NEWS FETCH – November 24, 2015

TOP NEWS

• The War for the Soul of Sonoma County – the Winery Working Group Battle
• NY Liquor Authority Proposes Rule To Cripple NYC Wine Lists
• Beer and wine deliveries slowed by strike at Portland-area beverage distributor
• Constellation Brands: 2 Reasons The Ballast Point Acquisition Was Worth The Premium
• The Business of Wine. Accessing key information. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• 2015 is already a great Vintage in Rhone Valley, it will remain exceptional and become legendary
• Burgundy 2015: Reds earn early praise at Hospices tasting
• Barolo 2011 vintage report
• How to become a wine pro? Visit ProWein 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• A&J Vineyard Supply Helps Valley Fire victims by re-purposing vineyard end-poles
• Sustainable/organic production in vineyards seminar: Napa
• California olives, grapes are good partners

DROUGHT/WATER

• NOAA says El Niño to improve Calif drought, but worsen it farther north
• California’s vanishing lakes are a climate change cautionary tale
• El Niño may trigger floods, famine and sickness in much of the world

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Smaller wineries need direct-to-consumer sales
• Instacart Launches Alcohol Delivery in Texas

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• What To Expect After Constellation Brands Inc (NYSE:STZ)’s Upgrade Rating From Cowen?
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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux: beyond the First Growths
• ‘Improvised’ Burgundy auction led to donation for Paris victims
• Sotheby’s offers 100 years of fine wine

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• An update on the association of alcohol consumption with breast cancer: Effects of BMI
• Upset Stomach? Here’s Why A Drink Can Help
• BeMyDD Partners with Montgomery County and Jack Daniel’s to Launch New Countywide Designated Driver Initiative

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• American women drinking more like men

MARKETING & SALES

• 8 Key Points On Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth
• Wine Branding: Why It’s Important for the Industry’s Growth
• Consumers love using promo codes
• 6 Very Expensive Marketing Mistakes You Need to Avoid

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Shafer Vineyards Uncorks a Surprise
• Should wine lovers or women be more annoyed about Mancan?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Georgia to Host UNWTO Global Wine Tourism Conference in 2016
• SommCon a wine-soaked success
• Event Recap: 2015 Beverage Alcohol Community Symposium

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Science proves that email is stressing you out
• Is Twitter killing share counts a smart move or completely self-destructive?

PAYMENTS

• Apple Pay Users Replace Credit, Debit Cards with Mobile Payments

MEDIA MATTERS

• Shanken Outs Sidney Frank Importing for Lying
• OMGNAs: The wine writer’s nemesis
• Where are all the wine stories?
• Somm: Into the Bottle – film review
• ‘Wine Bible’ a comprehensive guide
• Make spirits bright with these 5 cocktail, wine-themed books

MATTERS OF TASTE

• It’s a new era in wine: Thoughts on Pinot Noir, Robert Parker and the mainstream food media
• The Rise of the Grape. Adventures in Rediscovery

WINE PEOPLE

• Winemaker Charles Smith moves to Seattle and into a midcentury marvel

ACADEMIA

• Taste Wine at Two More Colleges
• Adelaide ‘pioneers’ online wine course

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Washington’s Long, Hot Summer: Is Climate Change To Blame?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Nitrogen Part II: Effective Nitrogen Management for Vineyards
• A personal touch to wine microbiology

EUROPE & THE UK

• A Top French Foie Gras Merchant Buys Control Of Sauternes Estate Château de Rayne Vigneau
• Prosecco Road, Part I: Primo Franco’s sparkling revolution

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Labour hire inquiry hears of mistreatment of refugee workers in horticulture and a community that ‘doesn’t care’
• OZ: Coping with drought forces some farmers to bail out while others plough money into irrigation technology
• OZ: Labour-hire middlemen make huge margins
• NZ: Wine Industry Sales Education academy set to launch in Central Otago

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Asia ‘the best market’
• People in Japan are obsessed with a French holiday where you celebrate by bathing in a pool of wine

LATIN AMERICA

• Wines of Chile president backs Carmenère
• Sun World licenses Chilean grape growers

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• This Guy Joined Tinder As A Glass Of Wine, And Hilarity Ensued
• The Church Of Amy Semple McFeiring–Holiday Edition

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 42 new links including the following top headlines:

• Beer and wine deliveries slowed by strike at Portland-area beverage distributor
• The Problem with “Craft”
• Chicago aspiring to be the craft-brew capital of the U.S.
• Constellation Brands: 2 Reasons The Ballast Point Acquisition Was Worth The Premium
• Craft professionals share their homebrewing secrets

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