NEWS FETCH — January 26, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Billionaire owner of Renwood Winery Has Big Wine Dreams for South America
• What Next for U.S. Wine? Unified Symposium’s “State of the Industry”
• Will the Southern/Glazer’s deal Mean More Expensive Wine?
• Americans Still Generally Upbeat About Personal Finances
• Stolen Côte Rotie wine found in hidden cellar
• The Business of Wine. Accessing key information. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Cal Poly receives $1.2 million donation for Center for Wine and Viticulture
• Wine Train discrimination lawsuit begins
• Napa Grapegrowers hosts 15th annual pruning contest
• In Napa Valley, Future Landscapes Are Viewed in the Past
• Grand theft wine strikes Sonoma Safeway
• Beckstoffer Vineyards to Give Away Grapes to 10 Winemakers
• ProWein 2016 easier to navigate for US buyers – check out “Route USA”! *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Hard to swallow: What’s in SLO County’s water?
• ‘Citizen scientists’ use drones to map El Nino flooding
• California Farmers Flood Fields With El Niño Rain
• Q&A with Lynn Ingram: Drought Lessons from History
• Water Deeply Executive Summary for January 25
• Wine Importers and Distributors, meet the world in NYC and source your next brand at USATT. Get your trade Pass Now and Avoid Gate Fee. *Sponsored Link*

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Direct Wine Shipments to Consumers Grow 4X Faster than Wine Retail Market in 2015
• Direct-to-Consumer Shipments Near $2 Billion
• How to Hire Top-Selling Sommeliers and Drive Your Sales *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Currency woes spoil the SABMiller party

DISTRIBUTORS

• Hi-Spirits to distribute Brooklyn Gin in the UK
• Practical Information for wine reps on how to successfully grow sales network in US Market *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Chateau Montrose 2009 Leads Liv-Ex Trading After Estate Release
• Petrus ’82 May Fetch $3,500 a Bottle at Sotheby’s London Auction

HEALTH

• Why do hangovers get worse as you get older?
• Cirrhosis: how dangerous is drinking?
• Experts: New dietary guidelines reflect current eating trends
• OZ: Alcohol abuse: radical plan to serve drinks in homeless shelter has key backers

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• 2015 at the TTAB: Are All Alcoholic Beverages Related Goods for Trademark Purposes?
• OZ: ACCC starts its review of AB InBev’s proposed takeover of SAB Miller

DATA & TRENDS

• The Wine Trend No One’s Talking About (Yet)
• Young Americans Are Turning Into $15-a-Bottle Wine Snobs

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Is Expensive Wine Worth It?
• Wine Kloud site review: Blue-fingered elves find you wine deals

MARKETING & SALES

• Why Is It Always Someone Else’s Fault? (Thoughts On Slipping Wine Sales)

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Graphene 3D Lab and Ideum Team Up for an Interactive Wine Tasting Experience
• Why emojis are a no-brainer for digital communication

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The Courage to Innovate: Making Good Work Great

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine thefts, wine writers, wine reviews
• SpeakEasy interview: Tom Wark, Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Has the 2013 vintage’s time finally come?
• Bordeaux 2013: Ready to fly?
• Why White Wine Is More Than All Right in Winter
• The 7 Mistakes You’re Making With Your Daily Glass Of Wine
• What’s a barley wine?

WINE PEOPLE

• Total Wine co-owner considering run for Congress (Video)
• Jim Trezise, New York Wine & Grape Foundation president
• Stephan Asseo’s Sense of L’Aventure
• Uncorked: Kevin Davy
• Grower Profile – Ulises Valdez

WINE PLACES

• A guide to Chinese wine regions
• Making Wine In The Midst Of The Syrian Civil War
• 5 Top Emerging Wine Regions to Experience in 2016
• Portugal’s Famed Madeira Likes It Hot
• Catalonia’s rebellious Penedès region
• SA wine, get back to basics
• How South Africa Built a Booming Wine Business

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Castoro Cellars to power winery with 100-percent solar energy

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Could farmers face a total loss of chlorpyrifos pesticide?
• Bud Dissection Can Guide Winter Grapevine Pruning Decisions
• California weed science gathering continues to grow

EUROPE & THE UK

• Tesco treated suppliers unacceptably, says watchdog

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Shandong port wine imports statistics 2015

OLIVE OIL

• Is American Olive Oil About to Have Its Moment?
• In Italy, Reactions to the ’60 Minutes’ Report on Olive Oil from Anger to Resolve

MARIJUANA

• Cannabis-growing ‘nuns’ grapple with California law: ‘We are illegal’

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS – A Few of Today’s Top Headlines

• Want Pliny the Younger? This year you won’t find it during SF Beer Week
• Seven of the best Bay Area breweries, based on their S.F. Beer Week Gala lines
• Boston Brewing adds ‘nitro-beer’ range
• Whiskey’s New Beer-Infused Fringe
• AB beer brand Oculto showcases new illuminated bottle design
• Hi-Spirits to distribute Brooklyn Gin in the UK

Get the rest of today’s news at Craft Beverage Insights