NEWS FETCH – April 8, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Are Grape Prices Rising Too Fast? By the Numbers
• Cal/OSHA toughens heat safety regulations
• The Role of Reasonable Use in the Russian River Frost Protection Litigation
• Brokers sour on Treasury Wine Estate outlook
• U.S. Economic Confidence Index Back to Negative
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Washington grape growers dodge spring frosts
• OZ: Quality grapes but few buyers; some Coonawarra growers struggle to sell their fruit
• Less than 15% of Australian wine grape growers made profit last year

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• How California’s Drought Impacts the Wine Business (VIDEO)
• Napa County digging through pile of Walt Ranch comments
• Clarksburg’s Bogle goes big, bold
• Paso Robles casino to stay put for now despite sale to Firestone Walker Brewing Company
• Steve Gross Leads State Compliance & Direct Shipping Seminar

DROUGHT/WATER

• Why the California drought will be worse than everyone thinks
• Urban Water Conservation Plummets In February
• California sets water use targets amid record low savings
• $10,000 per day fines proposed for water wasters
• How to Convince People to Save Water, Using Psychology

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Wine Ecommerce 101

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• C&C Brands brings three of its cider, wine and beer brands under one name
• USA Trade Tasting Partners With New York International Wine Competition To Give Early Bird Exhibitors Added Benefits. *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Merchants bullish for 2015 wine prices
• Merchants nervous over prices ahead of en primeur campaign
• Bordeaux Has Abused The Market
• Why wine collecting is the future

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX
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• How Much More Alcohol Do Men Drink Than Women Around The World

TURNING WINE INTO WATER & CREATING FEAR OUT OF NOTHING

• Wine/arsenic lawsuit based on faulty science and imaginary threats

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Commercial Speech And Alcoholic Beverages – Part I

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Protein Gobbles Water, Wine & Beer Not So Much
• How to Optimize your Bottle Price and Increase Sales *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Give Canned Wine a Chance
• European container glass industry growing
• 5 Suggestions on Building your Restaurant Wine Lists for Profits *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Second International Workshop on Vineyard Mechanization and Grape and Wine Quality in NY
• Business Summit Talk on April 10th in Walla Walla: How to Make a Small Fortune in the Wine Business

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Could Google be planning a Twitter takeover?

MEDIA MATTERS

• Italian wine blogger Maurizio Gily absolved of wrongdoing in defamation case

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A Nanosensor That Acts Like a Wine Taster
• Wine as Example of Liquid Hospitality
• Seeing the Light

WINE PEOPLE

• Lettie Teague Educates the Masses, Dresses Down Wine Snobs
• Welding Winemaker: Eric Stockwell forges new winery on Westside

WINE PLACES

• 5 Tips For Traveling In Lesser-Known Wine Regions

OH CANADA!

• Dreaming of California Wines at the CA Wine Fair in Ottawa

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• New Sustainability Program for Michigan?
• Wine market flourishes in NJ economic sectors
• Wineries recovering after harsh Michigan winter
• $1.4 million in funding for N.Y.’s agricultural economy, including the wine industry

ACADEMIA

• Measuring nutrients in grapevines at Charles Sturt University

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bibendum PLB stengthens play for UK
• Les Grands Chais de France acquires negociant in north of Burgundy
• UK shop prices fall 2.1% in March, as deflation settles in for “near future”
• Binge drinking drove one Italian out of Britain
• Araex: Invent the Future in Rioja
• Grand Plans in Rioja

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Online black market for booze and drugs

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Why are so many China wine distributors unresponsive about issues they claim are urgent?

LATIN AMERICA

• Question mark over massive Brazilian wine market

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER WINE & SPIRITS

• Deep Eddy’s Ascent, Part 1: Flavors Fuel Upswing For Texas Vodka
• Chinese liquor explored
• Meet Underberg’s Amazonian Sister: Brasilberg
• Inside The Mysterious World Of Banana Beer
• Sorel Artisanal Liqueur has a new partner
• Mystery over 1974 cocktail chart
• Science says this is the best way to pour and drink beer
• 7 Reasons Why Beer Is The Best Drink On Earth