NEWS FETCH — April 22, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Wine Industry Toasts Production, Consumption Rise
• In 2015, these five countries consumed half of the wine in the world. The US drank the most
• A Beringer returns to Beringer
• Oregon Wine Market is More than Pinot Noir
• Craft cider a category to watch as millennials drive wineries to distraction
• USDA Offers $4 Million For Pest Management
• Modesto Irrigation District raises farm water prices 20%
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Herrick Grapevines Opens Sacramento Facility
• Preston Vineyards’ saga: downsizing on the farm
• Will Jarvis Promoted to President of Jarvis Estate Winery
• The number of wine producers in the Napa Valley
• Days left to save $1500 on USA Trade Tasting Exhibitor Registrations. Super Early Bird Ends April 30 .*Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Klamath Dam Removal Could Boost Water Supplies
• Reclamation Increases the Friant 2016 Class 1 Water Supply Allocation
• California’s Delta-groundwater nexus: Delta effects of ending Central Valley groundwater overdraft?
• Measuring drought in more than dollars and cents
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo could save Mallya with USL investment
• Boston Beer Sales Down 5% In First Quarter As Sam Adams, Angry Orchard Lose Steam

DISTRIBUTORS

• Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Parker Perfect wines – under £5,000
• Bordeaux Cité du Vin auction offers Lafite 1945, lunch at Haut-Brion
• Should You Buy Bordeaux That’s Still in the Barrel?
• Classified Bordeaux lacks ‘real distribution’
• Still buying opportunities among 100-pointers?
• JD.com: preventing fake wines online

HEALTH

• Studies show moderate drinking confers heart benefits

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Alcohol debate in Oklahoma turns testy after Native American comment
• California man ordered to stop selling stock in Colorado wine companies
• TN: Baxter to vote on wine in grocery stores

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• 7 Spanish Wines (Other Than Tempranillo) Worth Drinking Right Now

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• 10 Tips to Designing the Perfect Trade Advert *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Social Media Analytics, Part 2
• Pulse Check on Social Media Strategies and Trends
• Facebook is making a change that will cut down on the clickbait in your newsfeed
• Facebook glitch causes pages to automatically like their own posts
• Facebook tweaks its News Feed to factor in time spent on articles

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• 10 Tips For Getting Into the Wine Business
• There’s Nothing Regular About “Regular Rate of Pay”: Calculating Overtime With Flat Sum Bonuses

MATTERS OF TASTE

• There Are Rocks Inside Your Wine. Here’s How To Understand Minerality
• Are Muscadine Grapes The Next ‘Super Fruit’?
• Kitchen Science: bacteria and fungi are your foody friends
• Just don’t call Franciacorta ‘Italian Champagne’
• Trentodoc: Italy’s Mountain Sparkler

WINE PEOPLE

• After 30 vintages, Joe Dobbes still fascinated by Pinot Noir
• Ntsiki Biyela, a dreamer making her mark in the South African wine industry
• The Illy family turn their hand to wine
• Burgundy’s Drouhins Keep Winemaking All in the Family
• Rich Cook, wine competition director (podcast)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Samuel Filler Named New York Wine & Grape Foundation Executive Director
• Twisted Vine Winery opens in downtown Philipsburg, PA
• First winery in Westfield could open by summer 2017 (IN)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• An Earth Day Trifecta At Fetzer Vineyards: Clean Water, Conserve Kilowatts, Create Compost

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• A new tool for making kosher wines

EUROPE & THE UK

• United Kingdom Vineyards Association appoints first CEO
• The Brexit Barrier for UK Retailers
• Move over, prosecco. British fizz is here to stay

DOWN UNDER

• Rabobank tips export growth for kiwi wines
• OZ: Caution urged over winegrape industry recovery
• South Australia: A new regional hub for wine, grains and fisheries
• OZ: Riverina growers ripping out vines in favour of other crops

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China Gets French Wine in Exchange for Chemicals on First Run by ‘New Silk Road’ Train
• Vietnam’s developing taste for vino

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• This Brainy Wine Dispenser Pours Perfectly and Learns What You Like

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS – A Sampling of Today’s Headlines

• Craft cider a category to watch as millennials drive wineries to distraction
• The deal that shook craft beer five years ago is still reverberating
• How Women Brewsters Saved the World
• Boston Beer profits hurt by craft brew competition
• Sam Adams’ Long Path Back to Craft

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