NEWS FETCH – October 19, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Bottle Prices Are Going Up in 2016: Silicon Valley Bank
• Lytton Pomos buy former Artesa land once slated to become vineyards
• The Way That France Makes Wine Is About to Change Forever
• Treasury Wine Soars to Four-Year High After Buying Diageo Units
• Excessive drinking cost $249bn to US economy
• Fred Franzia to Open 2016 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium with Keynote Luncheon Address
• The Business of Wine. Moving beyond Excel. *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Expanded trade, exchanges benefit US, Vietnam

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Washington grape growers wrap up early harvest
• OZ: Red wine production up, white wine down
• Strong export growth for Australian wine
• Ningxia 2015 harvest: Rain causes uncertainty

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• State leaders host hearing on future of wine in California
• Napa: Find a path to winery growth and prosperity
• Wine industry opens wallets for Lake County fire recovery
• Coastal land cherished by Pomo to be protected
• Innovative Buyer-Supplier Match Making Program to Launch at USA Trade Tasting *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• California mudslides and chaos offer a preview of what El Niño could bring
• How a Fresno almond farmer could lay claim to your rain barrel
• Congress can help California with comprehensive water plan
• Effort, collaboration maximized water use in drought
• In the drought-parched Central Valley, a waiting game begins
• In Huntington Beach, a desalination plant that makes sense
• Forests might not recover from Butte fire

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Biology Aids Winery Wastewater Treatment
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands an Investor Favorite, Now a Strong Buy
• Treasury Wine raises $368m in share issue
• Treasury Wine overvalued
• Treasury Wine’s high-risk China play
• Rémy Cointreau reveals mixed half-year results
• Penfolds revolution fermented in Magill
• 8 Key Points On Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 drifted 0.1% last week
• Champagne Joins Italian Wine Beating Burgundy on Liv-Ex
• 2010 claret dominates wine trading
• New York Wine Auctions Make Splashy Return With Château Margaux Cellar Sale
• Why red wine is ultimately more collectible than white
• Why Large-Format Wines Are a Good Bet

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• No Amount Of Alcohol In Pregnancy Is Safe, Ever
• The Surprising Benefits of Wine All Require Self-Control
• Two-year clinical trial of wine administration in diabetics who were previous abstainers or very-light drinkers

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• New York state makes it easier for brewers, winemakers

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• US imported wine value and volume all over the board
• Online channels key to long term growth
• Wines and spirits H1 travel retail sales slide 2.5%

MARKETING & SALES

• Should you require wine shoppers to register?
• Get Personal to Close the Customer Experience Gap
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Beverage Alcohol Community Symposium, Nov 12 in NY

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Protecting your brand’s digital footprint should be done proactively

MEDIA MATTERS

• Press trip dynamics, and Tuckman’s model

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Some key facts on grapes and small farming
• Journey into forbidden territory
• Why you should get to know the people who import the wines you like
• Put a cork in those grape obsessions
• How did you get into wine?
• Nebbiolo is a tough wine to get right — but worth the effort
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Convivial vision: Diana Hunter talks business
• Tara Q. Thomas of Wine & Spirits Magazine (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Getting Cabernet Down to a Science at Far Niente
• Winemakers Cultivate the 718 Terroir
• Why Oregon is the Most Dynamic Wine Region in America
• Germany’s Nazi-era Weinstrasse wine route
• What To Know Before You Go To Bordeaux

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Connecticut Wine Makers Hunting For Grapes To Match Our Harsh Climate

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Sustainability makes good wine business sense
• Vineyards also offer environmental benefits

EUROPE & THE UK

• Sauternes – Next Stop, Disaster?
• English wine: too much of a good thing?
• Priorat wine producers protest over Siurana river

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Survival of the fittest as vineyard sector shrinks
• Former NZ Wine Co boss Scutts appeals kickbacks conviction
• Marketing Australian wine as high class in Asia the key to growing brand Australia
• NZ: WineFriend launches new way to buy wine

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s economic growth declines to 6-year low

AROUND THE GLOBE

• The illicit wine-makers of Pakistan’s north

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 69 new links including the following top headlines:

• Instead of Selling Out, Pike Brewing Sells In
• Craft Brew Alliance Looks to Local for Growth in 2016
• We Can Fix The Economy By Drinking Beer
• 2015 craft beer growth strong, but not as spectacular as 2014 (or cider)
• Big Beer’s 5-Point Plan to Crush the Craft Beer Revolution
• Beer Policy by the Numbers

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