NEWS FETCH – January 22, 2015

TOP NEWS

• NYSLA, Empire Wine and Due Process
• US wine industry facing ‘unprecedented’ third large harvest
• Wine Exporters Shift Focus from Asia to United States
• Shafer drops lawsuit over ‘Hillside Select’ name
• Millennials haven’t made “a dent” in fine wine sales
• The top 8 reasons it makes dollars and sense to move your winery software to the Cloud *Sponsored Link*

MORE COMMENTARY ON THE SVB REPORT

• 2015 Wine Trends And Predictions From Silicon Valley Bank
• Fine Wine Trending Up
• SVB predicts good year for fine wine

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Vintners donate million to Upvalley Boys & Girls Clubs
• Peter Mondavi looks back at 100
• 35 Maple Street Spirits Creates New National Sales Division
• Clos Du Val Appoints Sue Furdek Director of Marketing
• Angela Soleno brings passion and principle to her high-end wines
• Women for WineSense Winemaking Roundtable and Virginie Boone
• Brown May Join Napolitano to Fix UC Budget
• Paid research study in San Diego for wine drinkers
• Garagiste Wine Festival Gives $20,000 to Cal Poly Wine & Viticulture Program

DROUGHT/WATER

• CDFA awards $5.8 million to assist farmers in second phase of State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program
• State suspends fees for water and energy efficiency program
• Central Valley farmers say farming is doomed in their areas (VIDEO)
• The Value Of The Colorado River In Dollars And Cents
• OriginOil Commissions Pilot Site To Treat Produced Water for Steam Injection and Agricultural Irrigation

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Indiana: Repeal of wine shipment rules heads to Senate
• DTC Progress in Nova Scotia; BC Moves to Pre-Tax Pricing
• Looking To Export? Here is how to create a perfect presentation for your wine brand *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• New Tesco UK boss says he’s “gutted” to leave Halfords
• On-Premise Specialist The Mark Wine Group Projects 25% Growth
• MMD makes management changes

FINANCE, M&A

• EcoPesticides closes series A round
• Wine Club raises $1m for an independent winemaking venture

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Counterfeit Wine Investigator Has an Idea for Fighting Fakes
• Where next for Bordeaux’s 2005s?
• 10 Documents You Will Need In Your Wine Distributor Meeting *Sponsored Link*

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Alcohol Options Growing for Health-Conscious Drinkers
• Unreported Responses to New Anti-Alcohol Study
• Healthy Lifestyle Choices Significantly Reduce Heart Disease in Younger Adult Women
• Sleep-Deprived Teens at Higher Risk of Developing Problems with Alcohol
• Olive oil diet may boost fertility

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Wine, Beer, Cream Cheese, Trademarks & A Correction
• Alcohol Home-Delivery Apps: Are they legal?
• Maker of Carbonation Systems for Alcohol Fells Voss Water in Trademark Dispute

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Private label wine: The future of the wine business?
• UK wine market will grow but spirits will struggle
• Where Will The World’s Best Wines Come From This Year?
• 5 booze trends to ban from predictions
• Rémy Cointreau sales decline slows, shows signs of stabilising

MARKETING & SALES

• Millennials, Gen Xers drive premiumization in wine industry
• Where do tech-savvy millennials buy wine? Not online
• Restaurant marketers increasingly tap social media
• Missed the MUNDUS VINI 2014 Award? Taste the winning wines at ProWein 2015 – the extensive ancillary program has a lot to offer! *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Storing Wine in Glass Versus New and Recycled PET Packaging: A Chemical Analysis

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• NZ to hold first international conference celebrating Sauvignon Blanc in 2016

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook Dominates Social Sharing While Twitter Sees a Decline
• Pinterest Was the Fastest-Growing Social Network in 2014
• LinkedIn Beats Twitter for Content Marketing

PAYMENTS

• Here’s Why Apple Pay Users Have Cut the Plastic
• Stripe makes it easier for customers to deal with replacement credit cards

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The real scoop on becoming a Certified Specialist of Wine

MEDIA MATTERS

• How to succeed as a wine writer by writing boring wine articles
• 1,500 Posts: Time for a Search for Meaning

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The relationship (or lack thereof) between scores, prices and appellations
• New Home for 500-Year-Old Wine
• Affordable Substitutes For Screaming Eagle

WINE PEOPLE

• In Memorium: Joachim Hollerith and Nancy Parker Knowles
• The “Foster Father” Winemaker of J. Wilkes Wines
• Young German Winemaker Mines the Millennial Mind
• Dan Petroski Honors The Past

WINE PLACES

• Little Israeli Wineries Trying To Make Big Splash
• Furmint Adventures Episode 3: Barta Winery
• OZ: Inside the heart of the Hunter’s largest organic vineyard
• An Introduction to the Cape

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Pinot Noir drives Oregon wine economics

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Predicting cold hardiness of grapes

DOWN UNDER

• Hill-Smith heads Aussie fine wine mission
• Grey nomads, backpackers and locals: the truth about picking grapes in Australia

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• How To Woo Women With Food And Wine, Japanese Style

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• My Romantic / Obsessive-Compulsive Wine Cellar
• Wine saint’s day: Vincent of Saragossa

OLIVE OIL

• $20 mln investment to scale up EVOO production targeting the U.S. market