NEWS FETCH – December 22, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Will Walmart Versus Texas Be Granholm II And Headed For SCOTUS?
• Accolade Wines lays groundwork for public float with 10% jump in sales
• The Benefits of Dry-Farming Wine—For the Palate and the Planet
• North Coast Water Table Spared
• Most supermarket sale wines are mostly mediocre plonk in disguise (with rare exceptions)
• The Business of Wine. Accessing key information. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• San Joaquin staff to work on winery ordinance enforcement policies
• Tribes, Lake County forge deal to safeguard cultural sites
• How Lodi saved the wine world in 2015
• 52,000 trade visitors can’t be wrong – ProWein 2016 is the largest wine and spirits trade fair worldwide *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• California regulators propose relaxing water conservation
• California Wants to Store Water for Farmers, but Struggles Over How to Do It
• Signs Favor a Wet Winter for CA
• Most Property Owners and Water Suppliers Comply With State Water Board’s Russian River Informational Order; Complaints Issued for the Rest
• Update on the Groundwater Sustainability Plan and Alternative Regulation

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Wine Delivery? There’s More Than One App for That
• Drizly Delivers Wine, Beer, and Liquor to You Within an Hour
• What It Takes To Get Your Brand Approved By Commercial Airlines *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo promotes new US CFO to drive return to growth
• Only 8 Spots Left. Your last chance to become an exhibitor at USA TRADE TASTING *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 2012 Lafite – The One That You Want?

ALCOHOL, HEALTH, AND THE FRENCH PARADOX

• Larger Wine Glasses Encourage More Drinking
• Got a hangover? Here’s what’s happening in your body
• The health benefits of red wine
• How do the rich live longer? It’s cheaper than you think

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• U.S. Beverage Alcohol Laws Navigate The Constitution And The Internet
• Indiana alcohol regulations withstand legal challenges

INDUSTRY DATA & TRENDS

• Tips From Wine Entrepreneurs: 2015 Year In Review
• 2016 drinks trend predictions
• National Retail Federation Forecasts Slightly Above Average Holiday Sales: Up 3.7%

MARKETING & SALES

• Who gives a crap about wine bloggers? (If you’re in the wine biz, YOU’D better!)
• Four in Five Retailers Say Mobile Is Having a Major Effect
• 5 Tips for Digital Marketing Success

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Banquet: A new wine-buying app that’s actually easy to use
• 3 Key Learnings from this Season’s Best Holiday Social Media Promotions
• 4 Ways to Use Your Blog to Market Your Business on Social Media
• How a Twitter timeline shift would affect brands

MEDIA MATTERS

• Best wine books of 2015
• Books for the Gastronome

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Prosecco Road, Part III: Bringing out terroir and bubbles the old-fashioned way
• The Bourbon Barrel Craze Arrives in Wine
• Should you decant your Champagne?
• Why You Shouldn’t Drink Champagne From A ‘Coupe’ Glass

WINE PEOPLE

• Rory Quirk of CruItaly’s wine strategy in China
• Hal Wilson, Cambridge Wine Merchants
• Jo Wehring, Wines of South Africa

WINE PLACES

• Views from a Prosecco maker: Gianluca and Desiderio Bisol
• Vin Santo Wines of Italy
• Château Nenin: Pomerol via the Médoc

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The FAA’s Drone Registration Site Is Now Up And Running
• What happens when you don’t register your drone with the FAA

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Hambledon announces expansion
• New president for Franciacorta Consorzio
• Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits to divest assets in Bordeaux and Cracow for €28m
• Romania: In December, the consumption of wine grows by 50% against a normal month

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Casella buys upmarket wine brand from McWilliam’s
• OZ: A jaundiced view of the year in wine

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 51 new links including the following top headlines:

• Will Walmart Versus Texas Be Granholm II And Headed For SCOTUS?
• U.S. Beverage Alcohol Laws Navigate The Constitution And The Internet
• The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild Responds to Four Peaks Acquisition
• A-B InBev to Acquire London’s Camden Town Brewery
• Big Legislative Wins for Small Brewers
• TTB Publishes List of Exempt Ingredients

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