NEWS FETCH — February 22, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Charles Krug Winery’s Peter Mondavi Sr. passes away at 101
• Treasury Wines to get rid of 30% of its brands
• ShipCompliant says New TTB Ruling Categorically Manages Category Management
• This former winery GM shows you how you can easily get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• Winemakers record ‘exceptional season’ with early grape harvest in ACT, southern NSW
• OZ: Vineyards fret over tax reforms amid earliest vintage in living memory
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• New Calif Bill Would Require Bartenders To Cut People Off
• A push for more Napa liquor licenses – without having to brew beer first
• Sonoma County vintners look to largely untapped African-American market
• Two separated sisters find each other and love of wine
• Former NBA star Yao Ming opens tasting room in Napa Valley
• Vineyard Professional Services announces new team members
• How to Hire Top-Selling Sommeliers and Drive Your Sales *Sponsored Link*

WINE CRIME

• Facebook Post Helps Lead to Arrest of Stockton Wine Bar Thief

FINANCE, M&A

• Flat Creek Estate, award-winning Texas Hill Country winery, on the market for $10 million

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Succession Plan For Wine: A Case Study From Brazil
• El Centro wine class evolves into beverage management

DISTRIBUTORS

• OZ: Oatley and Giesen form distro partnership
• Practical Information for wine reps on how to successfully grow sales network in US Market *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Premiere Napa Valley Barrel Auction Hits $5 Million
• Champagne hits record sales as rare lots appeal
• AWC founder replies to critics following liquidation
• Montrose ’05, Cheval Blanc ’06 Lead Trade on Liv-ex Wine Market
• Liv-ex, Talking Trade: 12th – 18th February
• College program works to counteract wine fraud

HEALTH

• Light to moderate alcohol consumption associated with lower risk of heart failure
• Breaking Up With My Old Friend — The Wine Bottle

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Hearing planned on proposed Connecticut liquor law changes
• Trademarks All Over the Atlas
• London Burger King refused alcohol licence

DATA & TRENDS

• Beer, cider & spirits make top 10 in IRI 2016 growth categories. Wine does not

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Leading the blind: the pros and cons of wine tastings

MARKETING & SALES

• Rosé expected to outsell white wine in Australia in next decade, expert says
• Company sells Ningxia wine through crowdfunding site
• Small-business liquor stores are dying out

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinisud 2016 hailed a success
• Southern Spotlight: Vinisud
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MEDIA MATTERS

• The Wine Advocate to launch Chinese site

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Jerez terroir challenge
• Exploring the art of wine making
• Bored of Bordeaux
• White Wines From Southern Italy Are Leading a Revolution
• German Wine – Still in the Nun’s Shadow?
• You May Not Be Drinking The Famous Stag’s Leap Wine You Think You’re Drinking
• ‘Sauvignon Blanc doesn’t do well in hotter climates’, expert warns
• Sauvignon: ‘The grape that wine snobs cannot bear’
• Tim James: On the potential of Ceres
• Prosecco Gets Serious About Quality

WINE PEOPLE

• Gary Vaynerchuk Tells Us Why He Just Released A New Episode of Wine Library TV
• From Booze to Boutique Hotels—The Peter Fleck Story
• Vicky Scharlau shepherds Washington wine grape growth
• Ronnie Sanders of Vine Street Imports

WINE PLACES

• Australia – in vogue again
• A Canadian wine tour? I’ll drink to that

WRETCHED EXCESS (for those with more dollars than sense)

• Barbadillo unveils world’s most expensive Sherry

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• For & against: biodynamics
• Study: Antibiotics hide within soil mineral layers

EUROPE & THE UK

• Morrisons rap suppliers for lack of collaboration in brand development

DOWN UNDER

• Connoisseur Estates to unveil new Māori winery at SITT

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• HK wine market ‘now driven by consumers’

OLIVE OIL

• How Terroir Affects EVOO Quality in Chile

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

• Brewery opens beer-filled hot tub
• The life of a Korean brewmaster
• Restrictions see NZ craft beer festival closed
• AB bets on Nelly for Lime-A-Rita revamp
• Office gives workers unlimited free beer
• Jack Daniel’s plans $140m distillery expansion
• Out with the Coke, in with the… alcoholic Coke?
• Compania Cervecerias Unidas to invest $400m in Colombia brewery

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