NEWS FETCH — March 16, 2016

TOP NEWS

• U.S. Wine Industry Stays Strong in February
• Gallo, Constellation Claim Nearly Half Of Domestic Wine’s “Hot Brands”
• How a Wine Appellation Is Created, and What it Means
• Alcohol Drives Use of Uber and Lyft
• El Niño is rapidly filling California’s once-dusty reservoirs, easing drought
• WineDirect Continues To Dismantle Itself – Unloads Telesales/Direct Outbound Unit
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WINE SUPPLY

• NZ: Warm summer bodes well for Nelson grape harvest
• 2016 Vintage Winter Weather Report from Jordan Vineyards
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Santa Barbara Vintners Raise More than $1 Million for Charity
• Valley Fire benefit wine auction is Sunday
• California table grapes gross record value in 2015
• Carlisle Winery’s old vine vineyard in Santa Rosa offers peek at viticultural past
• Cindy Pawlcyn, Miljenko Grgich named James Beard Award finalists

DROUGHT/WATER

• California Water Commission Regulations on New Water Storage: A Fair and Equitable Review Process?
• The Devil is in the Design: Forming California’s New Groundwater Agencies
• Farmers, Lawmakers, Conservationists, Fishermen Launch Effort to Derail “Dam Train” Initiative
• Loss of water during storms causes frustration
• It’s time for new thinking on water management
• Recent storms put California drought emergency in question
• Despite rain, drought restrictions remain in place
• El Niño Is Not Treating All of California Evenly
• California’s biggest reservoirs recover, putting water limits in question
• March storms in Calif. could boost Central Valley Project water deliveries

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• California ‘Ready for Recycled Water’

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Brexit: What would it mean for UK trade?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Sainsbury’s posts first quarterly sales rise for two years
• Diageo plc (DGE) – Research Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates
• Institutional Investors Sentiment Indicator of Crimson Wine Group LTD (CWGL) Worsens in Q3 2015

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine Wine: Not a Sure Thing
• Bordeaux 2012: on a roll
• Bidders battle for jeroboam of ‘greatest Sauternes vintage’

HEALTH

• UK: Watchdog bans ad for breathalyser aimed at breastfeeding mothers
• Why do humans like to get drunk?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Proposed CA Legislation Would Mandate Training for Alcohol Servers
• AL: How new legislation could impact beer and wine sales

DATA & TRENDS

• Consumption of beer, spirits and cider plummet – but Irish people still in love with wine

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Demand of Wine, Past and Present
• Stop guessing about what wines Millennials like. This is what they say when you take time to ask.

MARKETING & SALES

• Malternatives – Marketing Lessons from Alcohol Segmentation
• A Bottle Shot Is Worth A Thousand Words

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• ePour Technologies: Wine-by-the-glass bag-in-tray system

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWein 2016 racks up record visitor numbers
• European wine fairs, worth the trip?
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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Demographic Targeting Is Becoming Less Effective on Social
• Google responds to Facebook threat, releases Analytics 360 Suite for easier customer tracking
• Instagram confirms it’s changing the feed to an algorithm
• Instagram interaction rates dropped 40% last year, and other bad news

MEDIA MATTERS

• Stop the Madness: Contentmania Must End
• The poetry of wine

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Albariño ‘can make Spain’s best-quality sparkling’
• The excitement surrounding German Pinot Noir
• How to Wine Taste Properly
• Learn the grape malbec
• The Case for Rosé
• Champagne, Cava, Prosecco… What’s the Difference?
• Wine temperatures often too extreme

WINE PEOPLE

• Joe Wadsack named IWSC Wine Communicator of the year
• Jeff McWilliam talks about becoming CEO and the company’s future
• A Sommelier Who Stays on Her Toes
• Australia’s Innovative Winemakers You Need to Know

WINE PLACES

• Bucolic Valley ~ a.k.a. Suisun

WINE TOURISM

• Explore the Sierra Foothills on a California Wines Road Trip
• A Visitor’s Guide to Sonoma

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Oregon Wine Month On-Premise: Introducing a New Partnership with OpenTable
• New winery opens in Windsor with focus on Colorado-grown fruit

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Fruit Growers Eyeing Warm Temperatures

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK wine market ‘like musical chairs’
• English sparkling wine ready to take on Champagne
• Eurostar mulls direct trains to Bordeaux from London
• 2,100-Year-Old Roman Tavern Unearthed, Empty Cups and All (Southern France)
• Switzerland: Wine flows from Bern fountain

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• What kind of pink will China drink?
• The Flying Column: Thailand
• Flavours Card to help Chinese appreciate Aussie wine

SOUTH AFRICA

• The Next Chapter of the South African Wine Industry

AROUND THE GLOBE

• The Arab world’s surprising wine hub

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Three Tips For Parents Navigating The Wine Aisle
• Miami company invents Champagne ‘machine gun’

MARIJUANA

• Is Cannabis-Infused Alcohol Worth Considering?

PR BABBLE, GUSHING & FACTUALLY UNSUPPORTED SELF-CONGRATULATORY BS

• The FAQs of DIRECT 2016
• Horizon Beverage Launches Advanced Online Payment Solution Powered by FTNI

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

• Anheuser-Busch Pays $300k To Settle Claims That Its Buy-Back Programs Violated Law
• Budweiser Isn’t the King of Beers Anymore. Guess Who Is?
• Craft beer world mourns the loss of George Hancock, a Washington beer legend
• Breweries are the Mark of a Thriving Community
• Beer hops hailed for ‘anti-cancer’ potential

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