NEWS FETCH – December 21, 2015

TOP NEWS

• 2015 U.S. Wine Market To Eke Out Fractional 0.2% Gain
• Wine Industry Dodges Tariff retaliation
• Despite Quiet Start, Super El Nino Is Coming
• Wine Auctions Finish Year Strongly
• The Business of Wine. Accessing key information. *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Australia’s long-awaited free trade deal with China finally comes into force
• Wine Institute Commends COOL Repeal and TTB Funding Increase
• Australian farmers welcome global agreement to scrap agricultural export subsidies

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Above Average Temps Make for Another Delayed Ice Wine Season
• 52,000 trade visitors can’t be wrong – ProWein 2016 is the largest wine and spirits trade fair worldwide *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Determining wine production in Napa not so simple
• Patrick Baker to Teach Online Foundation-Level Course at SSU
• Meet Sonoma State’s wine chair
• Robert Parker Wine Advocate Announces New Reviewer in China and New Offices in Napa

DROUGHT/WATER

• Ballyhooed Calif. plant’s launch sparks desalination debate
• California needs drought relief policy from Congress

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Majestic Wine PLC’s (MJW) Buy Rating Reaffirmed at Investec
• What It Takes To Get Your Brand Approved By Commercial Airlines *Sponsored Link*

DISTRIBUTORS

• MundoVino, a Member of The Winebow Group, Appoints Diego Lo Prete as Senior Vice President
• Only 8 Spots Left. Your last chance to become an exhibitor at USA TRADE TASTING *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Sotheby’s ends year on £2.5m high
• La Tache 1990 Sells for $45,410 at Hart Davis Hart Wine Auction
• Petrus ’89 Leads Sotheby’s Auction With Cote Rotie, Cheval Blanc

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• A clinical trial testing the effects of alcohol on inflammatory markers
• Alcohol’s Effect on Health: What the Science Says
• What’s happening to us when we get drunk?
• Don’t be fooled by health claims related to alcohol consumption

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Prestige Fine Wine Ltd – how do you sleep at night?
• Lawsuit filed against Guinness alleging deceptive labeling and marketing

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• UK: Christmas shoppers turn to drink as grocery sales fall

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How relevant is a 160-year-old way to classify chateaux vintages?

MARKETING & SALES

• ‘Tis the season to go the extra mile for your customers
• What does a good ecommerce returns process look like?
• Let These 5 Trends Guide Your 2016 Content-Marketing Resolutions
• When you can’t spend much on advertising, your sales depend on your label and the quality of your product.

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• France – Common Wine Labelling Terms

PAYMENTS

• Target May Create Its Own Mobile Payment System

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Riesling Grape – Climatic, Winery Influence, Most important regions
• Get Your Just Desserts This Christmas
• Churchill on wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Total Wine co-founder funds $15 million push to aid ex-convicts
• Behind many great champagnes is an even greater woman
• David Cox, The Benevolent
• Julia Trustram Eve, English Wine Producers
• Q&A with Tablas Creek’s National Sales Manager Darren Delmore
• The S.B. Questionnaire: Antonio Gardella
• Sommelier Talk: Virginia Philip of HMF at The Breakers, Palm Beach
• Michael McCaulley of Tria Restaurant (podcast)
• Sashi Moorman of Sandhi Wines (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Baja is making a lot more great wine than you might think
• Abadia Retuerta – opulence in a bottle
• Ste. Michelle Estates and the string of pearls

WINE TOURISM

• Uber Wine tough competition for tour operators

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• As rest of Canada puts bottle down, bottoms up in B.C.
• Iowa wineries age well: Industry continues to thrive

ACADEMIA

• American AgCredit ~ Scholarship Program

EUROPE & THE UK

• St Emilion dispute: Classification upheld, opponents vow to fight on
• Rioja discussing shift to terroir-based regulation
• Environment secretary to host first English wine summit
• Racial and religious profiling in Italy, the ugly truth about the world’s most beautiful country
• First Wine Hotel Under Construction in Croatia
• Losses mount at Berry Bros & Rudd

DOWN UNDER

• Villa Maria Challenging Bordeaux With $85 Hawkes Bay Cabernet
• Australian wine: a new perspective

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Official report shows Chinese vineyard plantings
• Chinese wineries seek inspiration in foreign cups

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile’s Errazuriz Winery Challenges Burgundy With Pinot Noir

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• U.S., French Navies in Alignment—Except Over Wine on Warships
• The Invention of Wine

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 71 new links including the following top headlines:

• Anheuser-Busch InBev to Acquire Four Peaks Brewing
• Why 2015 Was Such a Historic Year for Craft Beer
• Demand for craft beers sparks surge in US hop production
• New Belgium: No sale pending
• American Craft Spirits Association disappointed with craft spirits tax bill

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