NEWS FETCH — February 1, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Southern, other big distros may hide your favorite beer & wine at the supermarket
• Water Losses Eclipse Gains from Winter Storms
• Wine sales rise in run-up to Super Bowl
• New York-Area Ports Shut Down as Longshoremen Walk Off the Job
• 10 most profitable wines of 2015
• Rioja war as Basque vintners launch bid for independence
• Suspected suicide of ‘world’s best chef’ highlights pressure-cooker of haute cuisine
• This former winery GM shows you how you can easily get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• Vineyard flattened as wild weather hits Victoria
• Rain plunges Scottish wine hopes into crisis
• Your ticket to the world of wine! Experience creations from 6,000 exhibitors at ProWein 2016 *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa wineries ship $1 billion in wine to consumers in 2015
• More Calif orchards planted as almond prices fall
• David Freed on 25 + Years of the Wine Industry Financial Symposium and Giving Back
• Fred Franzia and the future of the wine business
• Michael Mondavi’s Victory Lap
• When it comes to the California Coastal Commission, ‘cozy’ is a four-letter word
• California Association Of Winegrape Growers Elects New Board Officers And Members
• New homes begin rising in Valley fire-torn Lake County
• Brief storm brings hail to Napa, other Bay Area towns
• Napa Winemaker Rudy von Strasser Finds a New Home
• How to Hire Top-Selling Sommeliers and Drive Your Sales *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Assessing rainfall and 2016 Drought so far
• A Backup Plan for the Delta Smelt
• Record-breaking Calif storm rounds out a wet January

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury Wine Estates upgrades its half-yearly profit forecast

M&A

• Casella Family Brands picks up Howcroft Vineyards on SA’s Limecoast
• Costas, Duxton snap up Littore winery and vineyards
• Casella buys Howcroft
• Singapore conglomerate bids for ownership of Peroni and Grolsch

FINANCE

• Look before leaping into winery crowdfunding
• The price of money

DISTRIBUTORS

• Pol Roger UK lands Biondi Santi account
• Practical Information for wine reps on how to successfully grow sales network in US Market *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Charity Wine Auctions Are More Than Parties
• The art world is changing faster than Sotheby’s and Christie’s are adapting their business model
• HDH announces first 2016 sale
• Liv-ex: Talking Trade: 22nd – 28th January
• Inside the Booming Market for Vintage Spirits
• Cape Wine Auction: lots of lots

HEALTH

• Are flavonoids the new superfood?
• 77% of Brits support lower drink-drive limit
• Olive oil-enriched diet reduces brain oxidative damages
• Walnut health benefits for brain, heart, fertility and sleep

PROHIBITION

• How Prohibition reshaped politics and criminal justice in America
• Presidents of Prohibition
• The Story of Carrie Nation: The Infamous Ax-Wielding Prohibitionist

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Seeking tax break for small WA wineries
• Is the alcohol content of wine being misrepresented around the world?

DATA & TRENDS

• Spirits swim, wine treads water, beer sinks in the big brew undertow
• Off-premise driving Australian wine growth in China
• Ningxia wine industry worth 20bn yuan

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Sommelier Talk: David Gordon of Tribeca Grill

MARKETING & SALES

• 10 Cases launches wine delivery service
• What restaurants can learn from Uber’s playbook
• Southern California casinos going all in to lure millennials
• Consumer perception of organic foods affected by food type and where they’re sold
• Marathon Mania in China Poses Sizeable Business Opportunity for Brands

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexpo heads to Hong Kong and Tokyo in 2016
• Conference to Focus on Soil Analysis and Planning
• 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*

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Orchestra Software Exceeds 225 Beverage Manufacturing Customers

MEDIA MATTERS

• Heimoff: French wine month names, the California drought, and growing weed in Napa Valley
• Breakdown of SOMMELIER

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Feel The Burn: Why Alcohol Burns In Your Mouth
• Why there’s more to Australian wine than Chardonnay
• Toward consistently good pinot noir
• When to harvest grapes for a yummy aroma
• Of Hugel wines and heavenly Asian matches
• Whey proteins for reducing astringency: If it works for tea
• For the love of limestone

WINE PEOPLE

• Waipara Valley with Alan McCorkindale and Black Estate
• I’ll Drink to That: Paul Roberts of Colgin Cellars

WINE PLACES

• Returning French wineries to form
• The Wine Explorers: Bolivia to Uruguay
• An holistic approach to winemaking
• Brunello From the Other Side
• The Best New Wines of Sardinia Are Co-operative Efforts

EUROPE & THE UK

• Conviviality Retail on course to meet expansion target

DOWN UNDER

• Stanthorpe wine growers looking forward to good season

SOUTH AFRICA

• Industry Update: Quality helps cool new KWV’s turnaround
• Bursaries to boost wine business skills in difficult times

OLIVE OIL

• World olive oil production has almost trebled
• This time, the center of the scene, Italy & Domina International Olive Oil Contest
• Wastelands for Olive Farming in Punjab
• Role of Olive Oil in the Hallmarks of Aging
• “We need rigorous published clinical data to prove that Oleocanthal is a promising compound”
• From Taipei to protect Umbria region. Ruth and Nelson love olive oil
• New emergency plan to import 70,000 tonnes of Tunisian olive oil duty free in European Union
• How, when and why to fertilize the olive tree with nitrogen and potassium

MARIJUANA

• Napa council to review marijuana ordinance
• Santa Barbara County bans medical marijuana cultivation with some exceptions

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

• Pepsi to open cola-based cocktail bar
• Does Rum Have More Sugar Than Other Spirits?
• Can big corporations keep craft’s cool factor after the acquisition?
• Premium brands could boost profits in China’s high-volume beer market
• Building Braven Brewing #1: Bushwick’s First Craft Brewery Is Born
• Singapore conglomerate bids for ownership of Peroni and Grolsch

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