NEWS FETCH – September 9, 2015

TOP NEWS

• U.S. Wine Consumption Increases Lead Over France During A Year of Economic Improvement
• Lagunitas sells 50% to Heineken in $1Bil deal
• Traditional beer companies are copying craft brewers, but the wine industry isn’t interested
• Global Wine Production Is Shifting Its Power Center
• U.S. Economic Confidence Remains on Lower End for 2015
• Little Movement for U.S. Consumer Spending in August, at $89
• Note to Lagunitas, Talbott, et. al: Surviving an acquisition without selling your soul
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Sierra Foothills Report Small Harvest

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Symposium survey shows wine biz concerned over water, grape prices, losing customers to craft beverages
• Sonoma Harvest Wine Auction Raises Record $4.5 Million
• Planning group endorses Ramona Wine Trail signs
• Nichelini family’s roots go deep
• Calif Craft Beer Summit: Trade & consumers to converge on Sacramento
• USA Trade Tasting Is Now 95% Sold Out. Only Few Spots Left. Book Now! *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Conservative State of Mind: Wineries Adopt Water-Saving Strategies (PDF)
• Eight states running out of water
• California invests in local communities to tackle groundwater management
• California by 2080: Will the state be crippled by drought?
• Don’t Seize Farmers Water, Let Them Trade It
• Telling Half Farming’s Story is Easier than Getting it Right.
• Water Management’s High-Tech Future

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Lack of support in D.C. hampers water recycling efforts

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Moving toward privatization of alcohol sales would be a mistake for Quebec
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Loomes appointed country director, Diageo Ireland

FINANCE, M&A

• CHAMP Private Equity cleans up on Accolade Wines UK drinks sale
• NZ: Wine companies buying farm land

DISTRIBUTORS

• Succesfully Selling Australian Wine in the USA
• 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*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wally’s announces autumn sale

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Few Americans think wine is good for you
• South Africa fails to tackle its high foetal alcohol syndrome rate

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• California Bill Seeks to Loosen ABC Social Media Regulation

MARKETING & SALES

• What you call your business has a direct correlation to its success
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Instagram is now fully open to all advertisers as it pushes ‘seamless’ integration with Facebook
• Here’s why Instagram ads are worth more than Facebook ads
• Facebook Pages become more mobile-friendly with new action buttons and sections

MEDIA MATTERS

• MacNeil ready to release new edition of famed ‘Wine Bible’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• On rosé, trends and “darlings”
• Is Orange the New Red?
• Decanting wines
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Q&A: Penfolds Winemaker Kym Schroeter
• Winston-Salem man produces wine with a little help from his friends

WINE PLACES

• Friuli Revisited: Surveying Collio’s Changing Winescape
• A Wine Lover’s Guide to Sicilia DOC
• Rheinhessen-Largest German Wine Region and Erbeldinger

WINE EDUCATION

• Bumper crop of MWs could be shape of things to come

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Growing Idaho wine country beckons with close proximity to Utah

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Laboratory Testing for Grapevine Diseases
• What’s it like to be a harvest intern? All cleaning, with lots of water

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK wine trade ‘destroying value for volume’
• Britain’s convenience shop market valued at £37.7bn

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Ningxia wine producers go beyond Cabernet Sauvignon

LATIN AMERICA

• Catena Wine’s Measure Of Influence In Argentina (Podcast)

AFRICA

• MMI boosts African presence
• Turning wine into water for Africa

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 10 Ways to Avoid Wine Country Crowds
• 15 American Drinking Laws That Make Absolutely No Sense

MARIJUANA

• Marijuana wine has long history for ancient cultures, new territory for U.S. pot industry

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

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