NEWS FETCH – October 28, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Duarte Goes On Offensive In Battle with Feds. Outcome May Affect Vineyards, Other Ag
• Online Wine Sales Have Room to Grow
• Harvard adds vineyard acreage in California
• Picking A Side In the Napa Winery Fight: Critics Out Of Step With Public
• The Business of Wine. Moving beyond Excel. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Huailai 2015 wine harvest: Rain and rot challenge producers

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Burbank Ranch for Sale in Paso Robles AVA
• Sonoma State Profs Publish Naked Wine Case History
• U.S. Congress has work to do to avoid rail stoppage
• In 1907 Lodi celebrated grapes like no American city never-ever has
• Innovative Buyer-Supplier Match Making Program to Launch at USA Trade Tasting *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Grower says Oakdale Irrigation District broke state law with secret water sale
• State Water Board’s use of unimpaired flows in the Delta’s Water Quality Control Plan update disputed
• Delta Stewardship Council prepares to comment on the California Water Fix/BDCP partially recirculated environmental documents
• Groundwater: Deadlines loom as new state law goes into effect
• Learn from the Australian experience. Indeed…don’t make our mistakes!
• Cooperation and Crisis in California Water Governance

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Tesco adopts Aldi and Lidl’s fixed price model
• The bitter aftertaste of Majestic Wine’s six-bottle policy has always put off a lot of customers – but at least it’s woken up
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Angelus 2010: Time to strike?
• 8 Key Points On Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth *Sponsored Link*

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Wine is good for heart, brain
• Why Red Wine Gives Us Headaches (& How to Avoid Them)

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• MillerCoors Gets Judge Approval In Blue Moon Lawsuit Victory
• Washington state’s last ‘dry’ town is voting on booze

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Prosecco Producers Seething Over Draft Sales
• Can You Win A Nobel Prize If You Eat Enough Chocolate? YES! (Oct. 28 is National Chocolate Day In The US)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How will “service included” affect wine?

MARKETING & SALES

• The Art of the Connection and Wine Marketing Growth
• OND: Step 4 – Do the Heavy Lifting.
• Wine, Retention, And The EOY Push: Omni Hotel’s Destinación Chile
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWein: The Rise of the Sommelier
• Speaker Spotlight: Beverage Alcohol Community Symposium

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 5 Ways Google Analytics Finds You Relevant Topics for Your Social-Media Campaign

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• WANTED: Fearless, self-driven, creative advertising sales super-heroine (or hero)!

MEDIA MATTERS

• US Bloggers Rely on Social Media Marketing to Drive Post Traffic

MATTERS OF TASTE

• David Williams on tastings: It’s not rocket science
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Wine Star: Baron Eric de Rothschild
• After Miraval, an American in Provence continues his renovation spree
• Interview, Part 1: Bob Paulinski, BevMo’s Senior Vice President, Wine
• Winemaker Marty Johnson and his Ruby Magdalena
• Luca Paschina of Barboursville Vineyards Honored by VA Gov

WINE PLACES

• Drew Family makes wine on the edge in Mendocino

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• McCrea, Cuneo join forces to create Walla Walla’s Latin Corner
• An expert’s take on Illinois wine

ACADEMIA

• WA: Prosser researcher garners funding for grapevine project

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Winemakers will survive, international body says of climate change

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Laser mapping data to boost wine industry by pinpointing prime grape growing areas
• Drones as common as tractors? Farm technology in 2025

EUROPE & THE UK

• The push for Rioja crus – part one
• Discovering Authenticity beyond Bordeaux’s Marquee Estates
• Winemaking in the UK

DOWN UNDER

• Coles, Woolies accused of ‘decimating’ Australian wine industry
• OZ: Government blasted over grant to wine industry giant (podcast)
• ‘Killing a little village’: locals react to announcement of Seppelt Great Western winery closure

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 45 new links including the following top headlines:

• Big Beer Losses Continue, Craft & Imports Grow
• MillerCoors Gets Judge Approval In Blue Moon Lawsuit Victory
• 10 Barrel Brewing Co. One Year After Its Sale To A-B InBev
• Pennsylvania’s archaic liquor laws are finally changing
• The Buzz on Beer Growth
• Turn beer into a career at these 5 schools

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