NEWS FETCH – November 9, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Santa Barbara Winemaker Arrested for Embezzlement and Tax Fraud
• Red Blends are Stirring Up U.S. Wine Sales
• Senate votes to kill EPA’s water rules governing smaller streams
• Alcohol in moderation belief flawed
• The Business of Wine. Moving beyond Excel. *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• United States moves to punish South Africa over farm export impasse
• Full TPP text released; Ag groups respond
• Italian farmers want to seize TTIP opportunity
• Australian farm groups digest the detail as full TPP trade deal text revealed at last

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Port harvest survives Cyclone Henry in excellent health
• ProWein World: Your success story – ready for export! *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa County planners won’t tamper with special events at wineries
• Calisotga tasting room policies stand pat
• Tasting room approved at historic downtown Napa home
• Uber targets tourists in Wine Country
• Lake County wines make a name for themselves

DROUGHT/WATER

• Seasons change while government remains unprepared
• Dueling drought relief bills reveal stark differences
• Desalination Costs, Even In Major Drought, Still High
• To save water, an underground movement to bank El Niño’s rainfall
• Soak the rich to help solve California’s water crisis
• Finally, a one-stop shop for locating California’s fishes
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, M&A

• 5 things to expect from crowdfunding regulations in 2016
• 8 Key Points On Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Burgundy exceeds estimates at Acker’s HK auction
• Zachys flash auction goes over estimate
• Sotheby’s Reports Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Are wine and cigarettes the secret to French longevity?
• Drinking Champagne boosts memory
• UK: Pregnant women could be advised to drink no alcohol under new NHS guidelines

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Massachusetts Excise Tax

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Arsenic & Lead Present In US Wines. But This State’s Bottles Have a LOT Less Than The Rest
• Big rise in number of UK consumers trading up on wine

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• ‘Anything but Chardonnay’ days are over
• Why aren’t we drinking more Spanish wines?
• Is Chardonnay “back”? No, because it never left

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine club cancellations: Create an opportunity
• Top 10 tips for marketing to millennials
• 5 Ways to Maximize Word-of-Mouth Marketing
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Behind the Scenes at the Wine World’s Big Networking Event

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Wine and social media

PAYMENTS

• The Future of Mobile Payments

MEDIA MATTERS

• Advice to emerging wine writers: be known for something, but be careful
• With the 4th ed. to the Oxford Companion to Wine, some new terms and trends have come into play
• This Sommelier Is Turning Wine-Speak into Comics
• Book Review: “Napa Valley Chronicles” by Lauren Coodley

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why you should add blush to the wine colors of fall
• Antonini versus Rolland: wine’s stylistic battleground
• Can You Age Rosé?
• Why the world hates wine, wine experts, and wine snobs (video)
• Blood, Sweat and Tiers – Spreading a Wine Culture in America
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Interview with Spar’s Nick Jones and Daphne Teremetz
• Charles Puglia of Blue Hill at Stone Barns

WINE PLACES

• Champagne Pol Roger: producer profile

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Entrepreneurial spirit is flourishing in Oregon’s sin industries: Booze and pot
• Quality improving, consistency is still an issue for Indiana wine industry

ACADEMIA

• WSU’s new wine center on a quest for quality
• George Brown College in Toronto unveils applied research facility

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• One Winemaker’s Quixotic Quest To Save California’s Wine Industry From Climate Change
• Enhancing Wine Quality, Reducing Waste
• A Clean Green Future for Champagne

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Ongoing domestication of wine yeast: past, present and future
• Does ultraviolet radiation improve wine quality?

EUROPE & THE UK

• Alsace seeks grand cru status for red wines
• New quality standards set for Austrian Sekt
• ‘Feel-good factor’ getting corks popping in UK

DOWN UNDER

• Australian grape grower and winemaker Tony Mangan has died
• OZ: Food and Beverages to tackle big growth in online shopper behaviour
• Yarra Valley: dividing the room

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s Winemakers Seek Their Own Napa Valley
• Taiwan ‘not just a little China’

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile lifts Carignan from bulk wine status

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 60 new links including the following top headlines:

• How pot and hippie beer explain the future of the American economy
• The hunt for a $1 billion apple
• Craft beer is going through an identity crisis
• What’s on tap for the beer industry’s fragmented market?
• Crowdfunding may not create the ‘next Facebook,’ but it’s great for craft breweries
• Do We Need ‘Craft Beer Evangelists’?

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