NEWS FETCH — March 24, 2016

TOP NEWS

• California Court Dismisses Arsenic Lawsuit Against Wineries
• March rains fill Clear Lake, restoring hope for Lake County tourism, farmers
• Is Craft Beer ‘Pay to Play’ the Needle That Bursts the Bubble?
• How El Nino transformed the California landscape
• USATT is live and here! Meet the world from March 21-23 in NYC. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• Paso Robles vineyards jump the gun again to start the 2016 season
• Wet March weather after early budbreak increases risks for Fresno County’s raisin growers
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Winemaker Joseph Carr breaks 1 million case mark in 2015 sales
• Chateau Montelena’s Bo Barrett to keynote Wine Industry Conference
• Vintage Wine Estates creates scholarship to celebrate Women’s History Month

DROUGHT/WATER

• Big Business Steps Up to Help Solve California’s Drought
• New dispute erupts over Sacramento Delta tunnels project
• An update on the Delta Mercury Control Program
• In first-of-a-kind summit, White House rallies corporate investment in water supplies
• Water organizations using tech to make an impact

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• White House Hopes to Spark Recycled Water Tech in California

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• I Want My Beer Direct-to-Consumer

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex Bordeaux 2015 coverage
• Why I don’t collect wine

HEALTH

• An unusual analysis of the association of alcohol consumption with mortality

DATA & TRENDS

• 2015 craft beer dollar value up 16%, may exceed California wine by the end of this year

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• A Locavore Restaurant With No Local Wine
• Lessons from a wine buff in search of a bargain
• The Essential Guide To Buying And Enjoying Barolo Wine

MARKETING & SALES

• How should products be displayed in your online store?
• 3 Ways to Strengthen Your Email Marketing Impact
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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Once bullish on Pinterest, ad world sees it slipping

PAYMENTS

• A Canadian bank will let people buy things with selfies
• Apple Pay Coming to Mobile Websites Before Holiday Shopping Season

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Feds to Require Employers to Disclose Use of Anti-Union Consultants

MEDIA MATTERS

• A New Look For the Wine Advocate
• Wine writer Will Lyons joins Berry Bros
• New Book Reveals Napa Valley’s Most Extraordinary Experiences

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Unless It’s Natural Wine, You Are Drinking Poison—Right?
• Where you are and the noise level affect taste
• How to Train Your Palate to Taste Wine Like a Pro
• Natural wine, what the fuss? We have it all wrong
• Flavor Profiles of White Wines

WINE PEOPLE

• Interview with Philippe Dhalluin of Mouton Rothschild
• Meet Christopher Tracy of Channing Daughters Winery
• Interview, Part 1: Hess Family Wine Estates
• New face in WSU’s V&E program: Q&A with Kaury Balcom
• Q&A with Blake Brown of Christopher Blake Wines
• The Proust Q&A: Telmo Rodriguez

WINE TOURISM

• A NY Wine Map Marries Print With GPS

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Canada’s Wine Industry Eyes Fresh Investment

ACADEMIA

• WSU Tri-Cities to launch online certificate in wine business management

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Researchers seek clues for using the latest insecticides even more effectively to control mealybugs
• Rainfall, Frost, Weeds, Spring Diseases, Invasive Pests

EUROPE & THE UK

• What the Araujo family did next after selling to Latour owner
• Suspected wine fraud prompts inspection overhaul
• What Does It Mean for a Wine to Be Corsican?

DOWN UNDER

• WA premium wine exports to Singapore increase
• OZ: Three household names receive wine industry ‘life membership’
• OZ: Grape growers in southern New South Wales advised to seriously consider getting out of industry
• OZ: Newest life members of the wine industry call for more innovation, collaboration

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine from Australia still faces a tariff in China
• Chengdu food and drink fair opens with promise to tackle ‘copycat’ wines
• Fine potential in India

SOUTH AFRICA

• Johann Rupert On The Jewels Of South African Wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Champagne Baby Bottle: Newborns Can Drink Milk In Style Thanks To This Latest Trend

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS – A sampling of today’s headlines:

• US court dismisses watered down beer case brought against AB InBev
• The rise of craft brewing in St. Louis: ‘Brewing is an industry where there are very few jerks’
• Ultrasound and a revolution in brewery automation
• Craft Brew Industry Going Public

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