NEWS FETCH – October 22, 2015

TOP NEWS

• TWE announce further winery closures in Australian and NZ
• Southern, Glazer’s Sign Letter Of Intent To Form Strategic Alliance
• Why Diageo is a Good Deal for Treasury
• U.S. Consumers’ Holiday Spending Intentions Best Since 2007
• USGS slams study’s claim of 99.9% chance of large L.A. earthquake
• The Business of Wine. Moving beyond Excel. *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Wine bodies say Australian industry will benefit from ChAFTA

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Down-sized North Coast wine grape crop offers growers an upside
• An average to smaller San Joaquin Valley wine grape harvest is followed by continued vineyard removals
• Santa Cruz Mountains crop comes in light on tonnage but heavy on flavor
• Puget Sound: Island grape harvest breaks records
• CA Foothills Harvest Promising For Premium Wines
• Slovenia expects ‘exceptional’ 2015 vintage
• Bordeaux 2015 behind the scenes – part one
• NZ wines to hold value despite lower harvest
• Who Are The World’s Top 10 Wine Exporters? Depends (On Who You Ask)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Deadlocked commission denies approval for Girard winery
• Calif. Dept. of Food & Ag. Awards Specialty Crop Block Grant to Lake County Winegrape Commission
• Coors Family Enters Napa Valley Wine Scene
• Lodi’s fascinating history as a Johnny-come-lately wine region
• Chalone Doldrums
• Larkmead Vineyards is Raising $50,000 for the Valley Fire Relief Fund
• Innovative Buyer-Supplier Match Making Program to Launch at USA Trade Tasting *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• California Water Commission adopts Groundwater Basin Boundary Regulation
• Water management, economy, and the environment: How is California doing after four years of drought?
• Congressional Republicans demand plan for collecting El Niño water
• Groundwater: Farmers employ methods meant to boost supply
• Why a dry California will still grow a lot of food
• San Joaquin County remains opposed to ‘Water Fix’
• Studying 2015 El Niño event as never before

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• When Alcohol Wholesaling Starts to Look Like “The Godfather”
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Strong sales figures from Pernod Ricard add to pressure on Diageo
• Diageo (DEO) Continues to Boost Spirits Portfolio
• Pernod reports ‘gradual improvement’ in Q1

FINANCE, M&A

• Remgro Interested in SABMiller’s 27% Stake in Winemaker Distell
• 8 Key Points On Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• UK: Failed fine wine firm liquidated
• Liv-ex 100: Performance by currency
• Higher Wine Prices Are Attracting More Thieves
• Zachys unveils lots for next HK auction
• Engine Wine: Marshals Sell Off Rudy’s Rides

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Is wine actually good for you?
• Wine is a fat burner
• Red wine equal to a gym workout

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Pa. bill allows wine, beer sales at grocery stores, keeps liquor stores open
• Unsafe Harbor

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Sparkling Wine Sector Set for Five-Year Growth
• Back to the future in wine

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How Fast Casual Is Rewriting the Restaurant Wine List
• The smartphone effect: An app to help buy your wine

MARKETING & SALES

• Bottle Up the Profits, U.S. Wine Sales Rise 6.2% (video)
• How marketing can meet the millennial thirst for inspiration
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 10 Free Website Usability Tools to Improve Your Customer Experience

PAYMENTS

• EU court rules that Bitcoin exchanges don’t have to pay taxes

MEDIA MATTERS

• Book Review: Hungry For Wine: Seeing the World Through the Lens of a Wine Glass by Cathy Huyghe
• How To Actually Use The New Oxford Companion To Wine
• What Does It Take to Be a Great Wine Reference Book Today?
• Wine Curmudgeon Shortlisted for the Born Digital Wine awards

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine Wars and Presidential Politics
• Extreme Decanting
• You Should Drink Beaujolais Wine All of the Time
• You Probably Didn’t Know That Your White Wine Farts
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Homage to master writer Cole Danehower, and the Northwest wine community

WINE PLACES

• Hungarian Wine Regions: Szekszárd And Its Elegant Reds
• Great Northwest Destination Winery: Mission Hill Family Estate
• Celebrating the wines of St. Helena AVA

WINE EDUCATION

• Wine training remains an ‘untapped market’

WINE TOURISM

• Champagne tourist figures up 15% following UNESCO listing

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Wine boom in Ohio grows
• History in the making during Texas Wine Month
• How the Finger Lakes are making great red wines
• Votto Vines Importing Named One of the Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America

ACADEMIA

• Enology certificate students attend first camp at WSU Wine Science Center

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Becoming a B Corp: only for the sustainable elite?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Mobile bottling lines help small wineries save space, aggravation
• New Method Turns Tons of Wine Waste into Useful Chemicals
• B.C. scientists research yeast to boost wine

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Rising beer sales fail to halt supermarket slide
• The Champagne Industry Is Trying to Throw Major Shade at Prosecco

DOWN UNDER

• Assistance available for Australian winegrowers in drought
• Central Otago ‘on same journey as Burgundy’
• Australians are giving up local bubbles for champagne
• OZ: McWilliam’s moves to champion emerging cool-climate wine regions
• NZ: Wineries, growers toast industry advocate

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• India’s wine industry flowing faster

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa: Ernie Els Wines Takes On Investment Partner To Drive Ambitious Growth Agenda
• Race and wine in South Africa

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 61 new links including the following top headlines:

• Craft Beer is Booming but Some Brewers Worry About the Future
• What creates consumers’ responses to beer?
• 10 Brews To Watch In The Anheuser-Busch InBev SABMiller deal
• When Alcohol Wholesaling Starts to Look Like “The Godfather”
• University of Kentucky threatens local distillery over logo use
• Is Austin’s craft beer market saturated?

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