NEWS FETCH – April 21, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Why Haven’t Corporations Crushed the Family Wine Business?
• American consumer money worries continue, unchanged from 2014
• Sacto River Agencies & Contractors Agree on Framework for Water Ops
• Interview: Republic Distributing Pres Tom Cole
• Restaurant bans ‘small screaming children’
• Italian PM Quenches Obama’s Super Tuscan Thirst
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS

• EU Parliament’s opposition to TTIP arbitration at 50%
• EU Ombudsman Charges U.S. Lack of TTIP transparency
• Wine Institute Supports Trade Promotion Authority Legislation

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Eminent domain becoming more frequent for high-speed rail in the Valley
• 2014 Lodi Grower Survey – Report of Results
• Napa Valley: Vintners and Grapegrowers Invite Neighbors to Afternoon in the Vineyards
• Affluent San Francisco Suburbs Seek Vineyard AVA
• USA Trade Tasting Early Bird Registrations Are Now Open: Save $740 If You Register Before 31 April 2015. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Court decision may drain the clout behind Cal governor’s water orders
• Cal governor pitches water hissy fit
• What you need to know about the state’s proposed water restrictions
• How will the state fix the smelt problem?
• Worth Repeating (and Remembering): Dollars and drops per California crop

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Managing a shift from wine wholesale distribution to consumer-direct

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Restaurant stocks benefit from investor sentiment, economic factors
• Constellation Brands Rally To Continue In Fiscal 2016

FINANCE, M&A

• $1.35m funding brings ‘Joiy’ for Wellington winemakers
• ‘Angel’ funding grafts consumers into winemaking

DISTRIBUTORS

• A new model for wine distribution: Market intelligence partner
• Tools of the Trade: 10 Must Have Documents to Have Ready For Your Distributor *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Online Wine Auctions Wooing New Collectors
• Liv-Ex: Lafon Rochet released at €22 per bottle

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Diet Including Wine May Cut Alzheimer’s Risk

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Wine Retailers Assn Scolds WSWA for “attempt to prejudice” Empire Wine Case
• Liquor regulatory “reform” Round-Up
• Bad Medicine, Good Disclaimer
• Scissors and suds: Are salons breaking the law?
• Worth Repeating: Illinois Attorney STILL Targeting Wineries
• Champagne producers debate new disgorgement rule

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• 2014 Saw Increase in Average Wine Bottle Price

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Finding dependable advice on wine
• Will Stagflation Kill The 100-Point System?

MARKETING & SALES

• Why the rise in grower Champagnes?
• Wine marketers say consumer shifts call for new approaches
• Napa Technology’s WineStation Projected Expansion into 500 New Locations By 2017
• How Large Distributors Launch A New Brand *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine on Tap is the Green Thing to Do
• Wine juice boxes: an Ivies alternative to bring out your inner child

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• The National Restaurant Association Announces Partnership with Craft Beverage Expo

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 14 incredibly simple hacks for wine lovers
• How Millennials Use, or Don’t Use, Social for Shopping
• Avoid ‘pet rock syndrome’ in getting wine consumers’ attention
• Wineries should never cede authority to the ‘buy’ button

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Wine industry should look for opportunity when roadblocks rise

MEDIA MATTERS

• Orange Is The New Misogyny?

NATURALLY SPEAKING

• David Williams and Doug Wregg on natural wine and wine writing
• Separating Fad from Future in Natural Wine

MATTERS OF TASTE

• ‘Full bodied’ and ‘intense’ wines may lack the taste of low alcohol counterparts: Study
• Argentina to try Albariño in coastal vineyard
• A League of Their Rhône Rangers–Part Two
• Shipwrecked 1840s Champagne reveals secrets
• Bitter believe it

WINE PEOPLE

• NYTimes: Joseph Phelps Dies at 87; Brought Innovation to California Wines
• Gary (gaz) Regan: A Man For All Seasons

WINE PLACES

• The Wines of Ca Lojera from Lugana, Italy
• Italy is so much more than wine

VINO-NECROPHILIA

• What Does Fifty-Year-Old Wine and Beyond Taste Like?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• What’s the Big Deal About Stems?
• The man who brings science to the modern art of winemaking

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Macroclimate, Microclimate, Mesoclimate, and Canopy Climates

OLIVE OIL

• Aussie olive producers win big in international competition