NEWS FETCH – March 18, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Port Slowdown Hinders Wine Industry
• Climate Change In Australia May Drive Up Prices Of Beer, Wine
• More People Prefer Wine over Spouse or Smartphone after a Long Day
• British Medical Association accused of double standards over wine voucher
• Proposed U.S. Healthy Dietary guidelines recommend increase in alcohol consumption
• U.S. Economic Confidence Index Positive Again
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NAPA VINTNER/INVESTOR MURDER/SUICIDE BACKSTORY

• Robert Dahl, Napa vintner in slaying, left trail of disputes, broken deals
• Robert Dahl used silencer in vineyard killing

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California’s Vintage Variation Debate
• No Brakes on the Rise of Cakebread
• Camp Schramsberg: Total immersion in sparkling wine
• Uncorked: Tim Hanni MW
• Raisin Bargaining Association achieves $1,900 for 2014 Zante Currant raisin crop

DROUGHT/WATER

• State Water Board Expands and Extends Emergency Water Conservation Regulation
• Tougher water restrictions imposed on Californians
• How CA is failing at dealing with the drought
• Legal options for water providers in times of drought
• The Scorching of California
• A hidden menace from the drought

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• New Massachusetts Licensing Platform
• Beverage Trade Network Launches USA Trade Tasting To Help Producers Connect With Distributors *Sponsored Link*

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX
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• Mediterranean Diet Associated with Decreased Risk of Metabolic Syndrome
• Bar’s decision to refuse pregnant woman wine divides opinion

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Ontario’s Beer And Wine Liberalization Plan Panned As Dangerous To Women, Unfair

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Americans Have the Fever for Flavored Alcoholic Beverages
• How To Build a Cult-Like Following For Your Brand: *Sponsored Link*

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Rest easy, wine lovers, perception is easily fooled

MARKETING & SALES

• Start With Why: What’s Your Winery’s Value Proposition?
• Why Your Content Does Not Drive Sales
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PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Some Countries More Comfortable With Twist-Top Than Others

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Brand ownership of social media

PAYMENTS

• 5m people will use Bitcoin by 2019
• Facebook Introduces Free Friend-To-Friend Payments

MEDIA MATTERS

• Franciacorta the movie

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wines of Pleasure vs. Wines of Experience
• How The Great French Wine Blight Changed Grapes Forever

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Texas now 5th largest wine producer in US
• Early bud break in Washington presents challenges, opportunities
• AR Senate Panel Rejects Bill To Expand Wine Sales In Grocery Stores

ACADEMIA

• Lack of funding to leave Pa.’s viticulturist vacancy in limbo
• Breaking ground on organic vineyard practices at Southern OR University
• OZ: Orange Charles Sturt University vineyard closes

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Farmers of the future will utilize drones, robots and GPS

EUROPE & THE UK

• How the UK pays 67% of all wine duty in the EU
• English wine needs a shake-up
• Can a new Cava classification win over consumers?
• Italian Master’s Vineyard Vicariously Voyages To New Milanese Home
• Italy’s last Augustinian Abbey maintaining 850-year-old winemaking tradition

DOWN UNDER

• Australia needs to promote its stories and personalities
• OZ: AGL challenged to hand in CSG exploration licence for Hunter vineyards

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Homebrew and house parties: how North Koreans have fun

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina must look beyond Malbec

OLIVE OIL

• Olive oil compound prevents chronic inflammation associated to certain tumors
• The olive oil market has shown significant growth in recent years in India

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER WINE & SPIRITS

• More Americans Are Learning to Love Beer That Actually Tastes Like Something
• Craft beer is finally going mainstream in the UK: Now used to calculate inflation
• The Next Frontier in Barrel-Aged Craft Beer
• U.S. Spirits Exports to Korea Increase 71% Since Enactment of the FTA in 2012
• Searching for craft cocktails in religious lands