NEWS FETCH – September 1, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine Estates CEO Clarke paid $4.45m as it returns to profit
• Lawyer for booted book club says women considering lawsuit against Napa wine train
• California’s Katrina Is Coming
• Chinese Satisfaction Rebounded After Last Economic Crisis
• Are women better tasters than men?
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Prosecco stocks dry up ahead of 2015 vintage
• OZ: Wet winter; good wine

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Bogle Surpasses 2 Million Cases, Bolstered By Its Surging Red Blend
• Reclamation Bureau sets new date for Berryessa resort bids
• Alibaba Brings the Taste of Napa Valley Wine to China
• Michaels give $300,000 to SSU wine center
• War zone in south Napa?
• Woolsey joins Quintessential as salesperson
• Latino artists urge Napans to see ‘Beyond the Label’
• Using ‘scare copy’ to harm Napa’s wine industry
• Exhibit at USA Trade Tasting (New York) and Grow Your Distribution in USA. Super Early Bird Ends August 31 *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Water and Power: A new sign of El Niño’s power
• The downside of conserving water
• Drought and heat waves are much more likely to mix
• Clear Up Misconceptions About Water Use In Ag
• Final Ruling: San Diego County Water Authority Owed $188.3 Million Plus Interest in Rate Case Victory
• Delta smelt’s unsung relative seems verging on extinction, too
• Drought researchers explain future water management challenges

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Does Brown-Forman’s Solid Portfolio Position it for Growth?
• Wine rookie now excelling Lidl’s sales across the country
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, M&A

• Crowd Funds 10,000 Cultivars
• French wine country popular with overseas buyers
• 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

• Light to moderate alcohol consumption raises risk of cancer: more for women than men
• What about that second glass of wine? It may catch up with you as you age.
• Resveratrol is found to reduce depression
• BeMyDD Brings Free Designated Drivers to All Greater Los Angeles Residents

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Staying up to Date
• Canada: Laws Against Transporting Booze Across Provincial Borders ‘Ridiculous’

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Aussies drinking less wine but more often

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Making sense of scents and cents — Fundamental wine-by-the-glass disasters
• Authenticity, new, unique experiences driving wine consumers as they trade up.
• Required reading for anyone who gets intimidated by wine lists
• Does Gramercy Travern Have the Best Wine Program in America?

MARKETING & SALES

• E-Commerce is Opening Doors of Opportunity for Brands and Consumers in China
• 18 tips for wineries on better communication
• Web Users Put More Stock in Consumer Reviews
• When Good Shoppers Stray
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• US Wine Packaging Market Worth $2.9 Billion in 2019 and Global Wine Packaging Industry Growing at 2.53% CAGR to 2019

PAYMENTS

• PayPal launches PayPal.me to compete with Square’s Cashtags

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Does More Carbon Dioxide in Wine Mean Better Protection from Oxygen?
• Is Nuance Overrated?
• Here’s why wine tastes different when you’re on a plane
• To decant or not to decant? 3 reasons to let that wine breathe ASAP
• Blessing of a harvest in fall is as important as the blessing of the vines in spring
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Five Questions for Tim Weigle
• Uncorked: Greg Deéb
• Ben Kingsley on Hollywood and Wine
• Canadian young wine expert takes on the world

WINE PLACES

• UNESCO World Heritage Wine Regions: Benefits & Costs
• A renegade Prohibition-era winery turns 90 in Morgan Hill
• Take a wine lover’s tour of Burgundy, France
• Wadsworth-area winery grows from daughter’s love
• Take a sip back in time at historic wineries

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Exotic Fruit Flies Invade South Florida
• Quebec: Robillard report recommends end of SAQ monopoly
• OR: Looking back 30 years to the Burgundy Challenge

ACADEMIA

• WECO donates optical wine grape sorter for research

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• ‘Traminette’ grape named Outstanding Fruit Cultivar by the American Society for Horticulture Science
• New insights on hybrid tannin retention (PDF)
• International alert for the grapevine trunk diseases
• What Are Those Fungicide-Group Numbers on Product Labels?
• Second Compendium of Grape Diseases is New Resource for Growers
• Premox study shifts to red wine
• Winetech’s Smoke-Taint Removal a Solution for Fire-Impacted California Vineyards

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Wine firm earnings up $2.3 million in a year
• Australian wine has strong future

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Natural wine is a natural fit in Tokyo

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Liquid Viagra: Comparing descriptions of wines and rugby players
• The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Spitbucket–Part One

OLIVE OIL

• Synthesis of aroma compounds of virgin olive oil
• Ultrasound decreased processing time of olive debittering

MARIJUANA

• The Latest Craze In Winemaking: Marijuana-Infused Wine

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

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• At UNC, a blend of art, science and beer
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