TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Turrentine Market Update
• NZ: Harvest late but 'fantastic'

• Wine grape value little changed in Napa
• Vineyards Need to Prepare Workers for Heat
• Groundwater Pumping & America's Fresh Waters *Sponsored Link*

• Odds of El Nino this year increases
• Paso Robles groundwater district gets support from state water foundation
• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

• PA: Lawmakers abandoning privatization effort
• MA: Wine-shipping measure uncorks debate
• Ontario consumers handicapped by beer and wine sale myths
• The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America toast Congress
• How to Import Wine: An Insider's Guide *Sponsored Link*

• M&S finance officer to join Diageo Board
• Investing in Water for a Green Economy *Sponsored Link*

• Wine will kill you — or not
• The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

• iPhone users: planes & wine, Android users: bus & beer
• Wine Shipping Strategies Need to Extend to Returns
• An Irrational Corkage Fee—And A New Proposal

• Find the Right Broker for your Wine, Beer, and Spirits *Sponsored Link*

• At What Point is a Winery Not Really a Winery Anymore?
• Wine Branding *Sponsored Link*

• Wine Industry Network Launches Washington DC Beverage Trade Show
• Interview: Vinexpo CEO Guillaume Deglise
• 2016 Keynote speakers for the International Cool Climate Symposium
  
• London Wine Fair debate: how consumers can power growth
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

• Vintank: Auto add Customer Info with Twitter Lead Generation Cards
• What declining reach, rising click fraud, & skyrocketing prices mean for Facebook advertisers
• Get 5 Million Users to See Your Brand on YouTube *Sponsored Link*

• A question for winemakers: what if you didn't host that dinner?
• How to Launch your Wine Career *Sponsored Link*

• Book revisits ‘golden days’ of drinks trade
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

• What if Robert Parker judged in a wine competition?
• How to be a (good) professional drinker
• S Africa's Wine Challenges Other New World Producers
• The Maturing Tastes of China’s Wine Industry
• Top Ten Nor-Cal Producers Who Redefined Pinot Noir
• Napa Valley: Defining Rutherford Dust
• Umami: Unlocking the Secrets of the Fifth Taste *Sponsored Link*

• How soil scientists can top up a wine
• The complicated business of recreating a wine aroma
• Ningxia: a name to watch
• Taste Buds and Molecules *Sponsored Link*

• Stag's Hollow Winery flies under the radar in the Okanagan
• The Wines of Canada *Sponsored Link*

• MO: New winery is planned for Jefferson County
• WA: Popular Italian wine grape gains ground in state vineyards
• The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

• England celebrates record 2013 harvest
• Exploring Piedmont Part 2: Monferrato
• EU signs Partnership to protect wine culture

• Alcohol, Autocracy, & the Secret History of Russia *Sponsored Link*

• Wine Pirates on the China Seas
• Thirst for Wine - Inside China's Wine Industry: *Sponsored Link*

• Michael Jordaan to be new chairman of Wines of South Africa
• Wines of the New South Africa: Tradition and Revolution *Sponsored Link*

• New York's Geekiest Wine List
• The Resistance Report
• My Little Wine Snob
• Eataly Vino turns into a Nutella bar
• The Ultimate Rogov's Guide to Israeli Wines *Sponsored Link*

• More Grim Figures For Global Olive Oil Trade
• Would you gargle with oil for whiter teeth?

• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*

• Cartier Sues Napas's Carter Winery

While creating this issue, I liked this song best: Monkey Wrench  By Foo Fighters.