NEWS FETCH – June 19, 2015

TOP NEWS

• CA Wine Industry the Big Winner in PD/GWSS Referendum (PDF)
• Rise of ‘unclear’ branded blogs and vlogs sparks probe into fake online reviews
• $6.5 Million in Grant Funding to Help Relieve Drought in California
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• New Chinese and Australia free trade agreement could benefit the wine trade
• China-Australia trade agreement a compromised victory

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Markham wins wine production increase
• WineSpirit Seminar explores grape-growing methods
• California’s Drought Delivering Tastier Wine In Napa Valley
• Calif Dominates The Craft Beer World
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DROUGHT/WATER

• What’s blamed for California’s drought? Basically everything
• Water wars in California’s coastal wine country
• Water Supplies ‘Alarmingly Low’
• California Drought: NOAA 2014 Service Assessment (PDF)
• The tragedy of California’s bureaucrat-made drought
• This Drought May Be Having Some Very Weird Side Effects

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Castle Brands To Join Russell 3000 Index
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex: Value in the middle?
• How broad is the price variation between the cheapest and most expensive vintages in Bordeaux?
• Bordeaux 2015: Medoc chateaux dare to dream after ‘perfect’ flowering
• Champagne shines at London sale
• How To Overcome Top 10 Objections From Beverage Retailers *Sponsored Link*

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX
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• What are the effects of wine on heart health?
• Do airlines limit how many drinks I can have on a flight?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Reason Over Emotion in the Wine Industry

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• The Wine Curmudgeon as hipster: Dude, he likes rose
• The 2014 California Winegrape Variety Awards and Useless Winegrape Market Trivia

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• A Wine List for the Instagram Age

MARKETING & SALES

• 3 ways men and women respond differently to marketing
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexpo 2017 show to drop to four days

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Social Media Hacks You Can Implement Right Now

MEDIA MATTERS

• Why Is The Hundred Point System Back In The News—Again??
• ‘Blackout’: A deep, dark-humored drinking memoir

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Not-So-Pink Plight of Natural Rosé
• Standardized tasting: Could wine be like Thai food?
• Today’s News, Seen Through The Lens Of A Wine Glass
• The intriguing scents and business of mixing liqueur, wine, perfume
• Mathematics, spaghetti alla carbonara and you
• Waste to wealth: the hidden potential of waste from fruit
• What’s with Motherhood and Wine?
• The rise of gastronomic rosé
• Guys are no longer ashamed to down a bottle of rosé with their bros
• What’s wrong with Portuguese wines, and how estates have put it right
• Keeping an Eye on Bobal: Valencia’s indigenous red grape
• White Zinfandel’s accidental origins
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WINE PEOPLE

• Lunch With Miriam Rothschild
• From fatal diagnosis to family winery: That’s Matt De Fina’s life
• Inspiring Independents: Lancaster Wine Company

WINE PLACES

• Developing appellations in emerging regions
• Southern isle: Sicily charms the wine trade

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• B.C. Eyes New Wine Appellation Rules
• 3 decades later, Columbia Valley still defines Washington wine

ACADEMIA

• WSU, Wine Commission celebrate new science center with industry

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• An extended bloom season for Napa Valley grapes
• Grapes: Latest on weather stations, nematode control, SJV wine varieties
• FMC’s RHYME Fungicide Labeled In California And Arizona

EUROPE & THE UK

• New Grapes in Bordeaux’s Wines?
• UK: ONS statistics show retail’s sustained growth in volume, but ongoing declines in value for May
• English wine is like New Zealand in the 1980s
• English wine centre to be built

DOWN UNDER

• Kiwi wineries in organic experiment
• OZ: Misinformation about wine-tax reform

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine Pros are the best resource for humor

OLIVE OIL

• CA State Fair seal helps olive-oil consumers distinguish which are truly extra-virgin

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Learn About the Business of Starting a Craft Brewery or Distillery
• Rabobank Spirits Quarterly Q3: Is It Happy Hour Yet?
• The diversity of Europe’s ‘colourful’ beer market could be the key to its success
• How glocalisation is working for vodka
• What’s next for fruit cider?
• Hard Cider in Hudson Valley – An Empire State of Mind
• How good is American sake? The 2015 update