIS AS YOU APPROACH THE DUI CHECKPOINT

• Wine mouth spray launched

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Le Monopolie: Build Your Own French Wine Empire
• Busting Wine Myths That Are 100% Wrong
• Top 10 alcohol brand stereotypes

SNAKES FOR A SNAKE

• Kim Jong-un necks snake wine for virility

OLIVE OIL

• Slim pickings for olive crop in Cyprus
• The Ups and Downs of Olive Oil Prices in Greece
• Calorie-restricting diet with olive oil could slow aging process
• Olive Oil Improves Heart Health
• Sydney Opera House Uses Olive Oil, Too
• Olive Oil Treats More Than 60 Diseases