NEWS FETCH – April 24, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Climate Scientists See Evidence CA Drought Will End Next Winter
• Napa Valley Congressman breaks with wine industry in trade vote
• Tied-House Law Unconstitutionality – Per Se vs. As Applied
• This is how “environmentally friendly” product labels affect your brain
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS

• TTIP negotiators get an earful from American critics

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Chinese delegation to attend inaugural Cal-China wine forum
• Carneros Wine Alliance celebrates 30 years
• What Makes Napa Valley Valuable?
• Napa copes with Californian drought
• Supreme Court may wrinkle raisin marketing
• Napa County supervisors will study setting a ‘living wage’
• USA Trade Tasting Early Bird Registrations Are Now Open: Save $740 If You Register Before 30 April 2015. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Curtailment Notices Sent to Junior Water Right Holders in San Joaquin Watershed
• Big Sur Restaurant Saves Water Big Time With An Air Compresson
• The Race to Save California From Drought
• Droughtshaming: California drought vigilantes humiliate wasteful neighbors
• Amid California’s Historic Drought, a Scientist Digs for Answers
• Early years of California’s drought may be linked to lingering effect of La Niña

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Strides in Compliance: Q&A with Matt Mann, Part I

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Strangely, Tesco is the only one not obsessed with its profit margin

FINANCE, M&A

• SVB Financial Group Announces Availability Of Quarterly Financial Results
• Oregon Wine Expands to Burgundy
• Family Companies: To Have and to Hold
• In Malbec Wine Country, the Cheap Land Has Foreigners’ Attention

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Wine Announces Key National Category Management Appointment
• Locating the Moral High Ground in the Wine Industry
• Tools of the Trade: 10 Must Have Documents to Have Ready For Your Distributor *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bonds against the scammers
• Sotheby’s to auction 1815 vintage Port for Waterloo bicentenary
• L’Evangile 2014: better value in back vintages?
• Duhart-Milon 2014 released: a positive sign

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX
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• The fat in wine and why we need it
• Americans Are Drinking More Heavily, Especially Women
• Can a Compound in Red Wine Help Fight Cancer?
• Legislators push to ban powdered alcohol in New York State

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Made in Monterey? Proposal to require Monterey County wines to be labeled as such
• Understanding menu labeling requirements

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• America’s heaviest drinking counties mapped
• Gaps Show U.S. Is Short At Least 3.5 Million Full Time Jobs

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why wine competitions help consumers
• Wine events teach the wrong things about wine

MARKETING & SALES

• Secrets of Successful Marketing with Mobile Coupons
• Napa Hospitality symposium reports industry insights
• How Large Distributors Launch A New Brand *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The Many Factors to Consider When Deciding the Best Packaging for Your Product

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• DIRECT 2015 Workshop Breakdown

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook’s News Feed Changes Could Hurt Brands
• Facebook influences over half of shoppers
• Five ways to squeeze more juice from Google Analytics

PAYMENTS

• In Mobile Payment Adoptions, Millennials Lead

MEDIA MATTERS

• Top 10 Faux Pas of Wine PR People
• Former TWE boss joins new digital TV channel dedicated to wine

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Cabernet Sauvignon Can Be Good For Your Palate and Your Wallet
• This truly blind wine tasting is an inspiration
• So what’s new in wine?
• Sauvignon Blanc on the Brain

WINE PEOPLE

• Decanter interview: Lamberto Frescobaldi & Tim Mondavi
• I (Art) & Soul Winemaking: Randall Grahm
• Obituary: Michael Elwood Black
• Aussie winemaker plies his craft on the Gallipoli peninsula

WINE PLACES

• 4 Napa Valley Wineries With Rich Histories
• After a Norman Foster Spruce-Up, Château Margaux Opens Its Doors to Guests
• The Busy Wine Lover’s Guide to Fonseca
• Portraits of Bardolino: Gianni Piccoli, Corte Gardoni

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• New Jersey: The Most User-Friendly Wine Region in the US
• Finger Lakes, NY: A new wine frontier emerges
• New Verona winery adds to Kentucky’s growing industry

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Frank Family Vineyards receives Napa Green certification
• UC Davis scientists find “fingerprints” of warmer world
• Are radical enviros a worse threat than climate change?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The Effect of Acetaldehyde on Red Wine Color Stability and Astringency
• The tractor: Cultivating quality in the vineyards

EUROPE & THE UK

• Sainsbury’s BWS boss set for the exit

DOWN UNDER

• The freedom of Australian vineyards leaves tasters spoilt for choice
• NZ Horticultural production tops $7 billion, driven by wine and apples

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• ASC Fine Wines names new CEO

LATIN AMERICA

• Chilean volcano spares fruit

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Who Said Wine Doesn’t Pair With Sports?

OLIVE OIL

• Researchers concerned over olive disease in Europe, pathogen present in CA

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER WINE & SPIRITS

• Tommy Guns vodka settles lawsuit
• Control State Spirits Sales Up 2% Through March
• Business of selling liquor in Texas was once modest, until it went on steroids
• Bacardi is named most reputable company
• Craft brewers boost demand for hops
• Forget Protein Shakes: Drink Beer After A Workout