NEWS FETCH – September 25, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Market Soft For Central Valley Wine Grapes
• Wine Gets Some of Its Unique Flavors From Regional Microbes
• A half century on, union still fighting for farmworkers
• Truett-Hurst reports rocky year
• Which countries’ wines have the least amount of pesticides?
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Bordeaux winegrowers hail ‘magnificent’ harvest
• Bordeaux 2015 – red harvest update
• PA: 2015 an outstanding vintage for Bucks County wine
• Spring cold snap a concern for Australian grape producers
• Olivier Bernard to harvest Bordeaux’s oldest vine(s)
• US State Franchise Laws in Wine, Beer and Spirits Business *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Notes from the Wine Industry Financial Symposium
• The anti-Wine Train: Soul Train plans a diversity Wine Country trip
• Sommeliers discover Lodi’s many wine industry innovations
• Geyser Peak winery renamed Virginia Dare
• Management changes at Trefethen
• Raid on tribal marijuana farms underscores uncertainty over pot laws
• Napa Costco construction to start in 2017
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CA BURNING

• NASA satellite images show deep burn scars from Valley fire in Northern California

DROUGHT/WATER

• The Delta: Pivot or Pirouette?
• El Niño and La Niña will Exacerbate Coastal Hazards Across Entire Pacific
• How likely is it that 2015 will be the new warmest year on record?

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• The future of drinking water: Sewage

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• What’s New with the Delivery Experience Tools?
• Blue Apron doesn’t want you getting tipsy off its wine delivery
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, M&A

• Metrospaces Announces LOI to Acquire Frutizia Wine Group, LLC

DISTRIBUTORS

• What US Importers Are Looking For & How To Keep Them Interested
• Building your Sales Process for the US Market: Learn how to always keep the competitive edge with a winning sales process *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• En Primeur is a Four-Letter Word at Latour

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• One in 10 pregnant women in the United States reports drinking alcohol
• Women with moderate beer consumption run lower risk of heart attack

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TN: Dickson voters OK wine in grocery stores

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Is the long decline in global wine consumption leveling off?
• California’s Wine Hooligans Assembles Premium Stable Led By Cycles Gladiator

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Taking On The Wine Tasting Challenge
• State dinner wines for President Xi
• Try this wine, ‘It’s a honey’

MARKETING & SALES

• Bridge the online and tasting room experiences
• The 10 Most Common Small Business Marketing Mistakes
• How Your Reptile Brain Responds to Marketing
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Canned Champagne Is Bad, And Also Perfect

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Hugh Johnson and HoseMaster to speak at the 2016 Wine Writers’ Symposium

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• What to Consider When Trying to Market on Social Media
• IWC app aims to demystify the ‘wall of wine’ for shoppers
• Pinterest finally launches its full API out of beta
• Twitter now lets advertisers use videos to market their apps

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• (Some of) the trouble with tech transfer

MEDIA MATTERS

• Facebook Mentions now lets journalists monitor what’s being said about their stories

MATTERS OF TASTE

• At the Cloisters, Drink In the Middle Ages
• Decanting wine should not be based on price
• 10 Wine Myths Busted
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Chilean winemaker Renán Cancino of El Viejo Almacen de Sauzel/ Huaso
• Wine Folly founder’s journey from artist to author
• Alice Feiring: A Natural Provacateur
• Inside Wine2Wine – an interview with Stevie Kim
• Rittenhouse Hotel’s wine guy really knows his stuff

WINE PLACES

• Colares: Into the Heart of Wine’s Lost Region
• Château La Coste: a passion for wine, art and architecture
• Bucket List for Harvest 2015 Visitors to Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country
• Discover Conegliano Valdobbiadene, home to Prosecco’s most celebrated vineyards

WINE TOURISM

• Travel Oregon Gives the World a Taste of Oregon

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• More Maine-made wines coming from Maine-grown vines

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Why doesn’t tartaric acid addition lower my pH?

EUROPE & THE UK

• Amazon France opens online wine service
• Conviviality wins Matthew Clark deal approval and announces plans to drop Retail from name
• Chapel Down sales up a third
• Catalonia’s Election: The Grapes of Independence
• UK: Reclaiming the high street

DOWN UNDER

• Australian wine industry presents case for reform to Senate inquiry
• OZ: Gwyn Olsen to take on head winemaker role with Pepper Tree
• Top 10 intriguing things about New Zealand and its wines
• NZ: Villa Maria appoints new group chief winemaker

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Japanese wines on the rise
• China surveys wine industry for the revision of national standards

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile’s Earthquake-Prone Regions Produce Wine Gems Worth Seeking Out

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African wines: a diamond in the making
• Cape Wine 2015 reflects new era for industry

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 55 new links including the following top headlines:

• Wyoming officials to consider $3 million for malting plant
• Brewers Association releases brewery safety training course
• Women as much an audience for craft beer as men
• Modern and Efficient Yeast Management seminar taking place Oct. 14
• Privatizing any aspect of liquor sales is complex process
• Women with moderate beer consumption run lower risk of heart attack

Get all today’s news at Craft Beverage Insights here.