NEWS FETCH — March 7, 2016

TOP NEWS

• US wine exports hit all-time high in 2015
• U.C. researchers find vector for Red Blotch in grapes
• How The Next Generation Of Drinkers Feel About White Wine
• Growers Warm to Climate-Change Scenarios
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WINE SUPPLY

• NZ: Grape crop a hot prospect
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• The Premier Cru Bankruptcy
• Growing Pinot Noir in Urban San Francisco
• County approves winery in St. Helena mountains
• Napa planners put neighborhood tasting room on hold
• Napa wineries offer Judgement of Paris wine tour
• Wine MBA Spring Schedule Released for Information Sessions (SSU)
• Two New Cult Wines Are About to Debut in Napa
• Premier Cru Boss Loses $100K Car

DROUGHT/WATER

• Let people pay what water is worth – Sell your conserved water
• More hard work ahead for water management says CA State Water Board leader
• Dirty water isn’t just a Flint problem

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury Wine Estates Ltd Has Another Very Weak Trading Session

FINANCE, M&A

• Chinese investor buys seventh estate
• There’s more to early-stage funding than VC money
• Last week to get your USA Trade Tasting Conference Tickets at Early Bird Price *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Second Ornellaia tranche to be auctioned in London
• Cellar Watch March 2016 Market Report released
• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 held steady last week
• Spurned husband destroys love rival’s wine collection

HEALTH

• Two glasses of wine a day helps keep the weight away
• Why do some 11-year-olds drink alcohol? (Hint: it’s to do with their parents)

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• New Colorado Sales Tax Reporting Requirements Could Affect Wineries
• Five tips for ensuring packaging becomes eligible for trademarks
• TN: Rep. Todd to take second shot at wine bill’s passage

DATA & TRENDS

• American Wine Drinkers Cut Back on Butter

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine pricing skulduggery
• Wine Drinkers Need to Branch Out
• 10 Ways to Tell if Your Cardiologist Passed Anatomy Class

MARKETING & SALES

• Tips for optimizing your winery’s loyalty program
• Painting, Sipping and Selling Wine

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Desperately seeking closure

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• How to Develop Integrated Social Customer Service Strategies

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Fifth Eastern Winery Exposition Happens in Lancaster, PA March 8-10
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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• This is why people don’t want customer service via social media
• 5 Secrets to Monetizing Your LinkedIn Experience

PAYMENTS

• The broken world of mobile payments and how to fix it

MEDIA MATTERS

• Keep wine writing simple, stupid
• Wine is finally set to return to British TV
• 11 Times ‘The Wine Show’ Trailer Gave Us Absolute Life Goals

MATTERS OF TASTE

• If chardonnay’s a yawn, you haven’t met Chablis
• The Catalan scorpion
• Another consideration of terroir: the wine’s reputation
• Final Frontiers? Wine’s New New World
• The 6 Wine “Rules” That the Pros Always Break
• The Mystery Of Charles Shaw. Better Known As Two Buck Chuck.
• A Glass of Wine, oh joy!

WINE PEOPLE

• Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger takes over as Champagne UNESCO project leader
• British wine expert Anna Harris-Noble
• Former local doctor living the sweet life in Italy making wine
• What’s it like to work as a Master of Wine?
• Giacomo Tachis and his Legacy of Disruptive Innovation
• Kevin Pike of Schatzi Wines (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• New things to ‘wine’ about in Temecula
• A visit to the World’s Greatest Wine Library

WINE EDUCATION

• Uncorking the Bottle wine classes offered at Napa Valley College

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• The ‘Next Napa’: Baja’s Valle de Guadalupe wines are ripe for success

ACADEMIA

• WSU wants wine industry to know it can help

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Earlier spring, the new normal?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Perimeter Spraying For Grape Berry Moth Can Cut Costs
• What is going on in your vineyard right now?
• Italian Wine Robot Gives Grapes the Mechanical Touch

EUROPE & THE UK

• EU referendum: what would leaving the Common Agricultural Policy mean for farmers?
• UK: The Co-operative unveils drastic changes to beers, wines and spirits department
• Spain: a winemaking revolution is brewing
• EU refusing Japan’s request for use of smaller wine bottles
• UK: Cult Wines appoints new head of fine wine

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Female drinkers help make wine the nation’s most popular drink
• OZ: Rosé and prosécco ready to charge
• OZ: Nugan Estate announces appointment of CEO
• NZ: Hawke’s Bay locals ‘united’ over wine

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Jiuxian.com reveals imported wine business ambition
• China’s Wine Promise
• Chinese wine industry keen to challenge perceptions at Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa: Chateau Libertas: achieving change and consistency for 84 years
• South African red wines offer delicious diversity

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Israeli researchers find ancient winery

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS – Top Headlines Include:

• TTB Accepts $300,000 Settlement from Anheuser-Busch InBev
• The Rise Of The Tennessee Craft Whiskey Industry
• Rum rises: America’s party spirit preps to have its moment
• Would you have a beer with Trump?

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