NEWS FETCH – October 13, 2015

TOP NEWS

• US consumers primed for premium Aussie wines as economy rebounds
• Americans Unsure About Trans-Pacific Partnership Impact
• Most Consumers Not Adventurous About Trying New Drinks
• Bud & Miller finally agree on merger price
• Evidence mounts for El Nino that could ease Calif. drought
• The Business of Wine. Moving beyond Excel. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• North Coast grape harvest earliest in years
• Alsace 2015 vintage set to be a ‘bulldozer’
• Can 2015 vintage reignite Bordeaux market?
• Table grape prices down, volumes up

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Financial Support Continues for Wine Spectator Learning Center
• Napa Commerce Center first wine warehouse to start
• Windsor meeting to address disputed deal with Lytton tribe
• Napa Wine Industry Shaken, Recovering from 2014 Quake
• Winery Definition Ordinance weakly enforced
• Napa Assessor Tuteur to speak at Women for WineSense’s Meeting
• Albatross Ridge Names Marc Cutino Vice President of Sales
• Napa Valley Early Learning Initiative Helped Nearly 1,500 in Napa County in 2014/15
• Innovative Buyer-Supplier Match Making Program to Launch at USA Trade Tasting *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Calif Gov. Signs Bills to Streamline Groundwater Basin Adjudications
• New water bill pits pot vs. fish
• Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 1: The basics

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands (STZ) On a Roll, Hits 52-Week High
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, M&A

• Altria pleased by Anheuser-Busch InBev-SABMiller merger
• 8 Key Points On Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Unsteady start to October for fine wine
• LMVH drinks division rebounds with major third-quarter growth

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Glass of red wine a day can keep diabetes under control
• Could white wines be as good as reds in terms of health benefits?
• Here’s What Happens When You Drink Red Wine Every Night
• Science claims wine causes happiness
• BeMyDD Brings Complimentary Designated Drivers to All Greater Tampa Residents

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• New Law Amends California Tied-House Law
• Webinar: AMA About Malt Beverage Labeling with the TTB

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Mo’ money, mo’ college, mo’ wine
• UK: Sales of wine soar as bubbly and prosecco become everyday tipples

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Sommeliers, wine educators and waiters – you’re driving me not to drink

MARKETING & SALES

• Provocations For The Wine Industry, From A South African Keynote Address
• Winery PR in a Pay-to-Play World
• The 6 Musts of a Successful Holiday Marketing Campaign
• Millennial men the most emotional while watching video ads
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Sustainability & Sensory Analysis Congresses at SIMEI 2015

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 12 Proven Tactics for Rapidly Growing Your Presence on Social Media
• Is your website ready for the holiday season?
• Social media for rookies: how to use the online community to improve your business
• 65% of Adults in U.S. Use Social Media
• Facebook Continues Shopping Push, Adds Dedicated Shopping Section
• Facebook says it won’t make companies pay to sell things through Messenger

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• California governor vetoes unpaid sick leave bill

MEDIA MATTERS

• New book documents ‘the largest wine arson in the world’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How fair is fair trade wine?
• A Look at Acetaldehyde with Dominik Durner
• The sparkling trend: Prosecco
• Thinking about appellations
• Native Wine Grapes of America
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• California Loses Two Wine Pioneers
• California Wine’s Fine and Important Man
• Remembering Paul Prudhomme
• Carol Duval-Leroy, Winner of the ‘Prix du Rayonnement Français’ 2015

WINE PLACES

• Chateau Mouton-Rothschild – Bordeaux Wine Royalty

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• How a winery with ties to Jefferson still makes some of Virginia’s best
• Infinite Monkeys Invading Austin

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Sustainable Because: It’s About Working with Nature, Not Fighting Against It
• Paso Robles’ Niner Wine Estates Now 100% Solar

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Maximizing Cover Crop Benefits Through Selection and Management
• New study strengthens case against soil-based minerality

EUROPE & THE UK

• Supermarket cull begins to hit BWS category
• Carlsberg loses UK CEO
• The Wonders of the World’s Oldest Wine
• Côte to Coast

DOWN UNDER

• Future hinges on 2016 prices for Murray Valley growers
• Coonawarra winery inflicts drought on vineyard for climate change research

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Why it’s difficult to sell wine in China (part I)

SOUTH AFRICA

• New blood for Robertson Wine Valley

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 49 new links including the following top headlines:

• California passes bill to help craft liquor industry
• Kurt Widmer to Retire from Craft Brew Alliance as Chairman of the Board at Year End
• Consumers ‘playing it safe’ with alcohol choices
• U.S. probes allegations AB InBev seeking to curb craft beer distribution
• SABMiller agrees in principle to merger with Budweiser owner

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