NEWS FETCH – August 18, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Leading Premium-Plus Wine Players Drive U.S. Growth
• Special PD/GWSS Board Meeting Set to Discuss Increase of PD on North Coast
• Oregon wine industry has a record-breaking year
• Water grab by Sonoma County’s wine empire
• British Columbia Wineries Pass Trial by Fire
• Wicked Winter Coming This Way
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• China’s currency devaluation worries ag exporters
• OZ: NSW seals Asia export deal

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• WA: Grapes crop could set another record
• WA wineries harvesting grapes a month ahead of schedule
• Banner year for Texas vineyards as grapes flourish

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa County eyes tighter winery permit oversight
• Founder of Stonegate Winery, James Spaulding, dies at 94
• B&B being remodeled at proposed Yountville winery site
• The changing image of Californian wines
• Changing of the Guard at Granbury’s Wine Division
• Fall Schedule Released for SSU Wine Biz Seminars & Certificates
• Zepponi & Company Fortifies M&A Advisory Team
• San Diego Wine Storage Expands Downtown Facility
• California raisin grape production jumps 13 percent
• Exhibit at USA Trade Tasting (New York) and Grow Your Distribution in USA. Super Early Bird Ends August 31 *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BURNING

• Brush fire in San Luis Obispo County triples in size; evacuations ordered

DROUGHT/WATER

• Delta Tunnels “Confidential” Documents Reveal State Plans to Take Delta Farms
• Get ready for the new normal: dry and drier
• How dry, how long?
• In water conservation, there’s reality and then there’s the state
• This graphic shows how plastic balls are protecting LA’s water supply

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Starbucks to expand Evenings program with beer, wine
• Concha now No.1 in UK for Cab, Pinot and Malbec
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FINANCE, M&A

• Wine industry expert expects falling Australian dollar will attract foreign investors

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Pape Clement: 2012 value?
• Keep an eye on 2009 Bordeaux prices
• Wineries and Wine Importers: Here are some basic support programs and incentives to that can be used to drive your wine brand in distribution channels*Sponsored Link*

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX
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• Drink Wine to Protect Your Brain: Moderate Consumption May Fight Dementia and Alzheimer’s
• This serious scientist is working on an anti-aging pill with resveratrol — and taking it himself

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Are You a Development Setter? Wine Drinkers Often Are
• June food & beverage retail sales stuck in May

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Correlating scores and the scorers
• Should winemakers order their own wines when they go out to dinner?

MARKETING & SALES

• The “Big & Hot” Guide to Best-selling U.S. Wine Brands
• Sell more wine by joining Amazon’s marketplace
• 10 things you need to know about the changing American consumer
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Molson Coors sees changing consumer preferences in beer packaging, cuts packaging weight by 21%

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Registration for Packaging Conference Nearly Full
• What Tom Wark learned at the 2015 Wine Bloggers Conference

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook revamps Notes, now looks ready to take on Medium, Tumblr, Blogger
• Engagement shouldn’t always be the main goal with social media
• Why two-thirds of Stoli’s Instagram photos are bottleshots
• Google Hangouts gets its own dedicated web app

PAYMENTS

• A bitcoin civil war is threatening to tear the digital currency in two
• Chief Scientist Launches Bitcoin Branch Out

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Wine data breach raises industry security questions

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Story Only You Can Tell: Advice to Wine Bloggers
• #BloggerBlackmail: Why both the bakery and the blogger were in the wrong
• The blogger blackmail saga
• Shouting Loud at the Wine Industry is Just Shouting
• Guide to Indian wineries launched

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Complex Wines Often Have Complex Stories
• Exploring Some Key Components of Age-worthy Wines
• How do you evaluate wine blind, by typicity or by quality?
• Sparklers often an overlooked joy
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• In remembrance: Daphne Broadbent
• Professor Liz Thach Honored for Excellence in Education
• A New Baron in Bordeaux
• Q&A with Arnaud Compas of Vinothec Compass

WINE PLACES

• An Introduction to Santa Barbara Wine Country
• The Mâconnais: Good Value White Burgundy
• Florence and Chianti Classico
• Robert Biale Vineyards Unique Point of View

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Move over soybeans: Missouri’s, Iowa’s wine cup runneth over
• Auction of Washington Wines brings in record $2.5 million

EUROPE & THE UK

• International Designation Is Sweet Victory for Burgundy

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: “Propped up” lockout law figures may not reflect full picture of why alcohol violence has dropped

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Fake invoicing, expired wine sours reputation of China’s Dynasty

LATIN AMERICA

• Brazil’s Political Crisis Puts the Entire Economy on Hold

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa’s Boschendal backs premium push in Asia

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• A Child’s Guide to Wine 2
• The Munchkin of Ink Thinks Kassel is #Stupid

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Re-purposing real estate: How that abandoned building could be your next brewery
• MillerCoors Looks For Sales Pop With Hard Soda
• Not So Soft Drink: Brewers Add Booze to Root Beer
• Note For Budweiser: Status quo is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in’.
• Samuel Adams and the Culinary Institute of America Study the Correlation Between Hops and Heat
• Illinois Craft Brewers Flourish with Help of Strong State Guild
• Deschutes Brewery tells us how to throw a kick ass party and give all the proceeds to charity
• How Is Gluten-Free Beer Made?
• Craft Brewers Conference Seminar Proposals Now Being Accepted