NEWS FETCH — March 23, 2016

TOP NEWS

• This Top Banker thinks the Wine Market Council’s Findings Are Wrong
• Bordeaux Winemakers Are Snapping Up Napa Estates
• US overtakes UK as Champagne’s most valuable market
• U.S. Economic Confidence Index Averages -9 Last Week
• White House enlists private sector for $4bn upgrade to water infrastructure
• USATT is live and here! Meet the world from March 21-23 in NYC. *Sponsored Link*

MORE DATA

• Here is Bullshit Data to Avoid
• Nielsen: Import dollar volume is 26.6% of US Market, NZ still soaring

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley Vintners Releases New Trade Education Resource for Tablets
• The historic phases of Pinot Noir in California: 4.0…and counting
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• CA State Water Board Details Open Data Plans
• How To Solve America’s Water Problem: Get The Price Right
• San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority files motion to disqualify Felicia Marcus and Tam Doduc from Cal Water Fix proceedings
• An overview of the draft groundwater sustainability plan and alternatives regulation, and summary of comments received to date
• Plan B to the Delta Tunnels: Long – lasting jobs and water security (PDF)
• Federal Drought Management: It’s Complicated
• There’s a lot about water in California that we don’t know. We need more data.

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Why Your Winery Still Isn’t Growing DTC Sales

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Crimson Wine Group Ltd (CWGL) CEO Acquires $21,125.00 in Stock

DISTRIBUTORS

• Last week to get your USA Trade Tasting Conference Tickets at Early Bird Price *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Learn How to Protect Your Oak Investment
• Château Latour 2000 release price earns praise
• Bordeaux 2015: Cheval Blanc to produce no second wine
• Acker toasts a ‘strong Asia market’
• The 2015 Bordeaux Barrels Diary: Tradition Meets Innovation at Pichon-Longueville Baron

HEALTH

• Wine And Sleep Make For Better Decisions

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Wine Club Revolution

MARKETING & SALES

• 3 Reasons Stereotypical Millennials Are Idiots

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• How can smaller producers make the most of big trade shows?
• DIRECT Keynote Speaker Announcement: Steve Gross
• Fourth Annual Virginia Wine Summit Takes Place April 5th in Middleburg
• 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*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• EndlessWine Is the World’s First App-Enabled, Smart, Self-Replenishing Wine Rack
• Are rising follower numbers devaluing your social audiences?

PAYMENTS

• GoCardless raises $13 million to grow its online payments platform globally

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How Ernst Loosen’s experiment produced a Mosel riesling
• Are additives always a bad thing?
• Wine, Au Naturale
• Decanting

WINE PEOPLE

• Henri Bonneau, Dean of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Dies at 78
• Janis Barsetti Gray of Barsetti Vineyards

WINE PLACES

• 5 Wine Regions You Need To Visit This Spring
• Alto Adige: Back to the future
• Bordeaux: some reflections

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Washington Wine Commission: Wine industry grows its research commitment
• WA: Non-profit Winery to Fund Workers’ Healthcare
• Columbia Gorge winemakers strive to catch Portland’s attention
• VA: Grant expected to boost wine grape acreage
• Colorado vintners endure a rocky road

ACADEMIA

• Researchers eye soil condition defining agriculture productivity

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Oppy to offer ‘Fair for Life’ grapes
• Château de La Dauphine certified organic and biodynamic

EUROPE & THE UK

• Brexit Will Damage Britain’s Drinks Industry

DOWN UNDER

• State of Australian Wine report highlights increase in wine production and sales
• OZ: Harvest heavy with grief at Bulga
• OZ: In a league of its own: Hunter Valley Semillon

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China sales help Bordeaux wines turn around two-year slump
• New China initiative targets “foreign and bizarre” names

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Fabrizia Spirits imports US’ first lemon-peeling machine to increase limoncello production

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

• Small and Independent Brewers Continue to Grow Double Digits
• Slower Growth Signals Maturing Industry
• 2015 Craft Brewing Growth By the Numbers
• The science behind why you like (or hate) the taste of beer

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