NEWS FETCH – October 8, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Italy beats France to become world largest wine producer
• Beer, wine propel growth at Constellation Brands
• State Control of Alcohol Distribution Does Not Reduce Drunk Driving Deaths
• El Niño cometh: Meteorologists forecast winter storms of historic proportions on the Central Coast
• The Business of Wine. Moving beyond Excel. *Sponsored Link*

NEW CALIF SOCIAL MEDIA & ALCOHOL LAW

• It’s a winner: New law frees up BottleRock alcohol sales, sponsorships
• It’s a loser: AB 780 – Social Media and the ABC: The California Legislative “Fix” that Fails

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Pretty photos, small companies: how the White House is selling TPP
• TPP huge for Hawke’s Bay

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Napa Valley Vintners Answers Top Five Questions Regarding the 2015 Vintage
• Harvest 2015: A Short Crop in California Should Lead to Good Quality
• 2015 French wine harvest to beat previous year
• Recuperating vines plus untimely rain help depress yields for Monterey County grower
• Douro Harvest Report 2015
• English winemakers expect a good harvest
• With Demand Rising Quickly, Prosecco Taps “Harvest Reserve” To Ensure Supply
• Raisin harvest expected to wrap up in mid-October
• Michigan wine industry may suffer after 2 years of bad crops

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Hudsons to build Carneros area winery
• Sic Transit Gloria—Will High Prices Kill California Wine?
• National Grape & Wine Initiative Announces $6 Million Federal Research Grant to Transform U.S. Vineyard Management
• Chappellet Launches Campaign for Valley Fire Disaster Relief
• Grandstanding on agricultural sustainability
  
• Innovative Buyer-Supplier Match Making Program to Launch at USA Trade Tasting *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• California Considers $1 Billion Direct Potable Reuse Plant (Toilet To Tap)
• California Is Building The Country’s Largest Solar Desalination Plant
• California Water Commission: SGMA Implementation – Summary of Comments on Basin Boundary Regulation; Update on State Water Project Issues

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• If you text this phone number, a new startup will deliver booze to your doorstep
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Beer mega-deal won’t affect us: Constellation CEO
• Constellation Brands Ups View on Q2 Earnings & Sales Beat
• Sell Tesco shares as turnaround stalls

DISTRIBUTORS

• London Wine Fair & Beverage Trade Network Partner to Help US Wineries Export to UK
• 8 Key Points On Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Lesser-known Bordeaux on the move
• Margaux Sale Marks Bordeaux’s New York Revival
• Scamwatch: wine investment fraud
• WineBid Offers Much More Than Auctions With Its Updated Site

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Is it wrong to drink alcohol while pregnant? Even the experts disagree
• Pregnant women don’t ‘deserve’ a drink – not even Prosecco
• Newest review of data confirms French Paradox: moderate wine = lower cardiovascular death and illness risk
• Calories in Red Wine: Do They Really Matter?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Get out of your wine rut

MARKETING & SALES

• The Casual Approach to Millennial Marketing
• Avoid These Visual Mistakes When Marketing to Women
• The 3 Reasons Online Advertising Campaigns Fail
• 4 Strategies to Manage Customers’ Wait Time
• Blackheath Beverage Group expands into wine and spirit brand development
• VinoVisit Reinvents The Winery Tasting Reservation Experience
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook now lets advertisers send leads to Salesforce, Marketo, and other CRMs
• Google unveils Accelerated Mobile Pages Project, its answer to Facebook’s Instant Articles
• Instagram has built itself a huge audience over the last five years but the threat of ad overload looms

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Playing by the Rules: Harvest Interns

MEDIA MATTERS

• Book Review: Tangled Vines by Frances Dinkelspiel
• Books, glorious books!
• Veseth’s Extreme Wine Now in Paperback

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The wine and value discrepancy
• Why are we smitten with a marginally profitable business?
• The Great Equalizing of Natural Wine
• What are the varieties of tomorrow?
• Not your grandfather’s port: will fortified wine ever enjoy a revival?
• Why you should give merlot another look
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• The Michel Rolland interview
• Optimism in South Africa: an interview with Mike Ratcliffe

WINE PLACES

• An alternative Bordeaux wine tour
• Top 10 intriguing things about France and its wines
• A Complete Introduction To The Wines Of Germany
• A Guide to Wine Tasting New Zealand
• Get a side of history with that glass of wine at David Hill

ACADEMIA

• Rowan College at Burlington County students research the science of the swish and swirl

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Limiting toll of trunk diseases calls for timely pruning and protection
• AWRI puts latest process sensor technologies to the test

EUROPE & THE UK

• ‘Too late’ to change 1855 classification
• Beaujolais prices: Winemakers agree uneasy truce
• English fizz ‘more energetic’ than Champagne
• Bolney wine to boost Pinot production
• Sauvignon scandal: “We will show that we have nothing to do with this affair,” says Cristian Specogna

DOWN UNDER

• Stanford announces Wine Grape Growers Australia resignation

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 1 Wine Dude’s October 2015 Wine Product Roundup
• Cab Wars: The Force of Harvest Awakens (video)

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 53 new links including the following top headlines:

• Stop Panicking: The US Hasn’t Reached Peak Craft Beer
• NY State promises $16M for craft beverage sector
• Beer company Diageo under pressure to sell Guinness
• These Six States Are Becoming Craft Beer Powerhouses
• Tito’s claims do not fall under safe harbour
• Anheuser-Busch InBev Response to SABMiller Announcement

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