NEWS FETCH — February 11, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Calif. Preliminary 2015 Wine Grape Crush Report Down 5% from 2015 – 3.7 Million Tons
• Mendocino Wine Co. sues Truett-Hurst winery over work with Paul Dolan
• Federal Ponzi Scheme Investigation Follows Bankruptcy for Beleaguered Wine Retailer
• No Escape? Big Wine Grows Ever Bigger
• Farm worker education promotes government trespassing, land rights group says
• U.S. wine export market ripe for growth
• Buzz Aldrin Drank Wine On The Moon, But NASA Didn’t Want You To Know About It
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IN DEPTH: CALIFORNIA 2015 PRELIMINARY CRUSH REPORT

• Ciatti: 2015 California Winegrape Crush; A Tale of Two Harvests: Valley vs Coast
• Allied Grape Growers – 2015 Preliminary Crush Report
• Turrentine Press Release Feb. 10, 2016
• A Few Takeaways from the Preliminary California Grape Crush Report
• North Coast grape harvest down sharply, valued at $1.1 billion for 2015
• Napa grape harvest volume down, prices up
• Your ticket to the world of wine! Experience creations from 6,000 exhibitors at ProWein 2016 *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL WINE SUPPLY

• Champagne and Cognac boost French exports
• The Feasibility of Ireland Becoming a Wine Producing Country Due To Climate Change

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Judge slightly narrows scope of Wine Train discrimination suit
• Broad-Spectrum Fungicide Approved For Specialty Crops In California
• Cynthia Lohr to Serve as Trade & Brand Advocate for J. Lohr
• Wine Spectator launches wine-finding app
• 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*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Sen. Dianne Feinstein tries yet again with California water bill
• Agriculture, Reclamation, and Restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
• Sustainable Groundwater Management Update
• Local filming documentary ‘Where There Once Was Water: A California Story’

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard improvement “driven by USA”
• Carlsberg reports ‘mixed year’ in 2015
• Practical Information for wine reps on how to successfully grow sales network in US Market *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine Fraud Allegations Refuse to Die
• Liv-ex: 2016, Strong start for fine wine
• Buyers snap up Champagne Krug 2002
• How to Hire Top-Selling Sommeliers and Drive Your Sales *Sponsored Link*

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• California Court Issues Trademark Injunction Against Fresno’s Black Ops Brewery
• AB-1513 Update – Mandatory versus Optional Information
• Washington wineries ask Legislature for more tasting rooms
• MI: Grocery stores want to let customers shop while drinking beer or wine
• The date you’ll be able to buy wine at Tennessee grocery stores is up for debate
• Ontario uncorks its plan for wine in supermarkets
• UK Rural pubs could close if drink drive limit is lowered

DATA & TRENDS

• Key world wine consumption trends – Vinexpo

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sparkling wine may be “hot,” but what does that really mean?
• The Golden Age of Wine in China
• Oldest wine in New Zealand opened
• A Case of You: When Oenophiles Fell for Wine
• France’s Most Underrated White Wine Steps Out

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet the NWC winemakers | Gianpaolo Paglia of Italy
• Mauro paves the way for its expansion into Ribera
• Terry Theise On His Love Affair with Riesling

WINE PLACES

• Road Tripping Through Argentina’s Most Extreme Wine Country
• Visiting the Best English wine producer — 2015

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Anson on Thursday: Pesticides and the rise of the resistants
• GMOs and pesticides could be tolerated in organic food under new EU rules

SOUTH AFRICA

• Harvest Report and Upcoming Festival at Benguela Cove Lagoon Wine Estate

OLIVE OIL

• 5 Things You Need To Know When Buying Olive Oil
• WORLD TRADE IN OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES
• Trends in US olive oil imports: bulk and packaged
• Movements in the prices paid to producers for Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• ComAgri wants EU Commission olive oil plan changes

MARIJUANA

• Woody Harrelson is the latest celebrity to join the billion-dollar legal marijuana industry
• The highs and lows of building a modern marijuana brand
• McGuire seeks tax increase on medical marijuana
• Backlash Brews Over Pot Dispensary

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

• Distilled Spirits & Wine Encroaching on Beer’s Dominance
• Miller Lite Tap the Future Returns To Reward Entrepreneurs Up To $200,000
• Samuel Adams Rebel Grapefruit IPA Hits Shelves Nationwide
• William Grant hires Miss Whisky to advise on premium portfolio
• Japan’s Biggest Brewer to Spend USD 3.5 Billion on New Acquisitions – Research and Markets
• Carlsberg reports ‘mixed year’ in 2015
• Man blamed beer-battered fish for drink-driving breach

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