NEWS FETCH — March 14, 2016

TOP NEWS

• The Changing Tastes of US Wine Drinkers
• Study says those who enjoy bitter tastes (like IPAs) more likely to be antisocial, sadistic
• Chinese investment continues in Bordeaux with sale of négociant GRM
• End is near for European Grapevine Moth in California
• An end to the drought?
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WINE SUPPLY

• Good Provence 2015 harvest bolsters growing rosé market
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• EIR for Walt Ranch addresses water runoff, tree loss
• Central Coast Insights Forum Announces New Steward, Spotlights Area’s Economic Trends
• BevMo opening Napa store
• Community health nonprofits receive almost $6 million in grants from the Napa Valley Vintners
• Yolo County struggles to balance farm tourism with farming

DROUGHT/WATER

• New snowstorm hits Sierra Nevada as ‘March Miracle’ continues
• Twisted road to the Paso Robles water basin vote
• Feinstein Calls for Increased Pumping to Capture Water from March Storms
• Using Game Theory To Encourage Cooperation in Levee System Planning
• Storm fills North Bay reservoirs, easing region’s drought
• As rain falls in California, tensions rise over who gets the water
• Could cloud seeding help with California’s drought?
• Drought-Proofing San Francisco’s Water System
• Updated numbers show no change in Paso groundwater election
• How to destroy the Delta: First you buy 5 islands
• Farmers in California delta beat goal for saving water

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

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FINANCE, M&A

• Campari Said to Acquire Grand Marnier Distribution Business
• GoFundMe; Ma Vaffanculo

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 continued to see strong upwards momentum last week
• HDH announces annual Burgundy celebration
• 1921 Sauternes steals show from shipwrecked Champagne

HEALTH

• Am I right to try and get my child to drink wine?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• 2 or 3 wine-related bills fail in Washington Legislature
• What are shoulder tap decoy operations?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Critic vs. the Computer: A case of perceptual discrepency
• Why you should go for the Bordeaux that aren’t collector’s items
• These Trump Wine Reviews On Amazon Will Make America Great Again
• Eli Zabar’s Wine Cellar: It’s Not Chopped Liver
• World’s most expensive cities to buy wine

MARKETING & SALES

• The future of wine festivals
• Craft Beer sales making big gains rising on- and off-premise
• 10 Ways Online Retailers Can Increase Their Payments-Conversion Rate
• Point Of Sale – Clear as Mud? (Webinar)
• Online reputation management and digital marketing
• Globalization, Technology, Customization & Overparenting — Meet the Millennial Generation

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The wine bottle that’s fit for space travel
• The First Wine Label Was Invented In Egypt

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Current Developments in Vineyard Mechanization & Precision Management
• Eastern Winery Exposition workshop explores some of the impacts of soils on wines
• ProWein 2016: All you need to know
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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Mastering the art of social media to hunt new customers
• Ad blockers: comparing how publishers and users react to them
• Email marketing: How to stay out of the spam folder and increase open rates by 500% (webinar)

PAYMENTS

• Bitcoin transactions jump following consensus on how to scale the currency

MEDIA MATTERS

• PR 101 – Sending wine media your “scores”

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The world is over ‘big’ Australian wines
• 14 of your most embarrassing questions about wine answered with science
• Do crémants age as well as Champagne?
• Sangiovese and the Duel of Sex
• Tracing down tobacco aromas in aged brandies
• The ingenious tricks that will make your wine taste like liquid gold
• The syrah grape is queen in the sprawling appellation of Crozes-Hermitage
• Wine needs to be more daring
• Obama thirsty for a taste of Donald Trump’s wine

WINE PEOPLE

• CEO interview: Troy Christensen
• Brahm Callahan of Boston’s Grill 23 & Bar
• Dick Grace of Grace Family Vineyards (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• The Future of American Wine Isn’t Where You’d Expect
• Old Westminster Winery: New sparkling, new side business, new blog (PA)
• 2016 Pacific Northwest Winery of the Year: Walla Walla Vintners

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Eye of the Terroir: Philly’s Rocky-Like Wine War
• WA: New Selah ordinance will allow sales of beer, wine at city-sponsored events in city’s parks, facilities
• Is Baja finally uncorking wine success?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Wide Adoption Of Sustainable Winegrowing Practices In California
• Can Sustainability Put Sonoma Wines On Top?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Attracting Beneficial Insects And Predatory Birds For Sustainable Pest Control

EUROPE & THE UK

• Switzerland: Myowncuvee Proudly Launches Its New Wine Online Plaform
• Co-op look to UK bottling to safeguard consumer availability
• Chalmers Project: The Italian connection
• Casella to establish Europe division
• Tour de France protest: Deal offered to appease winemakers
• The call of Crete
• Margaux 2015 Vintage Marks Chateau Bicentennial, Foster Winery

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Marlborough wine industry needs more workers to sustain rapid growth
• OZ: Ipswich’s only winery ripe for the picking

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• APAC Wine Forecasts: China ‘Stabilizes,’ India ‘Tough,’ Hong Kong A ‘Hub’
• Aussie wine exports to China grow to $370m
• Changli wine region calls for new logo design

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile’s vinous frontiers

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• A hedge fund manager’s ex-wife tried to claim $15,200 a year for wine in a child-support suit
• Did you know…Riesling’s first mention?

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS – Including the following top headlines:

 

 

• Study says those who enjoy bitter tastes (like IPAs) more likely to be antisocial, sadistic
• Craft Beer Guild Asks Massachusetts Superior Court For Relief
• How lager conquered the world
• The Power of Scarcity and What It Wields Over Us
• The Surprising Inspiration Behind Dogfish Head Beer
• Brito Responds: “Unwarranted Attack” (Corona recall)

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