NEWS FETCH – May 29, 2015

TOP NEWS

• High Court Rejects Treasury Wine Appeal on Class Action Funding
• The Prosecco Panic: A Case Of Market Manipulation
• WTO COOL ruling throws fresh meat to opponents of new trade pact
• California’s largest lake is slipping away amid an epic drought
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GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Russia’s Largest Wine Producer Expanded Its Territory by 40%
• Chile customs workers end strike that disrupted exports

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa tourism generates $1.6B
• Wine Industry Tech Symposium announces speakers
• Grand jury wants more winery audits
• Auction Napa Valley’s E-Auction Open to All Beginning Sunday, May 31
• Vineyard economics seminar views issues affecting grapegrowers
• SAVE $200! Register now for USA Trade Tasting Early Bird Exhibitor Pricing. Offer ends THIS Sunday – May 31. Click to learn more and Register Now! *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• New EPA rule excludes some wetlands, ponds
• Growers get creative to battle drought
• Yakima, WA growers cope with Roza water shutdown
• Selling the Desert’s Water-Conservation Lessons to the Rest of the World
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RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Wastewater treatment process may be creating new antibiotics & resistance

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• A close look at Control States
• ShipCompliant Delivery Experience Tools
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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Accolade Wines opposes Treasury, Pernod Ricard on price rises
• Tesco appoints former Diageo lawyer to head up legal team
• Influential Altria/Ste. Michelle executive put WA wine on the world stage
• Lidl voted best supermarket for value for money wine
• OZ: Coles, Woolies face WET fury
• Supermarket range cuts put suppliers under pressure
• Supermarket casualties in the war on big food
• Tools of the Trade: 10 Must Have Documents to Have Ready For Your Distributor *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Canet get enough? Yes you can: Pontet releases second tranche
• Lafite Rothschild releases second tranche
• Ducru Beaucaillou 2014 released
• Ausone and Cheval Blanc 2014 released
• Hong Kong: Wine auction houses to fight for buyers

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX
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• When wine grapes are medicine, forgotten varieties deserve a second look
• Alcohol-free beer with dextrin that helps with fat absorption unveiled
• Middle-aged Brits heavier drinkers than teens
• Any dose of alcohol combined with cannabis significantly increases levels of THC in blood
• How, and why, a journalist tricked news outlets into thinking chocolate makes you thin

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• There is No “Conservative” and no “Liberal” in Wine Politics
• Free America’s beverage markets
• Kansas Senate approves raft of tweaks to state liquor laws

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Artificial intelligence, perception and wine
• How to win at the wine list

MARKETING & SALES

• How to Use Mobile Marketing to Generate Leads
• Why Mobile Marketers Need To Sleep With Their Millennial Consumers
• How Large Distributors Launch A New Brand *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Liqui-Box Reports Strong Growth in Europe With New Investments

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• New Napa ‘local wino’ app launched
• Going mobile in your tasting room
• Ideal Image Sizes for Social Networks

PAYMENTS

• Google is making payments Hands Free

MEDIA MATTERS

• PR gone awry, horribly so
• ‘The Field Guide to Drinking in America’
• Guides to touring Wine Country

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Artisanal wines: the good, the bad and the ugly
• Cult Wines and Wine Cults
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WINE PEOPLE

• A Conversation with Michael McNeill, Hanzell Vineyards: Part 2
• The world of James Halliday
• Beyond the Barrel: Philip Dowell
• Winemaker Nick Goldschmidt gives Tulsa crowd a taste of his history, humor
• Earl Jones celebrates more history at Abacela

WINE PLACES

• How to Stay Relevant, Part 1: Silver Oak and the Duncans
• A Luxurious Road Trip Through California’s Wine Country

WINE EDUCATION

• Parker & Wine Advocate to Host June Master Class in New York

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Strong Market for Walla Walla Land
• Why Does Walla Walla Have a Wine Industry?
• Orange Wine RTD Tekeen Expanding Quickly In Home Market Of Texas

ACADEMIA

• Leading wineries are conducting wine-education programs for student clubs at America’s leading graduate institutions

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• EPA proposing temporary pesticide-free zones for honeybees

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Tips For Grapevine Trunk Disease Diagnostics, Prevention, and Control

EUROPE & THE UK

• Trade relationships suffer with buyer churn
• The next big thing for the UK wine trade

DOWN UNDER

• Australian wine industry ‘on a roll’
• Refugees to benefit from bumper grape harvest in the Canberra cool climate wine region
• West Australia’s peak wine body demands the state government delay a move to cut millions of dollars of industry subsidies
• NZ: Villa Maria’s winemaker is leaving

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Yesmywine sells stake to Chinese spirit company

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African winemaking is as vibrant as any
• Wine is too cheap: Working harvest in South Africa (Part 2)

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER WINE & SPIRITS

• Colorado brewers, grocery stores face fight over liquor laws
• Beer Institute Releases Domestic Tax Paid Estimate