NEWS FETCH – October 9, 2015

TOP NEWS

• More glassy-winged sharpshooters found in Marin, Sonoma
• How Big Is China’s Counterfeit-Wine Problem? French Report Calls It An Industry
• Massive El Niño is now ‘too big to fail’
• Ag fact sheets detail potential TPP impacts
• The Business of Wine. Moving beyond Excel. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Growers Suffer Low Yields in Paso Robles
• Rob Griffin, dean of Washington winemakers, reflects on hot vintage

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Planning Commission punts winery size to supervisors
• Michael Dorf on the rise and fall of City Winery Napa
• Napa Valley Vintners working to close student achievement gap
• Napa Valley College, St. Helena to host Sonoma State wine MBA program
• Wine Biz Law Seminar Tackles Intellectual Property & Social
• The Bloody Roots of California’s Vineyards
• Innovative Buyer-Supplier Match Making Program to Launch at USA Trade Tasting *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• DWR Releases Proposed Rules for Modifying Groundwater Basin Boundaries
• Scientists question twin tunnels report
• California’s farmers left high and dry by drought, environmental regs
• House Dems from Calif, other Western states send letter opposing House environmental bill
• North to Alaska for L.A.’s water?

EL NIÑO

• El Niño now among strongest in modern history; unusually warm and unsettled conditions persist in California
• El Nino: When will it start raining in California?
• How El Niño is like a bad bartender
• As monster El Niño looms, the world rushes to get ready

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• FedEx Will Now Ship Wine to North Dakota
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Organic Growth Boosts Constellation Brands’ Revenue
• Tesco’s Dave Lewis buys shares one day after saying he was barred
• 8 Key Points On Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Champagne becomes third most traded region
• Burgundy drifts down trading table
• Christie’s shines a light on pre-Prohibition rye
• Madison Wine Holdings debuts on HK stock exchange

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• No net benefit from alcohol consumption
• Satire: Too good to be true? Who is behind anti-alcohol studies
  
• 9 Hangover Hacks To Get You Through The Work Day

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• California Brewpub Licenses: What You Need to Know
• Free the Hooch

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Consumers say they will spend less on holiday Beer/Wine/Eating Out
• OZ: Wine by the half proving popular with fit boomers and young turks

MARKETING & SALES

• How to Respond to Bad Reviews to Build Customer Loyalty
• 5 tips for marketing wine to millennials
• How Banfi Wines Uses Innovation to Stay Ahead
• Delicato Family Vineyards Maintains Growth Momentum With Three “Hot Prospect” Brands
• Ad Avoidance Isn’t New—It’s Just Evolving
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Participation up 30% at World Bulk Wine Exhibition

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook finally reveals what its ‘dislike button’ will really look like
• Facebook explains how its new Like and Dislike emojis will impact post ranking
• Twitter copies YouTube by monetizing creator and publisher video

PAYMENTS

• What’s the Difference Between PayPal and a Bank?

MEDIA MATTERS

• A history of Decanter – Part one
• Review: Jancis Robinson, ‘The Oxford Companion to Wine, Fourth Edition’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine that’s made in the vineyard
• In Praise of AVAs That Get It Right
• Are there any standards anymore for wine quality?
• Why Some Mexican Wine Smells Like Raw Meat
• Exploring a limited creative space: black and white and wine
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Big Interview with Aldi buyer Mike James
• Beauty and the Brunello: A Wine Love Story in Tuscany
• Brian Schmidt – Vineland Estates

WINE PLACES

• Protecting Cornas

WINE TOURISM

• What Really Goes Down in a Wine Tasting Room

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• The Wine Curmudgeon’s Arizona wine adventure

EUROPE & THE UK

• Sauvignon Scam Rocks Friuli Wine
• Sanctions & Booze in Putin’s Russia
• Beyond retail: what the Matthew Clark deal means for Conviviality
• A (surprising) overview of Montalcino terroir and subzones
• Revived wine grapes may resist climate change
• Concha wine brands booming in UK

DOWN UNDER

• Vintage savings for South Australia vintners
• South Australian Wine Industry Association turns 175
• Lonely Planet names Central Otago as top global wine region
• New look board for Wine Marlborough

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What’s Better Than a Coravin? A Coravin II.

MARIJUANA

• Wine & Weed: Pot tourism goes upscale in the Colorado Rockies

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 73 new links including the following top headlines:

• Craft Beer Stars In New White House Trade Deal Push
• How can you brand a brewery with no apparent differentiator?
• California Brewpub Licenses: What You Need to Know
• Which State Brews the Best Beer in America?
• AB InBev, SABMiller Merger Would Raise Antitrust Concerns In US, China, South America
• Wine & Weed: Pot tourism goes upscale in the Colorado Rockies

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