NEWS FETCH – September 28, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Judy Jordan, former owner of J Vineyards & Winery, purchases Oregon’s Chehalem Mountain Vineyard
• Bordeaux village grapples with cancer rates five times the national average
• Is the price of CA wine right?
• Economic impact of Valley fire expected to be deep and lingering
• Vineyard pest find in Napa may have been fluke
• Majestic: Angels angry over Naked Wines closing of Kenwood tasting room without warning
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• OZ: Shaw wins wine export contract to South Korea under free trade deal

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Italian Grape Harvest Gives Cause for Celebration
• #2015Loire: Another very good vintage in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé
• Forget the damp and the beetles; hope grows on the VA and MD vines for 2015
• WI: Kewaunee County vineyards report record wine production
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Proposed hillside vineyard in Angwin seeks timber-cutting permit
• The commercial heart of Yountville is for sale
• Valley fire in Lake County now 97 percent contained
• California wine prices: Where are they going?
• Yolo County wineries growing into destination
• Raisin Industry Continues To Make Push Toward Maximizing Productivity, Minimizing Cost
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Drip Irrigation: Not the Drought-Buster You Thought
• Why El Nino won’t save us from the drought
• Farm water management lessons from the desert
• The ‘regulatory drought’: It’s easy to feel on California farms
• How to drought-proof California farms
• The West’s water rights system is working
• UC Merced Researchers Gathering Data to Tackle California’s Water Crisis on Multiple Fronts

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Grow up and drink your treated sewage water
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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Majestic appoints Dutch DIY boss as new MD
• Aldi Starts U.K. Online Push With Wine as Profit Declines
• Constellation Brands Shares Up 2.2%
• Altria Group Given Average Rating of “Buy” by Brokerages
• Majestic Wine PLC’s “Buy” Rating Reiterated at Liberum Capital
• Tesco Dunnhumby sale stalls but eastern European stores could fetch £3bn

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 Index once again ran flat, First Growth trade share fell to 27% last week
• Mass. firm gets certification for device that spots fake wine, honey or juice
• Bottle of century-old champagne fetches $116,000 at auction
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ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of incident depression
• How alcohol makes us fat has a few surprises
• Cheap Wine Doesn’t Always Cause Terrible Hangovers

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Beverage Lawsuit Damages

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Wine globalization set to continue

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• A sommelier shares the 10 words you’ll find on high-quality wine bottles under $25
• Master somm’s advice: buy California wine now

MARKETING & SALES

• Marketing can be a powerful tool to inspire people
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PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Crown to open second beverage can line in Turkey
• Savings that sparkle: extending the life of your glassware

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Using Social Content to Impact Each Stage of the Customer Lifecycle
• Who’s Using the Top 5 Social Networks?
• The Subject Line Paradox
• Is your Winery Ready for Periscope?
• Facebook Notes Update – Gettin’ Bloggy Wit It
• Google to match Facebook by giving advertisers better data targeting
• Here’s how mobile browser traffic is 2X bigger than app traffic which is beating browser traffic. What? How?

MEDIA MATTERS

• Oxford Companion to Wine moves with the times
• Madeline Puckette and Wine Folly Release New Wine Book
• Wine Folly Book Launch – Week One

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Spring fever
• The anything but chardonnay crowd has it wrong
• The secret to honing your wine-tasting skills
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WINE PEOPLE

• Paul Schaafsma named Accolade’s new chief executive
• Interview, Part 1: Brian Cox, Director, Scotch Whisky, Diageo North America
• Meeting ‘Cava rebel’ Pepe Raventos
• Q&A with Winemaker, Neil Collins
• Berryessa Gap vintner aims for the big league
• The King of Value, Daniel Pi, Trapiche
• The Quixotic Quest of Carlos Falcó
• Master Sommelier Guy Stout (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• The Sud-Ouest: Welcome to France’s most complicated wine region
• 9 Amazing Bordeaux Chateaux You Can Actually Rent
• Staying comfortable in British Columbia
• Mykonos: still a Greek Island idyll but with better food
• Languedoc: Your Next Destination For French Wine Country Luxury

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• B.C. Wine Industry Looks Outward
• WA: Lake Chelan fires paint new landscape, but wine grapes survive
• Why wine lovers don’t love Pa. State Stores

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Winemakers’ Superstition A Sign Of Climate Change?

EUROPE & THE UK

• First Plovdiv wine route map published

DOWN UNDER

• Winemakers’ Federation of Australia rejects FARE call for wine tax increase
• Penalty rates and biosecurity highlighted in Wine Tasmania’s submission to senate inquiry
• NZ: Babich wines celebrate 100 years of winemaking

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Zionism and wine: A love story

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 70 new links including the following top headlines:

• Judge dismisses most Tito’s ‘handmade’ lawsuits
• Brewers Association reports big gains for small and independent brewers
• With bottles ready, N.C. distilleries prep for on-site sales
• The biggest new trends in craft beer
• At Oktoberfest, people buy more beer when the price rises
• AB InBev and SABMiller: bid could be made this week

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