NEWS FETCH – September 2, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Former PA Liquor Control Board Marketing & Merchandising Director Charged With Taking Bribes
• Official: Vintage Wine Estates Buys Swanson Vineyards (As reported on Aug 26 by WII)
• Trader denies £350,000 wine fraud
• ‘Waters’ rule takes effect in California
• Weekly U.S. Economic Confidence Index Falls to 11-Month Low
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• 2015 Napa harvest report: Early harvest continues
• Severe Hail Hastens Harvest in Chablis
• White harvest beginning in Bordeaux
• Prosecco price war threatening brand

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Fighting Crime in the Wine Business
• Social Media Creates Winery Risk Says ABC
• Changing the face of Sonoma State
• When your seatmates are loud and louder
• Two Shepherds expands into emerging beverage district in Windsor, CA and announces crowd funding campaign
• Exhibit at USA Trade Tasting (New York) and Grow Your Distribution in USA. Super Early Bird Ends August 31 *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• State Water Resources Control Board issues order for water use information from landowners for 4 Russian River tributaries
• Drought Puts California Water Rights in Crosshairs for Reform
• What would it take to end California’s drought?
• Enviros Say California Gives Free Pass for Big Oil to Pollute Water
• Recycled Water Fill Station Opens In Sonoma As County Looks To Deal With Drought
• Delta tunnels impact on water quality
• UN: This El Nino to be among the strongest since 1950
• What if more water storage is good for the environment?

WATERS Of THE US

• WOTUS: EPA sued over its attack on a Wyoming farmer and his stock pond
• EPA asked to suspend WOTUS enforcement until lawsuits resolved
• Injunction against federal water rule may expand
• California farmers claim new EPA water rule extends to dirt fields

FINANCE, M&A

• Sovos/ShipCompliant Buys WineDirect Compliance
• An on-demand alcohol delivery company just raised $4.5 million
• The Winebow Group Acquires Grape Beginnings, Expanding Distribution Network Into Minnesota
• Berlin Packaging acquires Vivid in fifth acquisition since 2010
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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 100 gains 0.09% in August
• September wine auction highlights: 12 lots to look for
• Sotheby’s kicks off London season
• 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

• How Risky Is One Drink a Day?
• Kids should learn about alcohol ‘at age 9’
• Why does food research conflict so much?
• Add A Glass Of Wine To Your Daily Beauty Routine

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• What makes a successful tasting event?

MARKETING & SALES

• Selling the Wine Country Dream on Busy Harvest Weekends
• Strategies to integrate ratings and reviews into online channels
• Why don’t wine companies boast about sales like movie companies?
• Bevy Of Promising Imported Wine Labels Attain Impact “Hot Prospect” Status
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• U.S. Demand for Wine Packaging to Reach $3B in 2019
• ACH Foam Technologies announces improved wine bottle packaging
• Screw It

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Why data mined from social media alone is garbage
• WiFi hackers are waiting to ruin your Labor Day Trip. Here are the most dangerous tourist spots.
• Google Launches Native Ads In Gmail To All Advertisers

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• 3 Ways to Improve Teamwork in Your Business
• Wage pressure has arrived

MEDIA MATTERS

• Napa Film Fest to Open With Wine Doc ‘Somm: Into the Bottle’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• You’ve been drinking red wine too warm for your entire life
• Majority/Minority: Are you the wine you choose?
• Charles Philipponnat on Single-vineyard Champagnes
• Chablis, the purest form of chardonnay to enjoy
• Orange wine popping up on menus for adventurous patrons
• Enough with performance, long live pleasure!
• A Little Jalapeño in Your Wine?
• Four interesting facts about Cabernet Sauvignon
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• The Proust Q&A: Jean-Claude Mas
• In Wine, Accidental Superstars Abound
• Equinox winemaker Barry Jackson makes wines of distinction

WINE PLACES

• From Priorat to Morocco
• Buon Viaggio
• Berryessa Gap ups its game
• Vincent Vineyards Aims for Upscale Experience

WINE EDUCATION

• Wine education enters the digital age

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• The world’s first rooftop vineyard is about to open in Brooklyn
• New marketing campaign hopes to uncork TN’s wine tourism potential
• WA: Red Mountain’s new director ready to charge forward

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Syngenta Receives EPA Registration For Solatenol Fungicide

EUROPE & THE UK

• More Cabernet in Bordeaux: Climate change and wine
• How Wine Spoils From WWII Created A State-Controlled Wine Monopoly In Norway
• UK: Ridgeview brings in external expertise

DOWN UNDER

• Casella expands national accounts team
• The next generation of Australia’s First Families of Wine has formed the AFFW Next Gen Committee
• OZ: Irresponsible alcohol promotions attract fines of up to $5,000

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• The Chinese Vitis amurensis

LATIN AMERICA

• Chilean producer to release wine made from wild vines

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Amount Of Wine You Need To Drink To Survive Every Back-To-School Parenting Situation

OLIVE OIL

• Spain expects a production of 532,000 tons of Table Olives in 2015/16 Campaign
• Does Olive Oil Kill Cancer?
• Synthesis of aroma compounds of virgin olive oil occurs through the lipoxygenase

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

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• Recycled Wastewater Provides Blank Canvas For Craft Brewers
• Small-scale Toronto distillery sues LCBO for unconstitutional markup
• Amazon’s One-Hour Alcohol Delivery May Be a Headache for Startups
• Four top craft beer professionals share their political insights
• Whisky broker says investment market is booming with auction sales up 35% in first half of 2015