NEWS FETCH — January 7, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Preferred pesticide of grape & almond growers kills bees: new EPA finding
• How El Niño Is Impacting California ’s Wine Industry
• UK Government says wine is unhealthy at any consumption level
• The Business of Wine. Accessing key information. *Sponsored Link*

GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• OZ: Bumper wine harvest predicted in Bathurst region
• ProWein 2016 easier to navigate for US buyers – check out “Route USA”! *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Santa Barbara Vintners’ $1.7 Billion Argument
• 2016 California Legislative Updates: Part II
• Beckstoffers preserve 25 acres of St. Helena farmland
• Napa County asks how Vine Trail, vineyards can both thrive
• 8 Key Points On Pricing Your Wine, Beer & Spirits for Sustainable Growth *Sponsored Link*

PASSAGES

• Harry Mariani, Pioneering Importer and Champion of Italian Wine, Dies at 78
• Cornell wine expert Ben Gavitt dies at 59
• Ben Carter had thirst for knowledge, for wine, passion for life

DROUGHT/WATER

• Can Genetic Engineering Quench a Farm’s Thirst?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Strong festive sales at Majestic vindicate Gormley strategy
• Constellation Brands tops Street 3Q forecasts
• Strong Christmas sales ease pressure on Majestic’s Gormley
• Majestic Wine PLC (MJW) Earns “Buy” Rating from Liberum Capital
• Online sales fail to lift Waitrose’s Christmas

FINANCE, M&A

• Bonus Depreciation on Vines Extended
• Only 8 Spots Left. Your last chance to become an exhibitor at USA TRADE TASTING *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Diamonds are Trumps at Wine and Spirit Sale

ALCOHOL, HEALTH

• New UK drink guidelines ‘to target wine’
• AB InBev UK commits to nutritional information for beer

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Stoli responds to Russian legal threat
• Aussie wineries clash over alleged trademark breach
• The big wine lie: WaPo wrighs in on alcohol levels
• America needs accurate alcohol levels on wine labels

MARKETING & SALES

• Mollydooker brand has enjoyed sustaining power
• Working With Beverage Brokers – The Pros and Cons of Using Agents
• Too many wine brands not ‘China-ready’
• Big money talks (loudly): Look at who takes top prizes in Nielsen’s best alcbev TV Ads
• All In—Millennials, Wine and Money
• Cult Wines expands into Asia as it sees 105% growth in profits

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 4 tips to grow your winery’s email list
• What Types of Video Content Do Millennials Watch?
• New app to assess powdery mildew on grapes
• Man builds robot drinking buddy

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• OZ: Refugee farm workers from Bhutan a winning asset for Tasmanian vineyard

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Literature Review Lightning Round: 11th Edition
• Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale book launches

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What’s wrong with California expensive wine?
• Cool climate wine hunting
• Jancis Robinson, World’s Coolest Wine Critic, on the Wonders of Boxed Wine
• The Evolution of Charles Banks
• OZ: New generation winemakers rejuvenating Canberra district

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Low river levels in the Darling lead irrigators to pull out wine grapes and citrus trees
• ‘Like an atomic bomb’: Western Australian bushfires threaten lives and homes

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• New World wines thrive in challenging Chinese market
• China sparkling wine import down in both value and volume in 2015

OLIVE OIL

• Sterols and triterpene diols in olive oil as indicators of variety and degree of ripening
• NZ: Climate perfect for olive oil
• A new contest that will award the best EVOO with the highest Oleocanthal content

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• The Distillery Masters 2016 results
• Stolen Pappy Van Winkle may be destroyed
• Startup Delivers Growlers to Your Doorstep
• What’s Brewing in 2016: Trends That Will Shape the Coming Year in Beer

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