NEWS FETCH — March 3, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wines gives CEO 30% pay rise
• Wine Communications Group & BW166 Acquire Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates Pub
• What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team
• International Trade deals unpopular in US
• TTB issues updated list of all U.S. AVAs
• Robert Parker: ‘I Like Wines That Say Something Back to Me’
• New technology keeps wine single servings Fresh for Copa Di Vino
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WINE SUPPLY

• UK winegrape acres has doubled in the past seven years
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• El Nino-driven storms may dent California’s drought with inches of rain next week
• Byron Winery’s Single-Vineyard Shift
• Supervisors hone proposed winery rules
• Planning Commission approves Firestone Brewery expansion
• Five Napa Valley Judgment of Paris Participants Offer Joint Tasting
• PS in Paso

DROUGHT/WATER

• Why Calif Economic Losses from the Drought Are Low

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• How to manage cashflow to expand your winery operations, sales and distribution. *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Arrest Mallya and seize passport, bank says

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Westminster Fine Wines Ltd: Director banned for 12 years
• Liv-ex 1000 Index gains 0.6% in February

HEALTH

• One Alcoholic Drink Might Temporarily Bump Up Heart Risk

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Connecticut Announces End of UNIMERC Requirement

DATA & TRENDS

• Enolytics: Facing Down The Wine Industry’s White Elephant In The Room
• How Millennials Are Shaping the Alcoholic Beverage Industry
• 10 most popular U.S. restaurant wines
• Wine listed as Australia’s most popular alcoholic beverage, sales driven by women

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How joining a wine club changed my life

MARKETING & SALES

• Enotria&Coe targets premium on trade with merged portfolio
• Mapping the landscape of online wine sales in China (Part I)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Australia expands ProWein showcase to reflect diversity
• 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*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Overcoming the Stigma of Biodynamic Wines, Taste, and Practices
• Acquiesce answers question – is Lodi best for white wines?
• Tips on Tasting: Wine Bouquet vs Aroma
• Pinot Noir 4.0: An exploration of extreme terroir in California and Oregon
• Tasting the Burgundy climats
• New Barefoot and Dark Horse wines for Gallo

SACRÉ BLEU!

• National disgrace? Chilean is Tour de France wine sponsor

WINE PEOPLE

• I’ll Drink to That: Luca Currado Vietti of Vietti
• Amanda Longworth of Berry Bros & Rudd in Hong Kong
• Why the world’s top female sommelier chose to come home to Gatineau
• OZ: Brooke leads organic wine movement

WINE PLACES

• Warm Up: Barolo
• South African red wines offer delicious diversity
• New Heights in Winemaking
• Getting the hang of Cabernet in Australia

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• In staving off climate change, social landscape adjusts

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Latest podcast discusses the role of yeast in winemaking

EUROPE & THE UK

• More on the proposals for a Sussex PDO

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 8 Of Our Favorite Netflix Series Paired With Wine

OLIVE OIL

• Proposal to Go Light on Olive Oil Fraudsters in Italy is Rejected

MARIJUANA

• Merced a step closer to allowing medical cannabis

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

• East 9th Brewing to launch Australia’s first alcoholic root beer
• Your guide to Sacramento Beer Week
• Applebee’s Brews Up Not Your Father’s Root Beer
• Graton Distilling Company Launches First Craft Spirit
• Johnnie Walker brings back Green Label
• The Unstoppable Appeal of the Cream Liqueur

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