NEWS FETCH – November 26, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Napa Wine Finance Deal Tangled In Court Suits Charging Usury, Fraud, Securities Violations, Money Laundering
• Amazon Prime-Like Program Triples Wine Sales
• U.S. Economic Confidence Index Dips
• TescoGate latest: UK shareholders poised to sue over “reckless” accounting errors
• 30,000 acre tract of Sonoma/Mendo timberlands on the market
• Tourism Decline Sinks Oldest NJ Winery
• 35 pounds of cocaine found in wine shipment
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HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Autumn heat helps to secure a promising vintage for the Loire Valley
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa receives $4 million for recycled water projects
• Grow Direct To Consumer Sales *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Above-normal rainfall now predicted
• Can biomimicry tackle our toughest water problems?
• Surveys rank Santa Cruz water supply ideas
• California says reservoirs tainted
• Saving Water for the Future
• Ecosystem Modeling to Support Adaptive Management
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Understanding EU restrictions on internet marketing and regional references

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Massachusetts DTC Applications – How to Get Started

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Truett-Hurst, Inc. Elects New Independent Director

BUD’S BEER BUNGLES

• How Budweiser Lost Millennials
• Budweiser loses out to craft beer in US

FINANCE, M&A

• Industry Veteran Todd Martin Forms New Spirits-Focused Investment Company

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Sotheby’s sale to offer best of the best
• Records Smashed as Wine Buyers Splash Out
• Cru Bourgeois Risks History Repeating
• Second Sale of Roy Welland Collection Totals $5.6 Million
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

YET ANOTHER WARNING THE WINE INDUSTRY WILL IGNORE UNTIL IT’S TOO LATE

• The wine world is under attack, and it needs to up its game: Economist Veseth

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TGI Fridays sued over drinks menu
• MD: New Laws Could Legalize Wine Growlers
• FDA publishes menu labeling rules

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• The Countries with the Highest Sparkling Wine Taxes
• Deutsch Family Sees $9-$15 Wine Offerings Soar

MARKETING & SALES

• Merchants Of Beverage, An Online Spirits And Wine Gift Service, Expands To 10 States
• Private Label’s Place in the Shelf-Space Shuffle
• Maison Sichel signs Amazon deal to boost off-trade sales
• Asian Retailer Aims be the Interflora of wine
• Why consumers buy drinks brands that reflect well on them
• How Your Business Can Thank The People Who Matter Most

MARKETING TO THE AFFLUENT

• Where Are Affluents Shopping?
• Wealthy Aussies will guzzle anything
• Wine by the Glass Goes High-End

WINE CHOICE & RECOMMENDATION

• Rethinking the Tasting Note

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Does size matter?
• Bottling Imported Wine Gives Owens-Illinois U.K. Boost

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook Isn’t Dying, It’s Just Changing
• Is Facebook a Waste of Money for Marketers?
• Online drinks gifting app launched
• Digital Engagement Across the Generations
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Farmers assess president’s move on immigration
• Calif Tops In Undocumented Immigrants

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Digital Wine Communications Conference: Celebrating the Golden Age of Wine

MEDIA MATTERS

• Debate over role and relevance of wine bloggers continues as trade figures take sides

MATTERS OF TASTE

• American “Nouveau” Wines Have Arrived

OFF THE BEATEN PALATE

• The doctor peppers (his wine)
• Unripe Grapes Are Good For Something

WINE PEOPLE

• Mario Pablo Silva of Chile’s Casa Silva
• The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

WINE PLACES

• OZ: Melbourne’s first interactive urban winery

WINE TOURISM

• Chateau Yaldara set to be tourist hotspot

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MI: Wine shop builds on distribution savvy
• VA: Loudoun County nabs national wine tourism conference
• NY: Vinegar Hill condo with private wine tasting room to hit market
• TN: Several liquor and wine stores now fill beer growlers

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Natural botrytis-killing pesticide licenced
• Thoughts about Tannin Structures and Oxygen Resistance in Red Wines
• Cold climate grapes

EUROPE & THE UK

• Morrisons rapped by ASA for “misleading” wine adverts after only two complaints
• UK: Consumers to tighten purse strings on food and drink this Christmas
• How To Avoid A Train Wreck In The Vineyards Of Lugana

OLIVE OIL

• Pakistan: MoU signed for promoting olive production
• Is olive oil good for high-heat cooking?