NEWS FETCH – August 24, 2015

TOP NEWS

• From “Emerging” to “Established:” Lessons and Suggestions to Develop an Emerging Wine Region
• California wine, by the numbers
• Year after quake, Napa’s wine industry healthy
• Oregon wine writer Cole Danehower dies
• Western wildfires: Growing flames charge across dry states
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Beaujolais harvests early, Burgundy close behind
• Vintage Preview 2015: New Zealand Wineries Report Promising Wines but Not Much Volume
• OZ: Hunter region wine glut sends grape expectations down the drain

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine and Water Watch challenges Northern California wine empire
• Dignitaries from Europe explore Galt
• Packed planes boost tourism spending in Sonoma County
• Dry farming, drought topics attract area winegrowers
• Black women ‘humiliated’ after getting kicked off Napa Valley Wine Train
• Exhibit at USA Trade Tasting (New York) and Grow Your Distribution in USA. Super Early Bird Ends August 31 *Sponsored Link*

NAPA ‘QUAKE ANNIVERSARY

• Harvest Timing Likely Saved Lives, Property During 2014 Napa Earthquake
• Science on Napa earthquake could improve damage forecasts
• Recovery from destructive South Napa quake uneven across Wine Country
• Barrels tumbled, wine flowed when the ground shook
• Earthquake damage estimates remain work in progress

DROUGHT/WATER

• Water and wine in drought-stricken California
• California Drought and Strengthening El Nino Accelerate Statewide Water Transition
• Maybe the drought is the new normal
• Climate Scientists, Policymakers to Gather with Far – Reaching Goal: Adapting to Meet the Challenges of California’s Changing Climate (PDF)
• DWR Releases Report on Climate Change Adaptation (PDF)

EL NIÑO

• The great El Niño of 1997-98, and what it means for the winter to come
• El Niño won’t be cure-all for drought

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Pennsylvania wineries see opportunities in state liquor privatization
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• The growth has only just started in China says Treasury Wine Estates
• Naked launches Text For Wine ordering service
• Treasury Wine CEO annoyed with Rosemount and its laggard ways
• Tesco sale plan hit by slide in Korean won
• Majestic Wine PLC Given Buy Rating at Liberum Capital
• Owens-Illinois Assigned SUS Credit Rating
• Altria Group Inc (MO) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.57

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 50 drifted by 0.3% last week
• Autumn season starts for Sotheby’s HK
• 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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• Study claims one in five over-65s drink at ‘unsafe levels’
• Are you drinking too much alcohol?
• Are there actual benefits to a red wine bath?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Does this Look Like Bud?
• “King” of Beers Intimidated by the Queen
• Craft brewers grapple with ABC rules
• No GMO at TTB
• The Connection Between Heavy Drugs and Alcohol Wholesalers

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• US spirits sales up for 18th year
• Rose wine trend taking off in US
• Prosecco sales overtake Champagne in UK
• The States That Drink The Most Wine, Beer & Spirits
• Five Interesting Facts About Wine Consumption in Las Vegas

MARKETING & SALES

• Amazon Wine: How To Work The Flywheel Of Online Sales
• The struggle of small wineries
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Can a Great Design Make You Rich?
• Crown Metal Packaging to reportedly close Canada plant

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• USA Trade Tasting Exhibitor Space 75% Sold, 3rd Day Added To Accommodate Trade

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Virtual wine tastings make it OK to drink alone
• What do you need to know about unlocking the power of social authority?

PAYMENTS

• Bitcoin’s Governance Crisis

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Kassel Doctrine
• Evolution of a Wine Drinker

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Rise Of Orange Wine
• Importance of place on wine
• Up The Steep Hill
• From crass to class – our rapid rise in wine sophistication
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Wine Country pioneer Bill Bosby
• Vias Imports Chairman Fabrizio Pedrolli
• Ross Tan and Nick van Leeuwen on organic wine, ‘affordable luxury’ and why everyone loves the pig

WINE PLACES

• The Southern California wine region whose appellation got an upgrade
• Exploring Sicily’s Emerging Wine Scene
• A taste of the great Champagne houses
• Derbyshire wine expert takes a tour from France to China
• Carneros Highway dotted with notable wineries
• Get away to Los Alamos, in Santa Barbara’s wine country

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Small B.C. wineries fear being crushed
• ‘Heads up’ for Washington wildfires that spread 100 square miles in a day
• WA: King County’s wine-country crackdown targets tasting rooms
• Winemaker finds success in Southwest Missouri

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• How Yeast Science Has Become Big Business In Booze

EUROPE & THE UK

• France seeks to add more fizz to its wine tourism industry
• From chumps to champs: Champagne’s co-op stars
• Tourists in Italy Scammed with Old Fish, Fake Champagne
• Britain: NHS ‘shouldn’t pay’ for alcohol treatment
• A Mythically Expensive Spanish Wine

DOWN UNDER

• Kiwi winemakers quaffing $70,000 of Australian tax dollars each day
• Australian winemakers court Asian tastebuds

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• New rule will change definition of Japanese wine

LATIN AMERICA

• UK release for wine from Chilean vineyard given new lease of life after 2010 earthquake

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Google trying out tool that’ll marry your foodporn with Maps

OLIVE OIL

• Global Olive Oil retail prices have risen about 10% in the last 12 months

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• It’s Time To Dial Back The Craft Beer Snobbery
• Study finds alcohol does not influence ‘perceived attractiveness’
• Fast-ageing reactor to ‘revolutionise’ craft spirits
• Brew Beer for College Credit
• How to make your own honey mead
• Pop-Tart beer
• NJ Craft brewers hope bills will boost beer sales
• Jersey guys join the crush to produce hard cider
• Guthrie CiderWorks set to open in beer country
• Manitoba craft brewery website could help industry
• Southern Comfort expands makeover to RTDs
• NZ: We can be cider capital’
• CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries, Inc. Completes Refinance Transaction
• Karl duHoffmann of Anchor Brewing (podcast)
• Get in on Paso Robles’ new craft distillery movement — before the hipsters take over
• Why trek past Portland to eastern Oregon? It’s a community built on craft beer.