NEWS FETCH — February 25, 2016

TOP NEWS

• 2015 Calif Wine Exports Set Record
• Sparks fly as customers confront Premier Cru owner
• Dock Slowdowns in 2015 Cost WA $770 Mil
• Champagne hits new sales record
• Chinese tech billionaire buys Bordeaux Château de Sours
• New bill would end daylight saving time in California
• Brexit worries send pound plunging near 7-year low
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WINE SUPPLY

• Age and disease threaten Burgundy wine shortage, report warns
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California increases water allocation to farms, cities
• Inside the world’s greatest wine library
• 2016 Northern California Budbreak
• Susan Oh Joins Westwood Estate Winery
• How to Hire Top-Selling Sommeliers and Drive Your Sales *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Old tensions boil over once more in House hearing on California water
• SGMA implementation: An overview of the draft groundwater sustainability plan and alternatives regulation
• SLO County considering cloud seeding

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Australian Vintage sees profits rise
• AB InBev says SABMiller deal is on track, as it releases FY2015 results
• Wine maker expects brighter future
• AB-Inbev grows UK sales

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• What’s a sensible wine investment?
• Price ratio: DRC against Bordeaux First Growths
• de Boüard: ‘I don’t want our wine in funds’
• Ringing the Changes at Château Angélus
• Burgundy rules auction roost
• Microchip label and smart phone app protects products against counterfeit scams
• Thinfilm to install NFC security tags on Barbadillo rare sherry
• Practical Information for wine reps on how to successfully grow sales network in US Market *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• Is Wine Really Healthy For You? The Controversy Continues
• Think you drink a lot? How about 2 bottles a day?
• Is California Wine Poisoning You With Arsenic? Scientists Say No, Lawyers Say Yes

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Washington Legislature considers special-event wine sales
• CT Liquor shop owners wary about calls to nix minimum pricing
• Fearing ‘Monsters’ Like Total Wine, Liquor Merchants Want Connecticut To Keep Prices High
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DATA & TRENDS

• Your New Crib Sheet to Wine’s Zeitgeist

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• New Partner | SimplyCMS Launches Integration
• After New Rule, More Small Businesses Adopt Chip Technology

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine bloggers, aging wine, and a brand new AVA
• Around the World in 80 harvests

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Homage To Big Bold Red Wines
• Age is just a number, unless…you’re a bottle of wine
• Arneis rising: unfiltered, skin-contact, groovy and crunchy. The next big thing?

TASTELESS (RETCHING EXCESS)

• Chinese tycoon to create ‘mini Versailles’ in Bordeaux

WINE PEOPLE

• Great wine does not exist: An interview with Albino Armani
• Sommelier Eugenio Jardim
• Peter Fraser: Lifting the Vale
• Mike McKay, the Real McCoy
• La Voix Reinvents the Wine Beat
• Maria Luz Marín on her famous wine style

WINE PLACES

• The Hippest Wine Destination You’ve Never Heard Of

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Neonicotinoid insecticides once saved the day, but now they’re under fir

DOWN UNDER

• Australia bottling plant opens up wine route to China

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The largest grapevine in Australia just keeps giving

OLIVE OIL

• New study: benefits of EVOO in patients with type 1 diabetes
• Portugal expects record production of olive oil this season
• Med Diet with Extra Virgin Olive Oil Reduces Incidence of Invasive Breast Cancer
• Fourth Report on Agri-Food Crimes in Italy
• Corte Madera’s RH warns of ‘headwinds’ in luxury-goods sales
• In the Spotlight: Sicilian Wines from Maggiovini
• New Director Looks to Shore Up Olive Council

MARIJUANA

• Santa Rosa approves marijuana farms in parts of city

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

• 11 Of The Most Offensive Craft Beer Labels Of All Time
• MAP: The Countries That Drink The Most Whiskey
• Wine and cider producers want to see changes to state liquor laws
• Why vermouth is having a moment and the best way to drink it
• Here’s Why You Should Stop Chasing Trophy Beers
• Ilkley Brewery launches two new additions to its core range
• Heineken International launches new premium cider range
• World’s Largest Pappy Van Winkle Whiskey Auction – March 10, 2016
• Protein beer for gym-loving drinkers launched

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