NEWS FETCH – December 2, 2014

TOP NEWS

• US Consumer Spending Inches Up in November
• Initial Calif Water Project allocation set at just 10%
• Empire Wine gets a brief reprieve from NYSLA Persecution
• Black Friday online sales up 20.6% year over year
• Could this be a record-setting year for wine sales?
• Women more grateful for wine than health of children?
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Calif: Climate Info Site for Agriculture
• Three Things You Didn’t Know About Lodi Wine Country
• Lessons from Napa quake recovery
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Climate Change and California’s Water: What Challenges Can We Anticipate?
• California to Welcome Rain, Brace for Flooding
• 5 Ways Californians Have Changed Their Behavior Because of Drought
• Water Conservation Among Many Exciting Changes At Vintage Nurseries *Presented by our sponsor*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Tesco makes changes to senior management team
• Suspended Tesco executive to return as Dave Lewis overhauls team
• Scotch Association makes Pernod’s Pringuet its new chairman

FINANCE, M&A

• China’s Summergate bought by Woolworths Liquor Group
• Don’t let cashflow issues burst your company bubble this Xmas

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Downward slide in fine wine prices halts
• Liv-ex Fine Wine 1000 index rises 0.1%
• Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 index rises 0.3%
• Cru Bourgeois Wines Seeing Dynamic Markets

HEALTH

• Human ancestors developed a taste for alcohol 10 million years ago
• Are Cannabis-Laced Wines & Spirits Dangerous?
• Are “beer goggles” (or “wine goggles”) real?
• Can a pill cure binge drinking?

NEOPROHIBITION

• Glass of wine same as downing three vodkas: UK Health Chief
• A glass of wine as bad as three shots? This is just scaremongering

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Champagne lawyers accuse critic ‘Champagne Jayne’ of trademark infringement
• Idaho’s wine industry petitions for two new AVAs
• Italian white wine seeks Geographical Indication status

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• How Many Inebriates Shopped On Black Friday?
• Champagne leads fine wine market

MARKETING & SALES

• Are Chinese Millennials any different from others with regard to wine?
• Approaching Seasonal Selling for Advertising Effectiveness That Lasts
• Who Are U.S. Shoppers Buying for this Holiday Season?
• ‘Situational appropriateness’ of beer influenced by familiarity

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Preparing online customer service for the holidays
• Snapchat is fastest-growing social app this year

PAYMENTS

• Consumers Must Get Smart Before Using Digital Currencies

MEDIA MATTERS

• Fourteen rules concerning wine blogging

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Biodynamic versus Organic Vineyard Management: Sensory Showdown
• Spanish Researchers Trying To Create New Wine
• Champagne flutes’ tune now out of favor
• A good time for Cava

WINE PEOPLE

• M. Chapoutier, Part 1: The Collaborations
• Lee Lutes: Putting the ‘Star’ in Black Star
• Organic Wine with Bonterra Vineyard Director David Koball
• William Shatner Talks With Nancy Gneier On Brown Bag Wine Tasting

WINE PLACES

• Chateau Phelan Segur Keeps Tradition Through Evolution
• How Valais put the charm in Chasselas

WINE EDUCATION

• Business students’ growing appetite for food and wine courses

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Cider making a comeback in Virginia

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Vineyard Management Practices and Carbon Footprints
• Calif’s New Sustainability Winery Medal
• Roger Jones concludes his wine tour of New Zealand with praise for its sustainability

EUROPE & THE UK

• Controversial Mosel Bridge Claimed Unsafe
• UK wine market split in two tiers
• Vine growing on remote Italian island gets UNESCO heritage status

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Indian women taking to wine in the right spirit
• China: Baijiu executive in corruption probe

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Beauty of Age, in Good Wine as in Good People
• Best Gifts For Wine Lovers In 2014
• Wine gifts for every budget
• Jay-Z’s 13 Best Songs Mentioning Wine Explained
• How To Not Completely Embarrass Yourself At The Office Holiday Party
• How To Find The Best Deals On Wine At A French Restaurant

OLIVE OIL

• Two Italians in Taipei for the culture of the extra virgin olive oil
• Huge investments in Cordoba from Portuguese Sovena & Spanish Deoleo
• Extra virgin olive oil could cut your heart attack risk in just six weeks
• New era for the Greek extra virgin olive oil
• Olive Oil production in Spain stands at 29,100 tons
• Olatile compounds are responsible for the Aroma and Quality virgin olive oil
• Two Courses in Verona for Aspiring Olive Oil Experts
• Two Sides of Cyprus Meet Halfway in the Name of Olive Oil
• Extra virgin olive oil could cut your heart attack risk in just six weeks
• SPME-GCM to detect sensory defects in olive oil
• The olive oil world giants are betting on Spain
• Two Italians in Taipei for the culture of the extra virgin olive oil
• Toxic waste from olive oil production turned into electricity
• Korean Research Team to Develop Tech to Mix Water & Olive Oil to make eco-friendly cosmetics
• A Merry ‘Tonda Iblea’ Harvest in Sicily
• Syrians Look to Ancient Olive Groves for Firewood
• Olive Oil Phenols Help Protect Bone Mass
• The good oil: Olive oil