NEWS FETCH – December 10, 2013

TOP NEWS

• Historic Oregon freeze leads to Pinot Gris ice wine
• Calif Bay-Delta Plan released
• Wine industry veterans see declining vineyard expansion
• John Ratcliffe Appointed Accolade Wines CEO
• Kurniawan Lawyer Says Fakes Common
• Farm Bill/Budget Update
• The Asian oligarchs you’ve never heard of who bought up London
• Wine Closer To Going Postal?

• The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

THE BIG CHILL

• OR: Subzero temps damage winery near Culver
• Celebrating frosty mornings
• California navels also likely damaged by cold
• Icy Weather Engulfs Western Wine Regions

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Court-supervised Paso groundwater?
• New Wine Brand Brings Bulgarian Tradition To Sonoma County
• Dereniuk named Lake winery group leader
• Napa Valley Protects Trademark in Australia, Taiwan
• From Grapes To Poinsettias
• WWS Gets New Professional Development Director
• Valley air district urges truckers to attend truck-rule workshop

• The New California Wine: A Guide to the Producers and Wines Behind a Revolution in Taste [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

MORE CALIF BAY DELTA WATER PLAN

• BDCP violates law says environmental group
• State reveals its $25b Delta plan — but questions remain

FINANCE, M&A

• New buyer for NZ winery found
• So You Want to Buy a Vineyard
• Regulators get closer to rules for ‘crowdfunding’
• Wine M&A momentum set to continue

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Montrose ’03 at Five-Month Low Still Shows 12% Gain This Year
• Chinese buyer takes top lot in French prime minister’s cellar auction

• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

MORE KURNIAWAN BITS

• There are no good wines, only good bottles
• Trial a case about greed
• Phony wines maker told tales of ‘magic cellar’

• Postmodern Winemaking: Rethinking the Modern Science of an Ancient Craft [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 4 tips for an effective e-commerce strategy
• GenX & Millennials Watch Online Videos Differently
• Why mobile payment systems fail
• Square debuts thinner credit card reader with more device support
• BeverageTradeNetwork.com Adds Import Sourcing Tool

• Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

MARKETING & SALES

• Top 10 influential wine consultants
• New Demands Accelerate Marketing
• New research suggests wine vs. beer thinking outdated

• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends [Sponsored Link]

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Push to ban crime box on job applications expands

• Global Brands: The Evolution of Multinationals in Alcoholic Beverages (Cambridge Studies in the Emergence of Global Enterprise) [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

MEDIA MATTERS

• How Scratch and Sniff wine soared to the NYT bestseller list
• Extreme Wine – Book Review

• Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Raising the bar on South African wine
• Wine Snobs, Cheese Bores and the Hooters Conspiracy
• Terroir trumps varietal

• The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert: Take a Whiff of That [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: French couple opens winery on Keuka Lake
• OR:Liquor reform in limbo
• IL: Wine Discount Center Is Renamed Vin Chicago
• TX: Binghams Acquire Pheasant Ridge Winery and Vineyard
• WA: Police arrest second suspect in $600K Seattle wine heist

• Canadian Wineries: The story of Canada’s entry into the world of world-class vintages [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Metro Cooperage, Metro Label Ink Deal
• Amcor Flexibles doubles local screw cap production

WATER, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Is tide turning against anti-biotechnology movement?
• OZ: How will a warmer climate affect wine industry?

HEALTH

• Hangover impairs driving ability

EUROPE & THE UK

• Polish wine exports up
• Italy November Average Wine Prices: Summary

• Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer’s Tour of France [Sponsored Holiday Shopping Link]

OLIVE OIL

• Olive Oil Importers Accuse Australian Group of Making False Claims