NEWS FETCH – December 10, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Small winery, penny stock: Truett-Hurst shares pumped then dumped
• Make Healthier Wine Using Resveratrol Instead Of Sulfites: Pilot Study
• Calif ABC dismisses Renwood’s Save Mart case but ignores judge’s findings
• Quarantine in nine OR counties restricts plant shipments due to Xylella fastidiosa
• Small-business owner optimism lower than at the beginning of 2015
• New El Niño forecast warns North Bay to prepare for the worst
• The Business of Wine. Accessing key information. *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• California wineries drawn into trade fight between U.S., Canada and Mexico
• ‘This isn’t NAFTA,’ U.S. trade representative says about Trans-Pacific Partnership

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Hang your hat on 2015 Virginia white wines
• Bordeaux 2015 behind the scenes – part two
• You deserve top-quality when it comes to wine. Find it at ProWein 2016 *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Supervisors will hold a winery growth follow-up
• California Fills Statewide Viticulture Post
• How Entrepreneur Robert Mondavi Changed Wine Forever

DROUGHT/WATER

• Substantial Northern CA storms this week; El Niño-influenced pattern likely to emerge in Dec
• How CA GOP’s drought relief bill undermined serious work aimed at a solution
• Californians clash as GOP seeks $300 million for drought in spending bill
• Wenger urges unified action from farmers
• Farmers must cooperate in face of drought
• Delta Stewardship Council adopts conveyance principles, and single year transfers

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Wine privatization measure takes first step in PA Senate
• What It Takes To Get Your Brand Approved By Commercial Airlines *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Trouble for Tesco as shares close at 18 year lows
• Only 8 Spots Left. Your last chance to become an exhibitor at USA TRADE TASTING *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex releases the 2015 Power 100
• Is the price of rarity justified?
• Bordeaux and Port in buyers’ sights
• Top Burgundy headlines at Acker’s Asia sale

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• 5 reasons Champagne is surprisingly good for you

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• New Alcohol Beverage Regulations Give Licensees Expanded Rights and Privileges in the New Year
• CO grocers argue for beer, wine sale rights

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• 6 Reasons Why the Future of Wine is Looking Bright
• Wine declines in popularity among the young in France
• Cava bigger in France than Champagne is in Spain
• UK snaps up Argentine wine in off-trade
• Gin, Kiwi wine and sparkling on the rise in the UK on-trade

MARKETING & SALES

• Marketing Lessons From the Food and Beverage Industry That Benefit All Startups
• Smartphones Let Consumers’ Thumbs Do Their Holiday Shopping
• Should you market to customers using text messages?
• Three brands doing social commerce right

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The future of Wine in Virtual Reality
• Facebook to show cached stories on poor connections, allow offline commenting
• ‘Like’ is More than a Button: 3 Must-Have Ingredients for Your About Page

PAYMENTS

• Walmart is taking on Apple by launching its own payment service

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• 5 reasons to get into the wine business

WINE PEOPLE

• At Home With Doug and Janet Fletcher

WINE PLACES

• The Prada of vineyard pruning
• Piedmont travel guide

EUROPE & THE UK

• Taittinger English vineyard plan marks ‘a new chapter’
• UK: Christmas wine sales will peak on Monday
• UK Vineyards Association in CEO search as British wines boom
• UK: LGBT community ‘intimidated’ by alcohol services

DOWN UNDER

• Australian wines test new path to China

SOUTH AFRICA

• The wine grown in a South African township

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 40 new links including the following top headlines:

• Craft Brewers Draw Regulator Attention to Grocer Category Management Plan
• Hard Cider Gets New Definition Under Two-Year Tax Extender Bill
• U.S. Small-Business Owners’ Optimism Again Edges Downward
• AB-InBev incentive program potentially a huge blow to craft beer
• Beer Styles: How Preferences Vary by State

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