NEWS FETCH – March 25, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Judge rules against Wappo tribal recognition lawsuit: Casino fears assuaged
• Local Versus State Water Projects: Same Drought, Different Outcomes
• U.S. Economic Confidence Index Retreats Slightly
• Evelyn Trentadue of Trentadue Winery passes away
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• E. & J. Gallo Acquires J Vineyards & Winery
• John Jordan Congratulates Sister on J Sale To Gallo
• Western congress members seek full quake warning funding

CONTINUING NAPA WINERY MURDER/SUICIDE COVERAGE

• Autopsy shows Napa vineyard murder victim shot five times
• Recordings show police response to murder-suicide at winery

DROUGHT/WATER

• Banking on California’s groundwater: strategies for a precious and imperiled resource
• A Candid Conversation With California’s ‘Water Czar’
• Finding the Right Price for Water
• Could Boston’s Snow Break Our Drought?

FINANCE, M&A

• Zacks Reaffirms “Buy” Rating for Constellation Brands (STZ)
• Piedmont winemaker & daughter crowdfund $750K to develop authentic Italian wines
• Beverage Trade Network Launches USA Trade Tasting To Help Producers Connect With Distributors *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• US buyers back on track for en primeur
• Rothschild Enlists Art and Heritage to Beat China’s Bordeaux Slump
• Robert Parker is Wrong—He’s Not Part of the Problem
• Masseto keeps faith with Bordeaux

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX
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• Call time on soft approach to Big Alcohol
• Consuming three alcoholic drinks a day may cause liver cancer

CONTINUING ARSENIC IN WINE COVERAGE

• A layperson looks at arsenic in wine
• Wine and the Con Artist

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Foreign, domestic rosé wines vie for bigger share of U.S. market
• Led By Barefoot, Gallo’s Wine Portfolio Achieves Impressive Growth
• Epic Wines & Spirits Continues Rapid Growth
• How To Build a Cult-Like Following For Your Brand: *Sponsored Link*

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Score Whores, Cherry Pickers, and Pseudo-Science: The 100 Point Scale Examined
• How Real is Minerality?

MARKETING & SALES

• Your Sales Depend on Reputation
• Winemaker on contests: Fun to win, but a limited impact on sales
• What It Takes To Get Your Brand Approved By Commercial Airlines: *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Registration is Open for DIRECT 2015

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The case for publishing directly to Facebook
• The Foods You Like Reveal The Wines You Love in New Wine App

MEDIA MATTERS

• Do you aspire to write about wine?
• Wine writing is an imprecise art
• Wine writing: imprecise, and art: Heimoff response
• Are Your Blog Posts Falling Flat?

WINE PEOPLE

• Moët & Chandon winemaker talks grower Champagne, glassware, and decanting
• Venture Capitalist Bottles California Pinots That Rival Burgundy

OH CANADA!

• BC’s New Liquor Regime and Wine Culture

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Md. launching vineyard search for invasive pests
• Barbera grape, wine thriving in Maryland
• MI wine industry considers launching sustainability certification program

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Vineyard’s soil microbes shape grapes’ microbial community
• How New Zealand Controls Leafroll Virus
• UAVs have place in agriculture, farmer tells legislators

EUROPE & THE UK

• ‘Fake’ Crimean Prosecco Outrages Italian Producers
• Spanish wine giant Codorniu expands in Rioja
• Concha y Toro joins Chile’s fledgling DOC organisation
• UK: Research questions government’s “billions of units of alcohol” removed from market claim

DOWN UNDER

• Australian Senate to launch broad inquiry into wine industry
• OZ: Surplus block of grape vines becomes $36,000 donation to charity

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine ventures take Bengaluru women to a new high

LATIN AMERICA

• It is a new era for Argentine wine
• Argentina trials ancient Italian grape

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African wineries target Chinese market’s growing taste for wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Craft beer enthusiast producing hops-infused candy

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER WINE & SPIRITS

• Craft beer exports continue to rise
• You’re drinking your beer too cold, and here’s why
• Ontario: Wynne wont close door on craft brewers’ request to let them open more stores
• 15 Shocking Facts Most People Don’t Know About Their Favorite Liquors
• Koval Distillery: Black Sheep of Booze