NEWS FETCH – October 29, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Global wine production up 2% in 2015
• Italy Reclaims Crown as World’s #1 Wine Producer
• US prepares for 40th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris
• French wine industry’s love affair with pesticides blamed for worker health problems
• Wastewater injection in the San Joaquin Valley threatens farmland
• The Business of Wine. Moving beyond Excel. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Bordeaux and Bordeaux Superieur 2015 — “A Great Vintage”
• Alsace growers see promise of greatness in 2015 vintage
• Bordeaux 2015 harvest and the rule of five
• Pénedes predicts healthy vintage

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• What if Reverie were in supervisors’ backyard?
• Too Much Napa Valley
• Innovative Buyer-Supplier Match Making Program to Launch at USA Trade Tasting *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• California lifts restrictions on senior water rights
• Western Growers Urges Senate Action On Western Water Bill
• Feds must discloses some California groundwater well information
• Dry start to autumn in California, but near-record strength El Niño still on track to bring a wet winter
• Almond Growers Join in Groundwater Study
• The truth be told: The Delta, the tunnels, and the tributaries, part 1
• LA Aqueduct flows after dam built for drought is dismantled

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Tesco drops 300 wines from range and eliminates half price deals
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, M&A

• Fund a vineyard, get a sheep

DISTRIBUTORS

• Buyer-Supplier Match Making Program to Launch
• 8 Key Points On Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Zachys announces first ever NY ‘flash sale’
• iDealwine update: Champagnes sparkle at auction
• How to Set Up a Budget-friendly Home Wine Cellar

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• How We Became The Heaviest Drinkers In A Century

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Sorry, craft brewers, you can’t trademark the word “craft”

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• The ONE Incredible Chart That Shows How Craft Beef Forced Budweiser To Buy Miller

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• What Makes For Great Wine Service? A Master Sommelier’s Perspective.
• ‘Wine Ring’ app removes some stress from wine buying

MARKETING & SALES

• Are Advertisers and Consumers in Conflict?
• What Factors Drive Millennials’ Retail Decisions?
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Oregon to Host Terroir Congress
• The 2015 New York Wine Experience: The Power of Wine

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Take Care to Learn From These 4 Big Social-Media Blunders

MEDIA MATTERS

• A Reader’s Guide to Serious Drinking

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Obscure French Grape Making Amazing American Wine
• The Effect of High Hydrostatic Pressure Processing on Chemical Composition of Oak Chip-Macerated Wine
• Don’t fall into the trap of Napa Valley in the 80s
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• The Barry Smith interview: what is the nature of wine perception, and is wine flavour objective?
• Interview, Part 2: BevMo’s Senior Vice President For Wine, Bob Paulinski
• Wine Star: Ken Wright
• Bonarrigos the first family of wine in Texas

WINE PLACES

• Behind the Wine: Napa Valley’s Palmaz Vineyards

WINE TOURISM

• Napa Valley venues receive global wine tourism awards

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Alcohol sales up at Virginia ABC stores, restaurants

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Facing climate change, Italian growers turn to cooler areas, native grapes

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Social yeast cells prefer to work with close relatives to make our beer, bread and wine

EUROPE & THE UK

• A game changer for Burgundy winemaking?
• Beaujolais crus to identify all climats by 2016
• Let’s get fizzical: why English wine is sparkling
• A New Eastern European Producer Enters the Scene
• A reckoning for Franciacorta: Two top writers share their criticism of the appellation and its direction

DOWN UNDER

• Wine industry reform a huge benefit for South Australia
• OZ: Margin squeezing and price pressure drives winemakers away from supplying big supermarkets

LATIN AMERICA

• Why Chile’s vineyards are flying high

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Saudis Agree to Free Briton Jailed for Having Homemade Wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• A Halloween wine tale 2015: I am Legend

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 57 new links including the following top headlines:

• Craft Beer is Big Business
• Blue Moon lawsuit devalues definition of “craft”
• Few Brouhahas Brewing Between Craft Beer Competitors
• Australian accent caused by ‘alcoholic slur’ of heavy-drinking early settlers
• ‘World’s first’ non-alcoholic distilled spirit launches

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