NEWS FETCH – December 23, 2015

TOP NEWS

• Kurniawan loses U.S. appeal of counterfeiting conviction
• WTO ends subsidies on ag exports
• California earns poor grades for water management
• U.S. Economic Confidence Index Holds at -12
• Farm Bureau Video Focuses On Nursery Owner John Duarte’s Battle With The Feds Over Plowing His Field
• The Business of Wine. Accessing key information. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Assessing Paso Robles Winter 2015, So Far: Cold and Often (but not Very) Wet
• 52,000 trade visitors can’t be wrong – ProWein 2016 is the largest wine and spirits trade fair worldwide *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Calistoga Wine Growers announces new president
• Is the Vine Trail compatible with growing grapes?

DROUGHT/WATER

• Klamath Basin agreement may fall through
• How California Can Improve Its Drought Response in 2016
• California Has Plenty of Water—And Too Much Politics
• El Niño vs. the Arctic: Which Will Dominate This Year’s Winter Weather?
• Drought increases risk of destructive mudflows during El Niño storms

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• How do we move past the yuck factor in potable water reuse?

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Massachusetts’s First Annual Direct Wine Shipping Report
• What It Takes To Get Your Brand Approved By Commercial Airlines *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo out of ‘hall of shame’
• Only 8 Spots Left. Your last chance to become an exhibitor at USA TRADE TASTING *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• New highs in 2015: Champagne, Burgundy, Rest of the World
• Fine wine market 2015: Stability returns but Bordeaux loses share
• Signs of stability for fine wine

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Time Sensitive! Protect Your Trademark with .wine and .vin
• Budget Bill’s Passage Brings Early Christmas Presents to Beverage Alcohol Industry

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine for Everyone!

MARKETING & SALES

• Five must-know retail trends in mobile and social marketing

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine Label Calorie Counts? Not Yet

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Stop Reading About Social Media Trends And Start Listening

PAYMENTS

• Bitcoin prices are predicted to hit record highs in 2016

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• CA Employment Laws for January 1, 2016

MEDIA MATTERS

• New books for the wine lover on your list
• Kodmur offers Holiday Wine News blog

MATTERS OF TASTE

• English Fizz
• How does our taste in alcohol change over time?
• Italian way with bubbles seizes the American palate
• The Etiquette of Champagne and Sparkling Wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Roman Roth named Long Island Wine Council President
• 10 Questions: Adam Ivor, Gliding Eagle Inc
• Roger Jones, The Harrow at Little Bedwyn
• Ayo Akintola, Oddbins
• How London lured Anja Breit, head sommelier at The Ledbury
• BuzzFeed’s Matt Bellassai gets paid to drink wine and talk about life (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Historic New Jersey winery works to stay open

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• USDA award $1 million in grants to boost specialty agriculture products in PA, including wine
• Maryland’s alcohol monopoly is ‘bad for small business’

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Global warming creating new cool climate regions

EUROPE & THE UK

• Should champagne producers fear prosecco’s fizzier sales?
• Scottish minimum unit pricing for alcohol hangs in balance against EU free trade laws

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: New partnership aims to transform winery waste

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Cabernet Sauvignon reigns in Chinese wine regions
• China wine distribution: CHEERS expands to eight cities, opens new office

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

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

• Breckenridge Brewery sold to giant Anheuser-Busch’s “High End”
• Why the future of craft beer is looking corporate
• Sale of Camden Town Brewery a sign of craft beer’s fizzing into the mainstream
• Woodchuck Cider to lose 10 jobs from merger (VT)
• Can Google Trends Predict Beer Sales?

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