NEWS FETCH – November 23, 2015

TOP NEWS

• U.S. Marshals to Sell Thousands of Bottles of Wine from Rudy Kurniawan Case
• “Handmade” Gets Some Respect in San Diego Federal Court
• Extend Gratitude to Farmworkers
• Tensions, threats as California’s new groundwater law takes shape
• Kronenberg Leaves Legacy of DtC Opportunities
• Wine Needs Curmudgeons Now More Than Ever
• The Business of Wine. Accessing key information. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Oregon 2015 harvest: A stellar crop, say producers
• Wine Harvest 2015: Southern Rhône Winemakers Call It a Power Vintage
• How to become a wine pro? Visit ProWein 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Survey work for development spurs angst among tribe’s Windsor neighbors
• Now is the time for a wine union

DROUGHT/WATER

• Solutions to California’s Water Crisis Have Already Been Implemented Abroad
• Carlsbad desal plant launches amid ample water
• Unfair burden in California’s one-size-fits-all water conservation plan
• Groundwater: The crucial challenge
• Powerful El Nino likely to bring heavy precipitation to CA over the next several months

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Applications for South Dakota Direct Sales Now Available

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 50 dipped 0.5% last week
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ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Thanksgiving Eve kicks off deadliest season for drunk driving
• BeMyDD’s Designated Driver Service Promotes Safe Driving on Thanksgiving

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Food and drinks brands need to make better use of customer data sources
• Bulk Prosecco prices to double by xmas

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• 100 Wines By The Glass, No Sommelier: Fleming’s Disrupts The Restaurant Wine List

MARKETING & SALES

• Are Early Holiday Season Ads Effective?
• Why you need to recognise the needs of your customers before they do

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Mancan wine: for men who don’t like to bottle up their booze
• Wine on Tap – Learning about FreshTAP

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Vision 2015 to challenge ‘old thinking’

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• This is why you only have one second, or lose 30% of your web site traffic.
• Facebook offers Holiday targeting to brands
• Which Social Metrics Deserve Your Attention the Most?

MEDIA MATTERS

• “Grapes of the Hudson Valley”: Recommended New Book

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why Does Bad Soil Make For Great Wine?
• Is it possible to create a new cult wine?
• The history behind Tokay wine
• The forgotten red wines of Provence
• Rotgipfler and Beyond

WINE PEOPLE

• As tastes change, Chuck Wagner holds firm
• Q & A with Assistant Winemaker Chelsea Franchi
• Winemaker Duval Moves Back to Basics
• Sommelier Talk: Jean-Charles Mahé of Print Hall
• Peter Barry, Corrina Wright, the Pizzini family, Mark Walpole, the Chalmers: Australia’s grape pioneers
• Bernhard Stadlmann of Weingut Stadlmann (podcast)
• Bob Cabral of Three Sticks Wines (podcast)
• CP Lin of Erewhon (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Forget Napa and Sonoma: Try the New Urban Wineries in Brooklyn, Seattle, and San Francisco
• A hop through the vineyards of Portugal’s stunning Douro Valley
• Considering Colorado Wine, Sutcliffe is a Standout
• New Zealand’s South Island

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Saskatchewan Announces Liquor Retail Reforms

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate change sends Chile’s wine industry southward
• Climate change is coming

EUROPE & THE UK

• Greece: Levy on tsipouro and wine to hurt only the legal producers
• UK: Heavy pub tax burden unfair

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Data drought has wine grape growers ‘flying blind’ on water decisions
• OZ: Victorian labour hire inquiry will not receive evidence from farmers at first hearing

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• What You Can Learn About China From Its Insatiable Thirst for French Wine
• Wine ‘made in China’

LATIN AMERICA

• Pascual Toso welcomes winemaker

SOUTH AFRICA

• Asara appoints Danielle le Roux as winemaker

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 55 new links including the following top headlines:

• “Handmade” Gets Some Respect in San Diego Federal Court
• US Senator Urges Department of Justice To Protect Craft Brewers
• Why Oskar Blues chose craft beer over $1 billion
• The Real Reason Banks Deny Loans to Many Small-Business Owners
• Boston Beer Co.: Winning In A World Of Big Bad Beers

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