NEWS FETCH – February 27, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine says private label growth poses challenge as profit slumps
• Immigration reform won’t fix farm labor shortage
• “Father of Merlot Madness” St. Francis Winery founder dies at 80
• Drought Called Threat to Public Health
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Early grape ripening forces bottleneck supply at Barossa wineries
• OZ Wine Industry full bottle on intense early vintage
• Overcoming the Top 10 Objections from Beverage Retailers *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• The growing season begins in Napa
• Sonoma Agriculture Preservation Plan Unveiled
• Sonoma County grape growers use technology to battle frost

DROUGHT/WATER

• 21st Century Delta: Dutch lessons on levee design, prioritization
• Mini urban reservoirs could help ease California’s drought
• How To Solve The Water Crisis: Use More Fossil Fuels
• Lake Tahoe research provides new insights on global change

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Ending Pennsylvania’s Wine Monopoly?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury Wine Profit Rises 86% Helped by Falling Currency
• Dan Jago’s return to Tesco: what does it mean for the wine industry?
• Suppliers welcome Jago return to Tesco
• Pernod Ricard shakes up team to boost Asian growth

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Empire collection commands ‘exceptional results’
• Potential of 2013 Napa Valley vintage provokes record bids at winter trade auction
• How Large Distributors Launch A New Brand *Sponsored Link*

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Red Wine Benefits Don’t Make Up For All The Other Unhealthy Stuff You Do
• Mediterranean Diet Associated with Lower Risk of Mortality and Death in Diabetes Patients
• 10 Reasons Why Beer Is Very Good For Your Health
• Underage drinkers of flavored alcoholic beverages at increased risk of alcohol-related injuries
• How Does Wine Help Your Gut Health?
• Lower drinking age proposed for service members

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Winemakers Reject Quebec Icewine Standard
• NC: Advertising, Promotions, and Retailer Relationships: Are You ABC Compliant?
• BC Announces Supermarket Wine & Liquor Sales Rules

MARKETING & SALES

• Use Millennial Marketing to Reach Boomers
• How to Enchant Millennials with Your Marketing Message
• From the “Get a Clue” department on Bad PR form
• 5 Lessons Learned About Internal Brand Building
• How to make an ad as effective as Budweiser’s
• Use the online search tool to make sure you are well prepared for your ProWein 2015 visit – over 5,000 exhibitors await you! *Sponsored Link*

WINE CHOICE & RECOMMENDATION

• Outsmarting Wine Snobs with Machine Learning
• 2011: Same wines — different palates

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• National Restaurant Assn Partners With Craft Beverage Expo

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Wine Brand marketers should have a closer look at Facebook Place Tips
• 10 ways to boost sales and business through Twitter
• Customer Trust Factors To Boost Your Social Media Results
• Increase brand awareness (and sales) with mobile apps
• Five Critical Tips for Growing Your Social Media Fan Base
• How Often Should You Post to Pinterest, Twitter, Google+ and Facebook?

PAYMENTS

• Credit Card Combats Fraud by Always Changing Its Digits

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• What the FCC’s net neutrality vote really means

MEDIA MATTERS

• Champagne Jayne and the new censorship
• The history of wine reviewing
• Pardonez moi in writing

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Great Palates Don’t Exist
• Wine Too Old To Drink? Too Young To Drink?
• Will good claret ever taste the same again?
• Madeira: Twenty Years on the Comeback Trail
• Viognier: Once obscure, this luscious white grape is now the epitome of chic

WINE PEOPLE

• Robert Hill-Smith reveals his wine tips
• Dhalluin’s Dedication to Duty at Mouton
• The world of Chinese sommeliers: Wallace Lo
• Michaël Engelmann of NYC’s The Modern on Value and Mullineux

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Oregon’s wine industry is poised for continued growth
• Now’s time for solution to WA wineries’ wastewater

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Does the winemaker have more of an impact than do the grapes on the quality and style of wine?
• Lanson uses oak to increase Champagne quality

EUROPE & THE UK

• A Cultural Shift in Italian Wine
• A Hydroelectric Dam Is Making Portuguese Wineries Nervous
• Grape Britain: most popular varieties

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine Consumption On The Rise In India
• Keys to success in the Chinese market

SOUTH AFRICA

• How an SA winery is using rooibos to produce alcohol

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• How to replicate a wine from 1500 year-old grape seeds
• What You Can Learn About Wine From Drinking With The French
• Wine as company
• Watching beer cans be made is almost as enjoyable as emptying them

OLIVE OIL

• European Parliament proposals for measures to support and promote the European olive sector
• Croatian MEP Proposes New Quality Measures

ARTISAN BEER, CIDER & SPIRITS

• Beer Institute Releases Domestic Tax Paid Estimate
• Just stop this craft beer ‘revolution’
• Morimoto celebrates 60th year by opening Napa’s new sake lounge