NEWS FETCH – May 21, 2015

TOP NEWS

• UFW Farm-labor case appears headed to Supreme Court
• Hong Kong Tycoon & Napa Vintner Made $22 Billion This Year & Lost Most of It This Week
• Demographics & Purchase Behaviors of High Frequency US Wine Consumers
• Americans Still Spending More, Still Not on What They Want
• Dry Creek Valley grape grower Tom Maple dies at 70
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GLOBAL TRADE

• West Coast port agreement halfway to goal
• TPA amendments could slow ‘fast track’ progress, ag groups say
• $10 Wine Would Cost $40-plus Under COOL
• Tools of the Trade: 10 Must Have Documents to Have Ready For Your Distributor *Sponsored Link*

VINTAGE CRIMES

• UK Wine investment scam artist ordered to pay back £751k
• Former NZ wine boss guilty of dishonesty and corruption

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Ciatti Global Market Update – May 2015

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Pot, wine, porn mingle at Sonoma art opening Friday
• Grape’s three-legged stool – water, Pierce’s disease, U.S. dollar
• Sonoma State To Offer French Language Certificate for Wine Business – 1st in the US
• Lodi Vintner Victor Vineyards Hires New Marketing Personnel
• Sandy O’Shea Named Partner at Allen Wine Group LLP
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DROUGHT/WATER

• California farmers propose water cuts to avoid bigger pinch
• Nuclear Desal May Help SLO County’s water supply
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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• M&S profits rise for the first time in four years, up 6.1%

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex: Branaire Ducru and Clinet 2014 released
• Liv-ex: Grand Puy Ducasse 2014: 30% below 2006 and 2008
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ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX
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• We Experimented With Powdered Alcohol So You Don’t Have To

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• USA: The Wine Dark Sea of Regulation
• Consejo approves new Cava category
• Trademark Issues on the Rise
• Webinar | Formula Approvals with the TTB

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Syrah: Totally Tanking At The Checkout Stand

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The traditional wine list ‘is dead’

MARKETING & SALES

• Berger: Winery tasting rooms have come a long way
• The Current State of Booze Branding
• How Large Distributors Launch A New Brand *Sponsored Link*

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Cranky Recruiter’s Interview Bloopers

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why expensive wine doesn’t always offer more pleasure
• Bordeaux 2014: the wine we all want?
• What’s the Big Deal About Santorini?
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NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Supermarket Wine Sales Roll Out in BC Amidst Trade, Pricing Concerns
• Uncorked in Woodinville Wine Country

EUROPE & THE UK

• Wine Society recalls batches of own label Prosecco
• Burgundy UNESCO world heritage plan suffers setback

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa confidence returning as winemakers concentrate on quality, producer says.

TIME TO LET DARWIN TAKE OVER?

• Police warn drunk people to ‘not chase bears

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER WINE & SPIRITS

• What’s brewing in beer? Premiumisation, Africa, 0% and craft are the buzzwords