TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• KKR parts ways with ex-Coke boss in Treasury tilt
• Restaurant outlook dampens in July
• Wall Street Journal Critic Spits on the Mexican Wine Industry
• Should You Push Brand PR in a Natural Disaster?
• Legislature sends groundwater regulation package to governor
• Global Trade Group Okays Statement On Wine Regs
• 12 Things to Consider When Expanding your Beverage Brand's Line-up. *Sponsored Link*

• Napa wineries take stock, assess damage after 6.0 Quake [Exceptional Update]
• After quake, Napa wine industry quietly tallying the damage
• How You Can Contribute to Earthquake Relief in Napa
• News Vans Gone but Displaced People, Businesses in Napa Still Need Your Help
• Small wineries suffer big losses in Napa quake
• When the Wine Barrels Tumbled
• Earthquake and a New Harvest

• Worker Safety: In quake, barrels became quarter-ton projectiles
• Sonoma wine auction pulls in record $4 million
• O’Neill Vintners Portfolio Hits 600,000 Cases
• Sonoma Mountain Road winery proposal raises concerns
• Sonoma County declares quake disaster
• Pope Valley treasures headed for auction block
• Napa quake highlights benefits of retrofitting
• Grapevine Moth Quarantine Lifted in Solano, Portions of Napa & Sonoma Counties
• How To Engage Your Wine Club Members So They Can't Live Without You *Sponsored Link*

• California drought: Why doesn't California build big dams any more?
• Five myths about California’s drought
• Oakdale Irrigation District to hear proposals for fallowing farmland
• BDCP on life support says environmental group
• Q&A: Carolyn Wente On Drought And Sustainability
• Divers hunt for Nacimiento pipeline leaks deep below ground
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

• Drought: Livermore winemakers see lighter crop yields, smaller fruit
• Bordeaux 2014: Chateaux set for harvest rebound
• This Year’s Eastern Vintage Didn’t Begin With Bud Break
• NZ: Vineyard land could run out before demand does

• Earthquake-Related Info from ABC & TTB
• Abraham Lincoln Was Right About Wine Laws
• Hetch Hetchy lawsuit tests environmental tactics
• Wine in America: Law and Policy *Sponsored Link*

• What Can Be Learned From Premium Wine Drinkers?
• Emotion, the Bee Gees and Bill Harlan: The power of persuasion
• Why use Ratings and Reviews in your Marketing Strategy?
• Wine Car Boot: a model way to sell wine (by Jancis Robinson)
• Programming your Brand for Retail Depletions: What programs work and don’t work *Sponsored Link*

• Accounting for brands: Untouchable intangibles
• Wine Brands: Success Strategies for New Markets, New Consumers and New Trends *Sponsored Link*

• Mobile Payments on the Rise for Online Sellers
• Inc. 500 Social Media Use Up, Twitter Seen As Tops In Sales
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

• Sting stings hapless pickers at his vanity vineyard

• Drinking the Kool Aid
• Vinography's Alder Yarrow pens first book
• Wine Science Extra: new e-book by Jamie Goode
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

• The Empire Strikes Back: Laube Takes on IPOB
• Profile: Greg Lambrecht of Coravin
• Connoisseurs? Seven out of 10 French 'know little about wine'
• The Pleasant Surprise of Chain-Restaurant Wines
• Chenin Blanc: the Loire Valley’s Sweet Rock Star
• How to become a successful sommelier
• Making a living, wine from hand-planted grape vines at Rock of Age
• The Tastemakers: Why We're Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

• Inniskillin's Sandor Mayer returns to Hungary
• BC, SK open borders for DTC shipments
• The Wines of Canada *Sponsored Link*

• Texas Wine Cooperative Launched
• New irrigation system tested for Red Mountain vineyards
• VA: Barboursville Opens Its Cellar
• AR: Alcoholic Beverage Amendment makes Nov. ballot
• Beyond Jefferson's Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

• New perspectives on biodynamic winemaking
• Vines still available, order now!! **Sponsored Link*

• Thousands pay respects at Baroness Philippine de Rothschild funeral
• UK accounting watchdog fines Mazars two million pounds
• Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy*Sponsored Link*

• Obituary: Wine Australia’s Yvonne May
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

• China: Austerity’s silver lining
• Thirst for Wine - Inside China's Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

• Wine ingredients, 60 Minutes, wine judging
• Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees *Sponsored Link*

• Beer with extra body

While creating this issue, I liked this song best: Wait For Me  By Kings of Leon.