NEWS FETCH – November 16, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Majestic profits drop 50% as company launches turnaround plan
• Hospices de Beaune auction breaks record as money pledged to Paris victims
• Diageo restructures North American marketing operations following weak sales
• CA Governor Issues Executive Order to Bolster State’s Drought Response
• Americans Plan on Spending a Lot More This Christmas
• The Business of Wine. Moving beyond Excel. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Wine Harvest 2015: Napa Valley Reports an Outstanding but Small Grape Crop
• NZ wine growers prepare for ground frost
• Australian growers worried by early onset of dry weather
• Do you have the spirit(s)? Get ready for ProWein 2016 *Sponsored Link*

ATTACKS IN PARIS

• Pernod rallies employees with message on Paris attacks
• The Bordeaux Wine Experience says, “Attacks in Paris: We will never surrender”

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Larkmead Vineyards Raises $59,000 for the Valley Fire Relief
• Beringer plans to shorten Avenue of the Elms

DROUGHT/WATER

• Ballot measures aim to cut funding for Delta tunnels
• Barriers Stand in the Way of Innovation That Could Help Solve California’s Water Crisis
• Snowpack ‘Well Above Normal’ in Sierra
• Met purchase of Delta islands is not fooling anyone
• El Niño ‘is here, and it is huge,’ as officials race to prep for winter
• How Water Is Reshaping the West

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• ABC Fine Wine & Spirits partners with Drizly to launch on-demand alcohol delivery in Tampa
• How User Choices Can Boost Your Wine Club Membership & Loyalty. Click For A Free Best Practices Webinar *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, M&A

• Consider property taxes in succession planning
• Consider These Key Factors When Setting Your Crowdfunding Goal (Video)
• 8 Key Points On Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 Index continued to slide last week
• ‘Fabled’ Rhône wines lead Sotheby’s sale

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• A Corrected Interpretation of Massachusetts’s Tax Rules Confirms a Lower Rate for Many Wineries
• Summary of NY Gov’s First Alcohol Beverage Industry Working Group Meeting

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Surging Sales for Red Blend Wines
• 2015 US Table Wine Up 4.5% in Value, 1.4% by Vol: 52-Weeks ending Sept 12
• The Most Wine-Loving Countries

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Expensive wine and Champagne some of the most overpriced items on the menu

MARKETING & SALES

• How To Sell In Tri-State Area
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Positive Trends in 2015 for Active & Intelligent Packaging
• Taylors introduces bottle temperature sensor

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Using Instagram to market your winery
• The 4 Easiest Ways to Supercharge Your Social-Media Marketing
• Why your social media campaign should absolutely focus on engagement
• Social Media Platforms Are Becoming Too Complicated
• Brands Finding Social Ads as Effective as Traditional Advertising

MEDIA MATTERS

• World premiere of ‘Somm’ sequel a hit at film festival
• “SOMM: Into the Bottle” premiere at Napa Valley Film Festival — why sommeliers have a story to tell
• Book Review: Grapes of the Hudson Valley
• Roses, Tar and Decaying Burlap: True Taste: The Seven Essential Wine Words Book Review
• What Motivates Our Hunger for Wine? (book review)
• The Wine Curmudgeon most popular posts 2015: Lessons from Google

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Pinot Noir is the future of Champagne
• Your wine’s too cold (or too warm): Here’s how to get it right
• 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Champagne
• The somm phenom
• Filtering wine one way doesn’t mean it’s the only way. Click now to see the alternatives *Sponsored Link*

WINE PEOPLE

• Christian Navarro of Wally’s Wine and Spirits is ‘sommelier to the stars’
• A chat with Philippe
• Guy Fieri’s Big Gulp

WINE PLACES

• 10 Things We Don’t Know About Screaming Eagle
• 10 Up And Coming Wine Regions You Should Visit

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA juice grape growers see low prices again

EUROPE & THE UK

• Burgundy’s Domaine Faiveley Acquires a Parcel of the Grand Cru Musigny Vineyard
• Climate & wine: Is it still Bordeaux without Merlot?

DOWN UNDER

• Wine exports up, including international door-to-door sales, as Australian dollar loses value
• Woolworths, Coles private label plonk angers Australian wine industry
• Canberra region wine with philanthropic character

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s domestic producers sit on unsold vintages
• China wine market returns to rapid growth

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• A Polar Bear Raided the David Attenborough Film Crew’s Wine Supply
• Expert Guide To Opening An Older Bottle Of Wine
• Champagne Will Never Explode With This Trick

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 70 new links including the following top headlines:

• Medium-Size Beer Brewers Caught Between a Giant and Small Upstarts
• The Top 5 Reasons Craft Brewers are Turning to ESOPs
• Why do Breweries Sell out (Part Two)
• Drinking Age Looking to Drop to 18 – Is Your State Included?
• 2015 Brewers Association Board of Directors Election Results Announced

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