NEWS FETCH — February 26, 2016

TOP NEWS (DUD, BUD, THUD)

• The El Niño Dud?
• Budding marijuana lobby gains influence at California Capitol
• Thud! Someone Launches ‘Impeach Michael Bauer’ Campaign, Offers $2K For New Chronicle Critic
• Decline of Species That Pollinate Poses a Threat to Global Food Supply
• Global warming and its impact on wine
• Chinese investors call agents after Jack Ma Bordeaux buy
• 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
• Your ticket to the world of wine! Experience creations from 6,000 exhibitors at ProWein 2016 *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• How the honey bee crisis is affecting California’s almond growers
• Amelia Morán Ceja of Napa receives 2016 Farmworker Justice Award
• Jaeger joins Barrel Associates International

DROUGHT/WATER

• War Looms over Rights to Lake Cachuma Water

WINE PASSAGES

• Peter Mondavi, Sr.: A vision held steadfast
• Oregon Wine Board pays tribute to late Cole Danehower
• How to Hire Top-Selling Sommeliers and Drive Your Sales *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury boss fills his glass following good results
• Constellation Looks To Propel Casa Noble With Multimillion-Dollar Campaign
• Diageo pays £53 million to oust Mallya from United Spirits
• BUD launches Hard Cherry Cola
• Delegat lifts first-half profit 5% on record wine sales

FINANCE, M&A

• War on large currency bills to pump up wine investing
• Trade of Decade or Value Trap?

DATA & TRENDS

• Valuable On-Premise Data You Need To Know
• Weeding out pot laws from state to state: US Cannabis regulation totally dis-jointed

DISTRIBUTORS

• Gallo Inks Distro Deal with Renato Ratti
• Practical Information for wine reps on how to successfully grow sales network in US Market *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• US auction sales rise for Sotheby’s
• DRC tops Sotheby’s ranking, Mouton close behind
• ‘Dreamy’ wines up for grabs at Acker auction
• Napa Valley’s Next Generation winemakers celebrate PNV at Farmstead
• Winemaker’s efforts earn top dollar at NVV trade auction

HEALTH

• Alcohol exposure during pregnancy affects multiple generations
• Cancer-causing pesticide found in popular beers
• High alcohol taxation, pricing policies have equivocal effects on public health
• Portman Group disputes link between alcohol sports sponsorship and risky drinking
• New Wine Workout: Pick Up a Bottle and Get Fit

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• US Senate Ag committee to consider GMO labeling bill
• Wine-ordering bill clears Arizona Senate, moves to House
• Total Wine Primed For Push Into Tennessee Market

MARKETING & SALES

• Food pairing drives booming UK sales for Provence rosé
• Drunken Socialism: The “Break-Even Bottles” Bringing Rare Spirits to the People

CUSTOMER SERVICE

• Customer Service Channels That Frustrate Consumers
• How post-delivery surveys help your winery business

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• How Millennials (Almost) Killed the Wine Cork
• We’re warming to bottles that come in a box

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Chinese Gov’t Offers US winemakers opportunity at Beijing food and wine show
• CabFest Napa Valley will Educate and Entertain
• Bring the Beverage Alcohol Community Together
• 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*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Sommelier’s tome offers a taste of Napa Valley’s history

JUST BURY THE FRIGGIN’ LEAD, WHY DON’CHA?

• A new AVA in Sonoma County — 11 paragraphs down!

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A Look at 2014 Napa Cabernet: Tasting at Premiere Napa Valley
• Piperitone contributes Mint Nuances Perceived in Aged Red Bordeaux Wines
• Highlights of Premiere Napa Valley wines
• The 2014s are ‘silky, full-bodied and sexy’
• Hunter Valley 2014 red wine is a vintage like no other
• Chablis Wine Guide
• Yukata Sone interprets Ornellaia
• Wine stories behind PNV 2016

 

 

ELIMINATION NATION

• Sommelier is constipated: true Internet profiles

WINE PEOPLE

• Iconic Wolf Blass wine turns 40
• An interest in science leads to career in winemaking
• Q&A: Mike Benner of SIBA
• At Rombauer, the details matter

WINE TOURISM

• Journalist invites wine lovers on global adventure
• Cruising the spectacular Douro River in Portugal
• Taking Wine Travel to the Limit
• Cruise ship food & wine: 10,680 hot dogs just tip of the iceberg

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• New Pollination Management Video Released

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The hazing potential of different vitis vinifera thaumatin-like proteins
• New approach to maceration is just ACE

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bordeaux to Open $81 Million Wine Museum

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Music + Wine: The best tasting music

OLIVE OIL

• European Parliament backs more duty-free olive oil imports to help Tunisia

MARIJUANA (SEE THE 2 ARTICLES HIGHER ON THIS PAGE)

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

• Cider House Jewels
• How Master Distiller Germán Gonzalez Drinks Tequila
• What has 32,000 bottles of beer and floats?
• You can now drink craft beer and wine during your movie at the Arclight Cinemas
• Meijer Craft Beer Sales Result in Big Business for Local Breweries
• The Politics of Whiskey
• Cancer-causing pesticide found in popular beers
• Building Braven Brewing #2: Brewing Beer Without A Brewery
• Non-alcoholic and low alcohol beers: Opportunities and challenges

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