NEWS FETCH — February 16, 2016

TOP NEWS

• How Supermarkets Sway Wine Spending
• Leo Van Munching Jr., Heineken’s Empire Builder Dies
• Treasury Wine Estates in plan to supercharge smaller wine brands
• Why are the Feds wasting water from the recent rains? The stupidity of its obsolete rules is why!
• Champagne fraudster to pay back £2.7m
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WINE SUPPLY

• West Australian wine industry begins harvest after mixed growing season
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Proposal would shift bullet train funding for use on new water projects
• What drought? We have plenty of water — 6 quintillion gallons — problem is we can’t get to it.
• Drought’s Alarming Toll on California Forests
• The Drought Means More Pollution and Higher Bills
• Who benefits from a water district?
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DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Jason Eckenroth Says Goodbye To ShipCompliant
• Call for Proposals for ShipCompliant’s Beverage Alcohol Conference
• How to Hire Top-Selling Sommeliers and Drive Your Sales *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard benefits from range rationalisation and EDLP to grow sales

DISTRIBUTORS

• Neat Wines Takes On Westwood Estate For Louisiana
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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Château Angélus: high-end market in China remains ‘unstable’
• Liv-ex, Pavie ‘11: Superstar
• Wine Pros Converge for Premiere Napa Valley

HEALTH

• Alcohol Probably Isn’t Good For You (But Don’t Start Crying Just Yet)
• Support for a causal role of alcohol consumption in improving the lipid profile

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TN: Hiccup May Delay Wine Sales In Grocery Stores
• Ningxia introduces winery classification system

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Labels – how does yours compare?

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• In U.S., State Tax Burden Linked to Desire to Leave State
• What Attracts the Best Employees to a Company?

MEDIA MATTERS

• How to Make a Small Fortune in Wine … Story-Telling Time in Napa Valley
• On writing about wine

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Jancis Robinson: 10 things everyone should know about wine
• The world of Chinese sommeliers: GUO Ying
• Guide to Petit Verdot Red Wine
• Bardolino? Seriously?
• Argentina: A Terroir of Contrast

WINE EDUCATION

• Oregon’s Linfield College starts a wine studies program

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• A new review of familiar news on grape solids

EUROPE & THE UK

• Cairanne promoted to Cru status
• New UK and Ireland MD for Les Grands Chais de France

SOUTH AFRICA

• Single bottle raises R1.3million at Cape Wine Auction

OLIVE OIL

• South African olives and olive oil

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

• McDonald’s rolls out beer offering
• BrewDog launches spoof advertising campaign for new milk stout
• 9 Habits That Will Cause You To Be Labeled A Beer Snob
• Is Kentucky’s Terroir The Secret To Great Bourbon?
• Bacardi challenges US government as battle for Havana Club escalates
• Thought-leadership: The renaissance of beer
• Euro 2016 to give ‘£60m boost’ to pubs

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