NEWS FETCH – September 29, 2015

TOP NEWS

• North Coast wine inventory excess could remain past lighter harvest
• Winery wastewater a viable water source for vineyards
• New Trade Alliance Serves to Empower Women in Alcohol Beverage Industry
• Naked Wines responds to angry Angels article
• Anheuser to offer £70bn for SAB Miller
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• As TPP nears final agreement, EU needs a pivot to Asia
• France threatens to pull out of TTIP negotiations

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• What Do California’s Wildfires Mean for the 2015 Wine Harvest?
• Italy wine harvest 2015 looking good
• Get $350 Conference Tickets + Save $300 on regular exhibiting fee. Offer ends 30 September. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma Vet Judy Jordan Buys Not One, But Two Oregon Vineyards
• Planned vineyard near reservoir worries St. Helena
• Drought-related SBA loans available
• Judy Jordan returns to the wine business
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DROUGHT/WATER

• California’s Drought: Not an Environmental Problem. An Environmentalist Problem.
• Drought dries up PG&E hydro reservoir in northern California

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Toilet to tap makes a comeback

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• 5 Tips To Shift An Industry: Direct To Consumer Wine, Adegga Style
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

DISTRIBUTORS

• Tips for Beverage Distributors on Reducing Supply Chain Costs
• Building your Sales Process for the US Market: Learn how to always keep the competitive edge with a winning sales process *Sponsored Link*

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• A global assessment of alcohol and health
• The truth about red wine’s health benefits
• How To Protect Yourself Against Bad Science Reporting
• BeMyDD Brings Complimentary Designated Drivers to All Greater Orange County Residents

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• New Certificate of Label Approval (COLA) Qualification (pdf)
• Re-Register Your Labels in Louisiana

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Beverage competition heats up as America’s biggest wine consumers drink more beer & spirits
• Table grape prices down, volumes up

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Obama serves ‘$30 screwcap wine’ at state dinner
• The White House goes screwy! (Screwtop, that is)

MARKETING & SALES

• 4 ways to ensure new customers will come back
• Digital Formats Are Among the Most Trusted Advertising Sources Despite Slow Growth
• Choosing a wine marketing partner
• Winery PR in a Pay-to-Play World
• Authentic Branding On A Budget
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Is Wine In A Can Any Good?
• Top 10 wine label controversies

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Symposium to Highlight Wine Branding

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Not All Millennials Are Hooked on Social Media

PAYMENTS

• Samsung Pay Launches in the United States

MEDIA MATTERS

• Book Review: The Perfect Wine? Multi-sensory Lessons from Planet Food
• MacNeil ready to release new edition of famed ‘Wine Bible’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why syrah is such a hard sell
• Temperature, Transportation, Storage and Wine Aging
• Wine barrel usage: Rolling out both sides of the argument
• Why wine will taste different from year to year
• Thanks to diverse styles, Chardonnay makes a comeback
• Born to be Wine
• Why Making Sparkling Wine Is A Ton Of Work
• Low-alcohol wine that tastes good
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Remembering Noël Verset
• The faces of Sonoma County grape harvest
• Uncorked: Bobby Wong
• Foremost Wine Co. and Tooth and Nail Winery owner Rob Murray talks about his new ventures

WINE PLACES

• Great Northwest Destination Winery: Arbor Crest Wine Cellars
• The Ultimate Wine Hotel: The Yeatman In Porto, Portugal

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Grüner Veltliner, the Grape of … North Carolina?

ACADEMIA

• Academia Pushes A New Kind of Peer Review For Research With ‘Sessions’

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Wine Institute Launches Sustainable Winegrowing Certificate Course

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Managing Vineyard Mineral Defficiency Beyond the Four R’s
• Red Blotch Research Highlights from ICVG
• Confessions of a Wine Yeast Wrangler

EUROPE & THE UK

• Sauternes in a Spin Over Child Cancer Claims
• English wine to double production in 7 years
• Bordeaux vintners protest at rail approval
• Russian wine drinkers switch to domestic brands amid economic crisis
• Vintage Champagne market ‘being exploited’

DOWN UNDER

• New Accolade CEO says Australian wine must remember its roots

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China shows renewed thirst for Bordeaux

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• VinePair’s Hangover Matrix Of Guilt & Shame
• America’s Next Top Somm!

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 59 new links including the following top headlines:

• New Trade Alliance Serves To Empower Women In Alcohol Beverage Industry
• Sazerac resolves Fireball trademark lawsuit
• Yuengling denies knowledge of “pay-to-play” scheme by MA beer distributor
• Whiskey River Overflows With Flavors — And Profits
• Move over craft beer, single-estate spirits aim to be the next drinks trend
• U.S. Passes 4,000 Breweries
• Anheuser to offer £70bn for SAB Miller

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