NEWS FETCH – May 20, 2015

TOP NEWS

• US Wine In The COOL Crosshairs: Canada Set To Retaliate
• California farms added workers in 2014, even amid drought
• Gallo buys 642 Acres of Napa Valley Vineyards
• US Economic Confidence Index Drops Slightly
• Nielsen: Global Consumer Confidence Is More Upbeat in 2015, but Variation Exists Across Markets
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GLOBAL TRADE

• GOP seeks to repeal COOL
• Canada’s unCOOL beef with American wine
• Kerry throws himself into the battle for Asia trade pact

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• 2015 Harvest Report: Australia and New Zealand
• Global Prosecco shortage could hit this summer

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Sponsored by:

• Drought, Oversupply and Sustainability on Growers’ Minds
• Cabernet Dominates Napa Valley, Overall Vineyard Growth Slowing
• Treasury Wine Estates employees tackle community tasks
• Old Freemark Abbey Winery building gets retrofit
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DROUGHT/WATER

• California farmers propose voluntary water cuts
• California’s water paradox: why enough will never be enough
• California Farms Use How Much Water? Nobody Really Knows
• What the Numbers Reveal About California’s Water Priorities
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DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• UZIs, Boxed Wine and Drizly’s Wholesaler Friends
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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Most Treasury Wine Estates’ wine packaging warehouse staff at Karadoc in OZ to be axed union fears

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Nearly 200 e-auction wine lots available for preview online
• Liv-ex: Malescot St Exupery 2014 continues today’s releases
• Liv-ex: Leoville Barton 2014 released
• Liv-ex: Monbousquet and Brane Cantenac 2014

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX
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REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Ravenswood Tangles With Game of Thrones Over Raven Ale Trademark
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INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Jon Moramarco Introduces Research Report On U.S. Market
• Champagne sales fizz, but wine market challenges remain
• Yellowtail reaches 1m case sales in GB

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why do scores matter so much to sales people, and so little to buyers?

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine industry needs to listen to consumers
• More than Half of Offline Retail Sales Now Influenced by Digital, Mobile
• OZ: Hotel mogul says $1m tourism handout “manifestly inadequtate”
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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Analyzing online traffic to improve sales
• Social media strategies must add value
• Social Media: The Best Marketer For Your Events
• Hootsuite unveils Facebook ad tool ‘for human beings’
• YouTube Kids Accused Of Running Beer Ads, Crotch-Grabbing Lessons, Wine-Tasting Tips

MEDIA MATTERS

• Ditch the Pitch—Sort of
• just-drinks Promotes Andy Morton to News and Insights Editor

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Decoding the Decanting Process
• Wine industry ‘needs a BrewDog’
• Micro-oxygenation another step toward quality control
• The Must-Try Wines of Our Time
• Come See the Spendier Side of Rosé
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WINE PLACES

• South Australia Combines Food, Wine and Adventure
• Michigan: Willow Chardonnay With Humble P
• New Jersey Wine Trails

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• BC Private liquor stores in fight for survival
• Georgia Vineyards Pop The Cork On Booming Wine Sales
• Minnesota vintner toasts traditional winemaking methods

ACADEMIA

• Washington State University Tri-Cities to open major wine education center June 4th
• New centre at the University of Adelaide to help industry make the best wines
• UK supermarket giant Sainsbury’s backs Adelaide University research on Britons’ wine preferences

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Napa Valley Vintners Congratulates Nine Newly Certified Napa Green Wineries

EUROPE & THE UK

• Sauternes producers to open wine co-operative

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Winemakers submission to Productivity Commission’s industrial relations review calls for more flexibility and less complexity
• Wine Tasmania says future expansion needs to go in tandem with market expansion
• OZ: Volumetric tax will destroy jobs
• OZ: WET wine tax changes won’t dry up sales
• OZ: Voluntary redundancies sought at Wynn’s Coonawarra

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China wine targets middle class

SOUTH AFRICA

• Cape aims high with new classification

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• How Do You Define What Makes A Product Local?
• 4 Bizarre Ways to Open a Wine Bottle Without a Corkscrew

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER WINE & SPIRITS

• Gin made with ants
• Raise a pint to cooking with beer