NEWS FETCH – October 26, 2015

TOP NEWS

• California Faces Continued Future of Droughts Alternating with Floods
• U.S. Spirits Will Outperform Beer And Wine For The Fourth Consecutive Year in 2015
• Napa Grapegrowers look back on a difficult year
• How Life Experience Determines Alcohol Preference
• New bank’s craft beverage unit finances wine, also makes big impact on Sonoma County beer industry
• The Business of Wine. Moving beyond Excel. *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• OZ: Canberra region’s businesses optimistic about TPP

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Italy’s 2015 Harvest: A First Glance

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Castello expands North Coast vineyards
• Vural named president of Peju Province Winery
• Silver Oak Cellars: A Storied Winery Runs Toward Tech, Reaps the Rewards
• Paso Robles is California’s other wine region
• Innovative Buyer-Supplier Match Making Program to Launch at USA Trade Tasting *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• 5 fixes for California’s age-old water-rights system
• Ban new farm wells until drought ends
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Majestic Wine drops six bottle minimum rule
• Treasury announces it will close Seppelt’s winery in Australia unless buyer found
• Lidl to boost core wine range by 30%
• 8 Key Points On Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Volume of wine traded on the Liv-ex steady last week, value surged as interest turned to higher priced wines

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Scientists produce beneficial natural compounds in tomato, red wine—industrial scale-up potential
• Beer Makes People Better At Sex
• Alcohol Linked To Increased Basal Cell Carcinoma Skin Cancer Risk
• Teens Less Likely To Binge Drink If Parents Let Them Sip As Kids
• Can Red Wine and Chocolate Save Lives?
• Have wine to slow down your ageing process

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Judge tentatively dismisses “misleading craft” lawsuit against Blue Moon

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• The Rosé Trend is SO over … Says Google

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How to order wine at a restaurant: find the oldest year and an unfamiliar grape
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• VitiNord Heads to Nebraska
• Women in Wine Leadership Symposium 4th Annual Conference Explores Vital Issues for Women in the Industry

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Increasing Audience Engagement Key Objective in Social Media Marketing
• Weeks after Moments’ launch, Twitter opens the door to brand marketers

PAYMENTS

• Mobile Payments Will Triple in the US in 2016

MEDIA MATTERS

• Pity the trees: A forest dies to make “Napa Valley Then & Now”
• Sommelier/photographer serves up BC wine industry in coffee-table book
• Winners of the 2015 Born Digital Awards

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What in Earth makes a wine taste ‘minerally’
• Crying all the way to the bank with “cult” wines
• For the love of Riesling?
• Biodynamic wine
• What is Double Decanting—and Should I Care?
• Shortlist of Sweet Red Wines To Know
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Winemaker Keplinger’s gourmet taste cultivated early in life
• Sommelier Talk: Ian Brosnan of Dublin’s Ely Winebar
• Coppola talks film, wine on ‘Today’
• David Gordon of Tribeca Grill (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• A tale of three Sonoma wineries
• Uber’s top 12 Wine Country destinations
• The Best Italian Wine Region You’ve Never Heard Of
• Getting to know the changing face of France’s Roussillon

EUROPE & THE UK

• English wine pioneers rush to start UK vineyards
• Champagne has ‘left door open on quality’
• Wines under threat as Bordeaux hit by rising temperatures
• Changing of the guard at Clos de Tart

DOWN UNDER

• OZ Vintners forge path into East

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Japan’s Nagano winery aims to take on the world

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa: Radford Dale Wines, definitely not ‘lost in science’

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Animals eating wine grapes: Five most wanted
• Drunk comet ‘Lovejoy’ spews up 500 bottles of booze per second

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 68 new links including the following top headlines:

• Judge tentatively dismisses “misleading craft” lawsuit against Blue Moon
• U.S. Spirits Will Outperform Beer And Wine For The Fourth Consecutive Year in 2015
• There’s No Stopping The Craft Beer Craze
• Returning for Another Sip of Terroir
• UK’s ROK Drinks acquires CA’s Amador Distillery to expand its spirits portfolio
• Is Anheuser-Busch InBev SA (ADR) Trying to Snuff Out Craft Beer Competition?

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