NEWS FETCH – December 7, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Calif Farms May Shrink as Water Rules Tighten
• Legal saga puts Truett-Hurst winery under harsh spotlight
• Why Wine Forgers Might Care About Atomic Regulations
• More than 300 Wine Labels Now Approved to Wear Coombsville AVA
• Chuck Williams, Founder of Williams-Sonoma, Dies at 100
• The Business of Wine. Accessing key information. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• 2015 Vintage Earns Raves in Washington
• Seed your success – visit ProWein 2016 for unique wine creations *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Supervisors to take up winery growth debate
• “Balanced” Californian wineries head to UK
• How to enjoy Sonoma County beyond the vines
• Castello di Amorosa offers $20,000 winery tour

DROUGHT/WATER

• Even if El Niño delivers rain and snow, drought may never release its grip
• How drought has hit farmworkers hard in Fresno, Tulare counties
• Senator Feinstein says Calif water legislation not a done deal
• Don’t expect a brawny El Niño to bust California’s historic drought

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury to provide calorific information across entire bottled wine portfolio
• Waving Goodbye to Our Wine Heritage: Closure of TWE wineries
• Back Door Distribution Techniques to get your Distributor *Sponsored Link*

DISTRIBUTORS

• Guide to Successful Distribution Partnerships For Wine, Beer and Spirit Suppliers
• The Wine Rep’s Guide to New York City *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Trade by both value and volume rose last week, as did the Liv-ex 50
• ‘Tis the Season to Spend Money – on Wine

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Study highlights heart health benefits of red wine extract of onion
• Is The Acid In Wine Bad For Your Teeth?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Cuomo urged to ink bill freeing up out-of-state wine and booze sales
• Trademarking Your Beverage for Brand Recognition
• Six questions about Montgomery County’s liquor control debate

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• The Most Searched Wines In America
• What’s your beer age? This crazy chart dates your style preference with how old (or young) your palate really is.

MARKETING & SALES

• How To Sell In the US East Coast Area
• Forget Cyber Monday: Here Are the 2015 Holiday Retail Sales Trends

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Closure decisions: Wine quality is king, but the customer plays an important role
• Veuve Clicquot recycles grape skins to create eco-packaging

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• US Consumer Trends Unveiled at wine2wine 2015
• Meet the WINnovation wine industry innovators

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• How to Build Up Your Influence on Social Media
• Vivino makes it easier to shop for wine with Quick Compare

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Farmworker housing moves forward in Central Washington

MEDIA MATTERS

• Esquire Network’s ‘Uncorked’ puts winey competitors to the test

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Sensation of Minerality in Wine: Is It a Collective or Individualistic Notion?
• Pinot Noir Grape – Climatic, Winery Influence, Most important regions – WSET Level 2
• New way to make yeast hybrids may inspire new brews, biofuels
• Macroclimate, Microclimate, Mesoclimate, and Canopy Climates
• Modern Wine Fables – Loire: Offering

WINE PEOPLE

• The Barone who traveled from the 19th Century to make wine in the 21st
• The Proust Q&A: Maria Helm Sinskey
• Anani Lawson of Lucy Restaurant & Bar

WINE PLACES

• Keeping it in the family: Domaine Launay-Horiot
• When you land in New Zealand, the wine is closer than you think

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• A Method to Protect Grapevine Pruning Wounds Has Been Developed
• Pesticide Safety – From Start to Finish

EUROPE & THE UK

• Winemakers watch on as Mount Etna erupts
• Global sales of Fairtrade wine reach 30m bottles a year
• New managing director at Matthew Clark after Conviviality acquisition

DOWN UNDER

• New Zealand’s top-end wine market growing
• OZ: Pilot program aims to get Margaret River wine direct to consumers in China via popular trade website
• OZ: Lower Hunter vignerons claim pesticides killing crops
• OZ: Sydney family buys Barringwood Vineyard
• NZ: Conservation key to vineyard project

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Myanmar’s wineries are a hidden gem high up in the mountains

SOUTH AFRICA

• The Black Women Leading South Africa’s Wine Revolution
• Africa and Asia identified as growth markets by SA wine businesses

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 64 new links including the following top headlines:

• Boston Beer Faces Too Much Competition
• $50 Million credit line may spark Craft Brew Alliance expansion path
• The Ballast Point Effect
• Cuomo urged to ink bill freeing up out-of-state wine and booze sales
• Why Did Charlottesville, VA Squelch A Promising Craft Beer Company?
• How beer is a beneficial brew for your health

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