NEWS FETCH — February 23, 2016

TOP NEWS

• How We Got to the Premier Cru Wine Scandal
• Provence Rose’ US Sales Soar 74% in value
• The Mick Jagger Theory of Drought Management
• Web site Flash endangers your business & your users
• The “credentialization” of wine culture in America
• New Zealand to make its first Prosecco (But can they really call it that?)
• This former winery GM shows you how you can easily get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• Dry summer buoys Barossa winemakers at harvest time
• German Wine Decline – by the Numbers
• Your ticket to the world of wine! Experience creations from 6,000 exhibitors at ProWein 2016 *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Remembering Napa Valley wine pioneer Peter Mondavi
• Farmers Come Out Against Rail-Water Initiative
• Hugh Johnson donates wine manuscripts to UC Davis
• Calistoga adds 200 luxury resort rooms in two resorts
• Bouchaine Winery alters plans to win county approval
• Zinfandel (and ZAP) at a crossroads

DROUGHT/WATER

• A dry future weighs heavy on California agriculture
• Big money backing Paso’s water district plan

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• How to Hire Top-Selling Sommeliers and Drive Your Sales *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

FINANCE, M&A

DISTRIBUTORS

• Vintus to distribute Oregon’s Ponzi Vineyards
• Practical Information for wine reps on how to successfully grow sales network in US Market *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Risers and fallers: Second wines and Sauternes 2006
• Fine wine in focus: 2006 Bordeaux

HEALTH

• Sparkling water, acidity, wine and teeth
• Fitness coach performs bicep curls with bottles of red wine

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• MD: State Delegate Wants to Allow Bulk Beer and Wine Sales at Wheaton Costco
• U.S. Officially Renews Pernod’s Havana Club Trademark Through 2026
• Clarity on Gluten-Free Labeling, DtC Laws for Breweries

DATA & TRENDS

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Are wine reviews stuffy and pretentious?

MARKETING & SALES

• Majestic Wine offers free Champagne to people born on February 29
• The BRIT Awards, Wine and Millennials
• How do wineries set the price for a bottle of wine?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Putting More Than A Cork In It (

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Four Faces of Sustainability at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium
• Diverse Ancillary Program at ProWine Asia 2016
• Jay McInerney at the Women in Wine Symposium
• 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*

WTF?

• “Free Wine, Wine Without Walls” led by Alice Feiring

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 3 Reasons Why Content Marketing is the Right Approach on Social

PAYMENTS

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The Debt We Owe Our Customers

MEDIA MATTERS

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Winemaking as a Sense
• Italics Winegrowers say science put them in third at the Premiere Napa Valley
• Can Chianti Shed Its Dusty, Banal Image?
• Schloss Joahnnisberg and Elite of Germany for Rieslingfeier

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet Paul Draper, the Man Who Introduced California Wines to Europe
• Wine Enthusiast Editor & Publisher Adam Strum Awarded Italian Wine Excellence Award
• Adrian Bridge of The Fladgate Partnership
• Urban Cru

WINE PLACES

WINE EDUCATION

• New Director Appointed for the CWU Global Wine Studies Degree

WINE TOURISM

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Wine grapes make business sense for longtime Naches fruit company

ACADEMIA

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

EUROPE & THE UK

DOWN UNDER

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Top 10 Grower Champagnes in Hong Kong

LATIN AMERICA

SOUTH AFRICA

• This beer nation’s wine industry is booming

AROUND THE GLOBE

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Vineyard Dogs Of 2016
• Top 10 bars inspired by film and TV
• Why, Luther Burbank? Why?
• 17 Truths That Every Wine Lover Knows
• History makes more sense when you’re drunk
• Students shun bars for cafés and studying

OLIVE OIL

MARIJUANA

• National marijuana group backs Newsom-Parker legalization bid in California
• Cannabis for cramps? Yes

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

• Craft may have come of age, but the risk of becoming clichéd remains strong
• Clarity on Gluten-Free Labeling, DtC Laws for Breweries
• Alex Retief opens urban winery in Precinct 75
• Distillery ‘baffled’ by Chinese rock carving
• Grolsch incorporates new brand platform in ‘modernised’ bottles

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