NEWS FETCH – June 18, 2015

TOP NEWS

• US phenomenally thirsty for wine
• Int’l Wine Associates Represents Olsen Ag in Sale To Farmland LP of 6K+ Acres of Land & Other Assets
• Long Meadow Ranch Expands In Anderson Valley, Hires Vivier As Winemaker
• Diageo Shares Spike Briefly On Rumor Of Moet Hennessy Stake Sale
• NASA: We’re Running out of Water
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• U.S. challenges Canadian math in simmering trade fight

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Debate Continues on Santa Barbara County’s Proposed Winery Rules
• Napa relaxes grape-content rule for industrial wineries in city limits
• The truth about ‘ag-washing’ in Sonoma County
• Napa aims at Costco water deal, absorption of Napa Pipe site
• Titus Vineyards’ new 15,000-square-foot winery
• Connect with new wine distributors at USA Trade Tasting. Exhibit now and Save $200. Offer ends 30 June. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• It’s not just Calif: More than half the world’s largest aquifers are being depleted
• CA Water Board adopts emergency regulation to protect salmon and steelhead in Russian River tributaries
• Santa Barbara to move forward with desalination plant

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Direct Wine Sales Evolution Series – Part Two
• Seamless delivery willl keep customers coming back
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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux trade suffering mid-June
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ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX
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• Self-Reporting Versus Actual Alcohol Consumption: “There’s An App For That!”
• How Pregnancy Impacts A Somm’s Career
• Researchers prescribe more red wine to give Kiwis immune boost
• Taxi service for drunks planned in US

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• New York’s “Empire Wine” Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature
• NY Senate bill would allow local input on special alcohol permits

MARKETING & SALES

• Education proves more important than marketing for Italian wine
• Biodynamic Wine Dives into the Mainstream
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Turn of the screw a fine way to stop a wine
• Fifty years on, time to call it a day for cheap wine casks
• How to decipher a wine label

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Spectator Hosts Panel Discussion At Vinexpo On Doing Business In The U.S.
• Netwoven Conducts “Tech Tasting” at the Wine Industry Technology Symposium

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Social Media is Stuck in the Workplace Friend Zone
• How to Allocate Your Time Managing Social Media

PAYMENTS

• Is Now the Perfect Time for Mobile Payments?
• New bitcoin technology can tell banks where coins come from with incredible accuracy

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The surprising adventure of Lynch Bages in space
• An Introduction to Rosé
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Port industry mourns loss of ex-Croft boss Robin Reid
• Richard Sanford and a Living History of Santa Barbara Wine

WINE TOURISM

• How Culinary Tourism Is Becoming a Growing Trend in Travel

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• King Estate Winery to set up winery and warehouse in Oregon
• BC Taxpayers should get a refund on $200,000 liquor reform report
• Total Wine On The Move In Missouri

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Winemaking Shortcut Gives Champagne a Fruitier Aroma
• Making the Case for Cover Crops as Extreme Weather Risk Management (PDF)
• FAA expects to clear U.S. commercial drones within a year

EUROPE & THE UK

• Vinadeis: a new French wine group
• Alsace wines belong in Asia
• Wine and Waterloo

DOWN UNDER

• $10,000 Tasmanian fellowship supports sustainable winegrowing
• OZ: Hopes new wine country alliance will end to ‘backyard politics’
• Aussie Vineyard Using Weedy Alternative to Reduce Carbon Waste

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• NZ Sauvignon Blanc shortage ‘likely to affect’ Asia sales

LATIN AMERICA

• Chilean fine wine embarks on new phase

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Essential List of Wine Accessories You’ll Need

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Spirits globally are bouncing back
• Rémy Cointreau Ekes Out Yearly Sales Gain, As Rémy Martin Sees “High Growth” In U.S.
• Emerging markets give cognac boost
• Cocktail Caviar: Pearl Size Can Make All the Difference
• Bartesian Is A Robotic Bartender That Can Make Cocktails From Capsules
• Budweiser takes on beer pairing… and wins