NEWS FETCH – April 23, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Can the Mosel, Burgundy and California Keep Pace with Climate Change?
• Alsace Sparkling Legend Dies
• CA Court of Appeals Gives Guidance on How to Implement Tiered Pricing
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• An early start to the season includes plenty of frost protection activity for Mendocino County grower
• Lodi growers step up pace to match a crop that’s coming on early and fast

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS

• TTIP – denial in face of defeat
• Why US and Europe Need Not Fear TTIP’s Secret Trade Tribunals

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Farmworker Health Program ¡Salud! Announces 2015 Season Including Pop-Up Wine Shop
• The Wicked Wine Grapes of Rancho Salsipuedes
• Ballad of East and West in Carneros (PDF)
• A plea to North Coast to help coho salmon
• Sonoma County’s Vineyards Reach Halfway Mark towards Becoming 100% Sustainable by 2019
• USA Trade Tasting Early Bird Registrations Are Now Open: Save $740 If You Register Before 30 April 2015. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Sacramento-area water agencies call state drought program illegal
• Brown administration to stick with strict conservation targets, despite court ruling
• California cities fret over tiered water rates after court decision
• What California can learn from Saudi Arabia’s water mystery
• Food prices and the California drought
• 21 reasons Seattle should sell water to California

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Direct wine shipment bill passes PA House panel

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Tesco is unique and its power of recovery should not be underestimated
• Ste. Michelle Parent Corp. Altria Reports Mixed Q1 2015 Results
• Kent winery Chapel Down hails “excellent” year as sales rise 21%
• Pernod Ricard’s third quarter results shows sales improving
• Concha y Toro joins old vine Carignan club in Chile

DISTRIBUTORS

• Vintage Point Expands Portfolio With Three New Brands
• Tools of the Trade: 10 Must Have Documents to Have Ready For Your Distributor *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Big spender alert: Auction Napa Valley
• Wine investing-without the hefty price tag

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX
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• Is White Wine Healthy for Your Heart Too?
• Perils and cures of a hangover
• Addiction Treatment Center Calls For ‘Palcohol’ Ban By CA State Legislature
• Ireland: Raise tax on wine with higher alcohol

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Wine Lovers Pay Premium For French Wine
• Mexicans Outwork the Rest Of The World

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• A lesson from Japan for U.S. restaurant wine lists

MARKETING & SALES

• Is your level of service lagging behind the competition?
• How Large Distributors Launch A New Brand *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Libbey Inc. Announces Exclusive Agreement with Spiegelau: expands into premium glassware market
• English Wine Project set to open a new bottling plant in the Midlands

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Doorman: Changing My Wine Delivery Life
• An app that shows you Napa Valley’s organic wines and wineries
• 7 Social Tricks That Will Help You Retain Followers

MEDIA MATTERS

• WineVine.tv launches video destination for global wine community

MATTERS OF TASTE

• There’s only one good reason to buy wine: to drink it
• The Inside Story of Krug Champagne’s Fanatical Pursuit of Perfection
• Making wine for the pope

WINE PEOPLE

• 5 Minutes With Yquem & Cheval Blanc’s Pierre Lurton
• Here’s How One New Yorker Got Her Master’s of Wine
• Phil Coturri: The Wizard of Green

WINE PLACES

• The hills of northern Piedmont

OH CANADA!

• ON: Grocery Gateway to start delivering wine, spirits

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Oregon Wineries Earn ‘B Corp’ Certification
• 50 Years Of Wine Excellence : Oregon’s Willamette Valley
• New York Times wine club on ice
• Arizona wine industry matures, experts foresee potential gains
• Cooper Vineyards VA: The dollar that changed a region
• ‘Heart of the East’ wines are N.J.’s answer to Napa Valley

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Why Buying “Organic” Wine May Not Mean “Pesticide Free”

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Effective control of caterpillars starts with a good monitoring program
• Vineyard Planting Decision-Making Tool
• Renaissance Yeast Introduces Ossia Organic Wine Yeast
• Amazon will now let you rent a live goat

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Former Bibendum head of spirits launches new distribution business
• IVDP sets out strategy for divergent Douro
• UK: Brewdog plans to increase production fivefold in £25 million fundraising drive

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Newspapers chasing liquor industry dollars
• Wine Australia launch Market Program Guide for user-pays activities
• NZ to lead Sauvignon Blanc celebrations

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• New studies find that bees actually want to eat the pesticides that hurt them
• Wine and Tea – Pluck Tea’s Unique Blends
• Wine Physics

HEY MAN, WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT

• Queensland MP caught dipping penis in red wine, blames media

OLIVE OIL

• Kentucky Based First Fresh Named One of World’s Best Olive Oils

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER WINE & SPIRITS

• Wastewater: The Future of the Beer Industry
• Spirits that Move Markets
• American Moonshine Distillery Launching First Bottle of Liquor Into Space