NEWS FETCH — March 28, 2016

TOP NEWS

• The Arsenic in Wine Class Action Dismissal – what it means
• As U.S. vintners prepare to hit Cuba, enthusiasm for wine grows
• Decline of French wine leaves bitter aftertaste
• Market to GenX at your own Risk
• Château Margaux director Paul Pontallier dies
• The junk glyphosate “study” that plays into Monsanto’s hands.
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• Anatomy of a Harvest Report in China
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Californians pay lower taxes on alcohol than average
• North County Wine Grape Growers vote in new board members
• Krug’s unusual ethos
• Discount grocery chain Aldi opens first eight Southern California stores
• North Mountain Wine Trail wineries cultivating different crowd than Temecula’s

DROUGHT/WATER

• Will USBR give Valley farmers another goose egg?
• El Nino fails to deliver big Berryessa gains
• California’s largest reservoir filling too fast thanks to El Niño, must release more water
• Delta: Delay in water rights hearings
• $10.75M flows into San Joaquin Valley Irrigation District from 2 water deals

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• “Toilet to tap”: A potential high quality water source for California

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Oregon Moves One Step Closer To Privatization

FINANCE, M&A

• 10 tips for acing your crowdfunding campaign

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The 1855 Classification of Bordeaux’s Médoc
• Langton’s Classification: Australia’s fine wine ‘form guide’
• Romanee Conti Drives Acker Asian Sale Amid Demand for Burgundy
• Petrus ’89 Leads Sotheby’s London Sale With Jayer Burgundies
• The 2015 Bordeaux Barrels Diary: Lafite’s New Guy

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• OK: State liquor stores owners fight grocery store wine sales
• As wine in grocery stores looms, Tennessee alcohol head resigns
• MI: Some lawmakers, businesses upset with beer, wine sale bill

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• 7 ways to make your BYO wine experience better
• Combatting Consumer Skepticism of Food
• A groundbreaking technology will soon let us see exactly what is in our food

MARKETING & SALES

• 3 Reasons Your Small Business Should Use Email Marketing

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Argentina, Chile, South Africa and Australia – Wine Label terms showing quality

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Eastern Winery Exposition offers multiple approaches to Chardonnay
• 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

• Google to WC: Drop dead
• Smartphones, social media forge paths to younger wine drinkers
• Social media ads influence 50% of US millennials
• Instagram rolls out a Discover People page on the Web for all users
• These are the words you’re most likely to tweet while drunk

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Master Somms Chase the Corporate Dollar

MEDIA MATTERS

• 10 tips for writing effective headlines for the web
• Ten Questions with Simran Sethi, Author of “Bread, Wine, Chocolate”
• On Mendoza, Cancer, and Evita Perón – “I have more strength than I appear to have.”
• Is Rob Priddle the Most Boring Wine Writer in Existence?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The rise of orange wine, the white made like a red
• How our drinking rituals hide what’s really in the glass
• How to Chill White Wine Faster

WINE PEOPLE

• Daniel McCullough of Napa’s Oenotri
• Interview, Part 2: Hess Family’s John Grant & Nicole Carter
• New face in WSU’s V&E program: Q&A with Kaury Balcom
• Chris Desor of Verity Wine Partners (podcast)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Eastern NY Grape Growers Hope to Build Wine Niche
• Leonetti’s Chris Figgins buys land for Toil Oregon Pinot Noir project
• New Publication Has Washington Agribusiness Focus

ACADEMIA

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

EUROPE & THE UK

• Prime Minister warns Brexit could hit Sussex wine
• Why English Sparkling Wine producers need to export

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Queensland wines: Looking to the Mediterranean for success

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• U.S. Wine Makers Eye Growing Chinese Market
• Pioneering winemaker finds early success in Myanmar hills

LATIN AMERICA

• Undiscovered Uruguay

SOUTH AFRICA

• On the past and future of SA fine wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What Wine did Jesus Drink?
• What Do Your Favorite ’90s Cereal Mascots Drink?

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

• NV: Alcohol distribution rises along with an economic recovery
• MillerCoors tapping into craft beer industry
• Georgian Era Long Distance US Beer Shipments
• Planning Commission Weighs Rules for Expanding Loudoun’s Craft Beverage Industry (VA)

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