NEWS FETCH – November 20, 2015

TOP NEWS

• New Forecast Says Massive El Niño gains strength, likely to drench key Calif drought zone
• Owners of fire-damaged land in CA urged to guard against soil erosion
• This is how a virus infection could solve your Pierce’s disease outbreak
• California Water Restrictions Could Continue Under New Executive Order
• Wine media and the internet: are we drowning in a sea of mediocrity?
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GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Premium Pinot takes big hit in 2015 Calif wine grape harvest. Other varietals mostly lower too
• ‘Unusual’ states ramp up U.S. wine production
• Wine Harvest 2015: Burgundy Winemakers Report Great Wines, but Low Quantities
• 2015 Beaujolais Nouveau wine is the best in a lifetime
• How to become a wine pro? Visit ProWein 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley Vintners Awards $3 Million to Children’s Education in Napa County
• Sonoma-based The Other Guys Rebrands As 3 Badge Beverage Corporation, Sales Up
  

DROUGHT/WATER

• U.S. EPA Awards $1 Million Grant to Research Impact of Drought on Water Quality
• Complex water governance in the California Delta
• Solano agriculture faces first water allocation policy
• El Niño is not the cavalry
• All the water we can get – managed groundwater recharge in California
• Earth’s hidden groundwater mapped: Less than six per cent renewable within a human lifetime

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Concha y Toro posts strong third-quarter figures

FINANCE, M&A

• Some data on whether crowdfunding is a good investment or not

DISTRIBUTORS

• How to get a US distributor
• Seven Rules of Thumb for Importers
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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine Auctions Return to Ontario
• Wine Auctions Get Into the Seasonal Swing
• Starting a small cellar

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Is gender-targeted marketing driving women and girls to drink?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Alcohol Wholesalers and Regulators Caught Red Handed in Collusion
• Music Licensing in the Tasting Room

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Inside Story Behind a Wine List’s Creation
• Reports of the Death of Tasting Notes Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

MARKETING & SALES

• What millennials want in wine, according to PA wineries
• 15 random stats about how to market to millennials
• Build stronger relationships with your winery and tasting room customers through reading and responding to online reviews
• Being All Things To All People Is a Marketing Dead End
• Six ways to keep customers from abandoning your online shopping cart

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Record-breaking ProWein China praised

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook Advertising Is Where It’s at
• Wine and Math? A One-of-a-Kind Pairing

PAYMENTS

• EMV – Why Your Winery Should Care

MEDIA MATTERS

• Master Somm Candidates do battle on Uncorked

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Taste of Scent (PDF)
• An Uncertain Future for the World’s Most Iconic Sweet Wines
• Beaujolais: It’s Pronounced Gamay

WINE PEOPLE

• Bruwer Raats And The Rise Of South African Chenin Blanc
• From the military to wine making
• In conversation with Adrian Bridge

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Harvest work lifts Washington somm’s wine appreciation

ACADEMIA

• Washington State University Viticulture & Enology receives USDA grants
• Finger Lakes Community College wine program now realizing fruits of its labor

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The Importance Of Dormant Pruning
• A Closer Look At Grape Splitting
• How Genetics Are Changing Grapevines
• Automated segmentation of vineyard rows for data extraction using UAVs

EUROPE & THE UK

• The Norway wine underground
• UK: Supermarket wine ranges ‘like baked beans’

DOWN UNDER

• How Australia’s winemakers are pushing new frontiers in the industry
• Aussie wine exporters gain finance advantage
• Could Australia Be To Thank For Making Chardonnay Cool Again?

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China wine imports rebound in 2015

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

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

• Is Beer Looking to ‘Sweeten’ Its Deal with Drinkers?
• Ohio Craft Brewers Association Supports Industry as It Reaches $1.2B Economic Impact
• Georgia officials catered to distributors’ wishes over those of craft brewers
• Hot Hard Cider Market Showing Signs of Cooling
• A Rogue Gene Could Be Making You Act Like a Drunken Idiot

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