NEWS FETCH – June 5, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Canada files WTO request for $3B trade retaliation on COOL
• Gary Eberle regains control of his namesake winery
• CA Appeals court sides with tribes in fight over land decisions
• It’s not just California’s drought, it’s America’s
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GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Breaking Down ‘Proseccopocalypse’

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Paso Robles Council approves expansion of San Antonio Winery
• Tech Symposium Programming Addresses Specific Challenges of Wine Technology Leaders
• Glamour, glitz, getaways and collectible wines featured at 35th Auction Napa Valley
• Connect with new wine distributors at USA Trade Tasting. Exhibit now and Save $200. Offer ends 30 June. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Can an Ad Agency’s Hackathon Approach Help Solve the California Drought?
• Global water-pricing practices suggest approaches to managing CA water scarcity
• Government is killing California’s Delta
• Twin Tunnels would strangle SJ County
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RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Heroin analog methadone Found In Wastewater May Form Drinking Water Carcinogen

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Brian McGuigan and Ian Ferrier to Retire from Australian Vintage
• Constellation Brands to Report First Quarter Fiscal 2016 Financial Results; Host Conference Call 7/1
• A-B Finds Safe Harbor
• Brown-Forman To Invest $50 Million In Irish Whiskey Distillery
• Tesco takes steps towards $6bn South Korean sell-off
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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Biggest rises of Bordeaux ‘14
• Tools of the Trade: 10 Must Have Documents to Have Ready For Your Distributor *Sponsored Link*

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Loire wine producers barred from using Vouvray name

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• An inspired sommelier loves two things at least as much as wine: people and stories
• In wine we trust: why honesty would be the best retail policy
• How to Find the Less Expensive Hidden Gems on Any Wine List

MARKETING & SALES

• Consider the trade discount, people
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PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Turning design on its head

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ASEV-ES to Hold 40th Meeting in Dunkirk, NY
• DIRECT 2015: Top Five Takeaways

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Using Social Media to Succeed with E-Commerce in 2015
• Is the mobile buy button a good thing for retailers?
• How Badly Are Consumer Wine Apps & Digital Media Hammering Print?
• App review: Even you can be a wine guru
• This free app pairs the ideal music with your $280 Krug champagne

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Wine & distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers jobs expected to grow 25 percent by 2019
• 10 questions you should never answer honestly at work

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Four things you don’t need to know about wine
• What’s Wrong With New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc?
• The ‘prosecco shortage’ says much about our conflicting attitudes to fine foods
• Corsican Wines Speak a Language of Their Own
• Wines with a view
• Bordeaux’s Super Superieurs
• Don’t Drink Wine
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WINE PEOPLE

• Victor Palencia keeps busy with lots of wine

WINE PLACES

• Livermore Valley, CA: The other other wine country
• Hall: Where wine meets art
• Five Great California Wine and Food Road Trips
• A Snapshot of Châteauneuf-du-Pape

WINE TOURISM

• Laithwaite’s offers £15k world wine tour

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Vino lovers seek to bring their own wine into more restaurants in Massachusetts
• Corinth, MS won’t stop brown bagging

ACADEMIA

• WSU Tri-Cities Wine Science Center named for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
• Scott Henry Vineyard dedicated Wednesday at S. Oregon Wine Institute

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Why Brewers Are DNA-Testing Beer for Bacterial Infections

EUROPE & THE UK

• How to Successfully Penetrate the Swedish Market: Understanding the Systembolaget
• England’s historic influence on wine
• Terroir study boosts Loire quality push
• Europe’s Hidden Wine Gem
• Hitler’s secret cognac and champagne stash found beneath German restaurant
• Spanish producer seeks wine PDO for Catalonia nature reserve
• The Co-op looks to defend its market share in the convenience retail channel

DOWN UNDER

• Challenges for South Australia’s tourism industry
• OZ: Significance of Hunter wine region overlooked

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER WINE & SPIRITS

• Lawsuit ‘baseless’, says head of Angel’s Envy
• Trade builds on British gin success
• Lidl takes aim at craft beer market
• There’s no place like home for brewing beer
• Making whisky at whip crack speed