NEWS FETCH – March 10, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Courts Closing in On Robert Dahl And His Napa Wine Ventures
• California exports outpace nation
• Los Olivos Wine Region Takes a Sideways Step.;,koi56
• Moderate Alcohol Consumption Increases High Fat and Savory Food Intake
• Blackmailers threaten to poison NZ infant milk formula to stop the use of an agricultural pesticide
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma County, Lytton tribe deal: yes on winery, no on casino
• Trefethen soldiers on after Napa quake
• Liquor bill’s fate could be smooth, or harsh
• CIA: Innovative program takes food business to next level
• Foie gras back on Fresno restaurant menus
• Napa Valley Grape Grower Round Pond Estate Builds Namesake Brand

DROUGHT/WATER

• Portions of Pacific Northwest wine industry face drought
• Dept of Water Resources’ role in implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Aldi marketing offensive bears fruit while Tesco manages to stem market share loss

FINANCE, M&A

• Moving wine properties at auction
• Invivo looks to raise close to £1m in first NZ wine crowdfunding venture

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern W&S Appoints VP, GM of Delaware Market
• E. & J. Gallo Winery to distribute Italy’s Pieropan wines in US
• Beverage Trade Network Launches USA Trade Tasting To Help Producers Connect With Distributors *Sponsored Link*

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX
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• Brain protein could hold alcoholism cure
• Alcohol Worse for Mental Health than Psychedelics
• Research suggests alcohol poisoning bigger issue for middle-aged men
• The Cost Of Living – Alcohol And The NHS Funding Debate
• Whiskey Is Healthy?
• The Age At Which We Drink The Most Alcohol According to Science

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• The Supreme Court of Wine Rules

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Boring or Bling? Brandy’s Image Gap in the US
• How To Build a Cult-Like Following For Your Brand: *Sponsored Link*

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Grape tannins bond with fat molecules to release flavour in your mouth

MARKETING & SALES

• The Yellow Tail Story: How Two Families Turned Australia Into America’s Biggest Wine Brand
• Developing markets more open to alternative shopping
• What It Takes To Get Your Brand Approved By Commercial Airlines: *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• How Braille Wound Up On Wine Labels
• Lean Manufacturing at Nomacorc

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• 2015 Wine Industry Conference registration ends April 22
• First Generation of Women in Wine Talk About Their Challenges, Experiences
• Women in Wine tell it like it is

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Delivery On Demand, Part 1: A New Generation Of Players Looks To Reshape The Landscape

PAYMENTS

• How Bitcoin will come to dominate global finance
• Apple Pay is available in 700K locations in U.S.

MEDIA MATTERS

• How Freelancers Should Be Using Social Media

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How “natural wines” can polarize wine drinkers
• Wine’s high rent district
• New take on wine coolers: Can it be cooler?
• Finding Pirate Treasure With a Corkscrew

WINE PEOPLE

• Ernie Loosen, Doctor on the Loose
• Grant Taylor of Valli Wines
• Robert P. Koch, President Of The Wine Institute

WINE PLACES

• Priorat wine producers bid for World Heritage status
• The quest to revive a near-lost Nebbiolo terroir in northern Piedmont
• Madeira, Portugal: the most enviable island on earth?
• Why Montefalco Is Italy’s Best “New” Wine Region
• The Wine Destination Guide to Manhattan

WINE TOURISM

• What Can Wine Tourism Learn from Food?

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• The hidden face of the US wine industry
• Southern Wine & Spirits of America Appoints VP, GM of Delaware Market
• Midwest Wine Publication Highlights Quirky MO Quaffers
• Finger Lakes Riesling Diary – FLX Dream Teams

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Applying Lessons From Pierce’s Disease

EUROPE & THE UK

• Portugal hits new UK heights
• Can independents (and their suppliers) grasp their moment in the limelight?

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Good heat and low rainfall brings on strong, early wine grape harvest for AH vineyard
• OZ: Grape expectations in trade deals

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Drink like the Japanese

OLIVE OIL

• Trends in world olive oil consumption
• Olive Oil Consumption in Italy Slides to 25-Year Low
• World picture for olive oil so far in 2014/15
• Prices paid to producers for extra virgin olive oil

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER WINE & SPIRITS

• Samuel Adams Pits East Vs. West In A Homebrew Battle
• Japanese sake producers reflect on 4 years of recovery to mark quake anniversary

MARIJUANA

• Senate Bill Would Ease Federal Prohibition Of Medical Marijuana