NEWS FETCH – December 15, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Wine Experts Take Bitter Fight to Court Over Counterfeits
• NAWR Gently Chides NY Gov For Veto of Bi-Partisan Wine Bill
• NY Gov Hands Wholesalers a Christmas Present With Shipping Veto
• Millennials And Wine: A New Generation Grows Up
• Is California Doing Enough to Manage Drought?
• The Business of Wine. Accessing key information. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Supervisors tackle winery regulations
• 52,000 trade visitors can’t be wrong – ProWein 2016 is the largest wine and spirits trade fair worldwide *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Proposed ballot measure could re-establish tiered water pricing
• $1-billion desalination plant, hailed as model for state, opens in Carlsbad
• Environmental group gives California mixed marks for drought management
• California’s Billion-dollar Drought Plan Draws Ire
• Prop 1 Funding for storage projects: An overview of the Water Storage Investment Program

FINANCE, M&A

• Brazilian Executive Buys Historic Portuguese Wine Estate
• Cooperative Wine, Catching On and Catching Up
• 5 points to note before buying a chateau, the Chinese view
• What It Takes To Get Your Brand Approved By Commercial Airlines *Sponsored Link*

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Wine & Spirits of America Announces Retirement of Tom Collins, EVP, GM of SC
• Only 8 Spots Left. Your last chance to become an exhibitor at USA TRADE TASTING *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Power 100: USA and Burgundy top price performers
• Rare Chapoutier collection sold
• Bordeaux wine auction for Paris victims: 10k euros raised

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Chemist claims new coffee offers heart benefit of red wine

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Battle Brewing Over Beer and Wine in CO

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Think China is Australia’s biggest wine importer? Think again!
• Craft is not yet taking share from US Millennial wine drinkers
• Producers to shape ‘untapped’ fruit wine category
• 2016 wine trends

MARKETING & SALES

• 5 Ways to Improve Your Content-Marketing Strategy in 2016

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine is creating a reward ladder for its consumers through packaging cues. Is this a good thing?
• Ball wins Brazilian approval of its proposed $8.2bn Rexam deal

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Two Faces of Wine Innovation & Sustainability: SIMEI and Amorim
• Rioja to host Master of Wine symposium 2018

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Wine apps: finding the best
• 8 ways to use Pinterest to sell product
• Sherry seizes first .wine domain

PAYMENTS

• Bitcoin Hits Highest Levels Since Late 2014

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• How Does a Wine Portfolio Manager Work? (podcast)

MEDIA MATTERS

• Top misunderstood wine terms revealed
• Winemaker Publishes Novel Based On Beer Label

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Metabolomics: New Techniques to Find out The Hidden Secrets of Wines
• The rise of the lighter-coloured red wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Uncorked: Martin Perino

WINE PLACES

• In-Depth Guide to the Wachau Valley Wine Region

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Pacific Northwest wine welcome deep in heart of Texas

ACADEMIA

• WSU researcher evaluates wine with an electronic tongue

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Wine Exec Addresses Climate Conference
• Wine regions on both sides of the Atlantic taking lead on climate change

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• FAA Announces Drone Owners Must Register by February 19

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: New online wine service launches with ban on baffling wine language
• Saint-Émilion Classification Row Rumbles On
• Despite prophesies of doom, some brands seem to be doing quite well in the UK supermarket channel
• Italian wines are undergoing a renaissance. Does the industry have the structure to sustain it?
• UK has busiest wine-buying day of the year
• New growers in the Bernkasteler Doktor

DOWN UNDER

• Australian wine industry agrees on a plan for reform

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Small-scale business: the new hope of wine sales in China
• Chinese wineries seek inspiration in foreign cups

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile’s big producers need to innovate

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Ding-dong: The delivery scam that’s coming to your front door
• The HoseMaster’s Letter to Santa 2015

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 53 new links including the following top headlines:

• ABInBev Doesn’t Hate Craft – It Just Wants Its Sales
• How the debate about craft beer is changing
• Craft Brewers Face Competition for Beer Cans
• Craft Brew Alliance Names New Chairman
• Man’s beer can collection worth $1.6m
• Are the times a ‘changin for the term ‘craft beer’?

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