NEWS FETCH – December 16, 2014

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine Estates to bail on some brands
• Liv-ex annual list of the most powerful brands in the fine wine market
• Much-needed rains return to California, but severe long-term drought continues
• Consultant puts losses from Napa quake at 1 billion
• Wine brokers: The shadow men
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HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• OZ: Shrivelling returns for wine grape growers sees interest in dried fruit industry rise
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma County storm damage estimate hits $16 million
• Napa Vintners pledge $2 million to AmCan Boys & Girls Club
• Wally’s opens a vinoteca in Beverly Hills – 150 Wines By The Glass
• 1/4 of Calif Chard undergoes alc removal
• Proposed Yountville Hill Winery may face further environmental studies
• Napa revisits wine wastewater
• Napa Valley Vintners Announces 2015 Premiere Wine Offerings
• What It Takes To Get Your Brand Approved By Commercial Airlines *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Case Study on the Antelope Valley Adjudication
• Decades-old water dispute nears end

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• DtC Wine Shipments Near $1.8 Billion
• Grow Direct To Consumer Sales *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Penfolds wines help get TWE back on track
• Treasury Wine Estates looks to America for growth
• Bargain Booze launches discount app to drive sales

FINANCE, M&A

• OZ: Warrenmang Vineyard in Victoria’s Pyrenees for sale
• Wally’s expanding With Backing of Guess Founders

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Sotheby’s Auctions Wine in Paris
• Top 10 wine thefts
• HDH top of the US auction charts
• Growing price appreciation for old Port?
• 2015 Cape Wine Auction out to change the world

HEALTH

• Under-reporting Alcohol Consumption in Surveys – How Common and by Whom?
• You don’t have to drink wine to get resveratrol
• OZ: Alcohol is plain packaging’s next casualty

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• WV dine distributor sues over phony emails
• How to Generate Demand In The 3-Tier System *Sponsored Link*

CHAMPAGNE THROWS LEGAL HISSY FIT

• Lawyers Burst Champagne Jayne’s Bubble
• Day One : CIVC takes on sole trader – Champagne Jayne
• Day Two – Round 2 : Champagne Jayne in the box

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Taiwan’s wine imports growing at 27% per year

MARKETING & SALES

• 5 Research-Proven Reasons to Ditch Luxury Brands
• Wine Ecommerce, Italian Style
• Beverage directors embrace amaro
• Wine will always have a place at the table
• 2014: The year in millennial media consumption
• Stratton elected Wine Market Council Chair
• 15 marketing trends for 2015
• Digital advertising worldwide is expected to top $146 billion in 2014

WINE CHOICE & RECOMMENDATION

• How sound affects taste

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• What happens when journalism goes 100% Twitter? (The horror! The Horror!)
• Young Wine Drinkers Engage Via Social Media, Love Moscato and Bubbly
• Britons are world’s most enthused online shoppers
• Nearly nine in 10 who share content online use dark social
• Yelp’s new mobile app lets merchants reply to ranting customers on the go

MEDIA MATTERS

• Off the Vine Radio Show featuring The Academic Wino
• Top 5 Wine PR Trends and Ideas Worth Watching in 2015
• Grape Encounters Radio host opens new wine bar
• Winemaker Detective Mystery Series Inspires Real Top-100 Wine
• Can wine tastings and movie tickets really help newspapers keep subscribers?

THERE IS ACTUALLY NEWS HERE, SUFFOCATING BENEATH THE VERBAL SPEW

• Edition zero of “wine2wine” closed on the 4th of December with a positive feedback

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Growing Diversity of Premium Port
• The Claw Factor of Sauvignon Blanc
• Stuck on an island with only one type of wine? Make it Barolo
• Italian Wine Drinkers: We Like Green, Whatever It Means
• Veuve Clicquot made bubbly what it is today

TASTING CHANUKAH

• Lou Amdur on kosher wine
• Squeezing Out the Last Drop of Olive Oil for Your Menorah

WINE PEOPLE

• Florence Cathiard brings finesse and exceptional detail to making great wines
• Q&A: Olivier Bourdet-Pees
• Georgia: A Local Wine Legend Moves On
• Peter Bell of Fox Run

WINE PLACES

• Idaho: Great Northwest Destination Winery: Ste. Chapelle
• Washington’s Red Mountain Appellation a font of fine red wines
• The One Wine to Try in Vienna Is Wiener Gemischter Satz
• Science for Maltese Wine

ACADEMIA

• MBA Students Develop Taste For Innovation In Food And Drink Industries

EUROPE & THE UK

• Winemakers ask Russia for Crimean scene on banknote
• UK leaders shun English fizz
• Champagne UNESCO hopes looking good

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Winery gains global business smarts

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Two Korean tariff cuts to benefit Australian industries

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Why You’re Drinking Champagne All Wrong
• 3 Holiday Drinks For People Who Hate Eggnog
• 5 tips, facts about sparkling wine
• Quick And Dirty Guide To Sparkling Wines From Around The World
• Portable cup holder allows people to enjoy beverages in the bath

OLIVE OIL

• Planeta’s Cooking Secrets
• After the Olive Fruit Fly and Bacterial Blight, the Dreaded Starling