NEWS FETCH — April 25, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Constellation’s Possible Canadian Spin-Off
• Italy knocked off podium of wine consumption worldwide
• Lawsuit accuses regulators of loosening Sacramento Delta water rules
• Junk food not harmful to heart when eaten with Mediterranean diet, study finds
• TTB Establishes Loess Hills District in Iowa/Missouri
• Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Prefer Saving to Spending
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• Spring Rains Could Increase Phomopsis And Botrytis Infections On Grapes
• April Freezes and Frosts Hit Virginia Early Budding Varieties Hard
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine Garagistes To Hold First N. Calif. Wine Festival in Oakland, May 19
• The cult of Cabernet: The paradox of Napa’s most expensive wines
• Frog’s Leap seeking unusual winery approval
• Is California running out of new AVAs?
• Days left to save $1500 on USA Trade Tasting Exhibitor Registrations. Super Early Bird Ends April 30 .*Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Four Water-Related Bills to Watch in California
• California desperately needs new surface storage
• Was water conservation just a fad?
• What do we do with the Silver Lake reservoirs?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Shares Of Majestic Wine PLC (LON:WINE) Rated As Buy By Analysts At Peel Hunt

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 index edged higher last week, but momentum slowed
• 2015 Bordeaux Barrels Diary: Rebel Without a Pause

HEALTH

• The 100 Day Wine Abstinence Program

DATA & TRENDS

• Craft beer is eating wine’s lunch – and chomping away at Boston Beer. Is SAM no longer craft?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• ‘Man, Oh Manischewitz’: When The Jewish Wine Was Big With Gentiles, Too

MARKETING & SALES

• Create compelling calls-to-action
• Has advertising lost its influence? Shaping culture, conscience and commerce

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Screw cap innovation removes wine preservatives at the push of a button
• Ardagh to expand into beverage can market with $3.42bn Ball acquisition

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 7 Tips to Help Your Brand Win at Social Media
• Winners and losers of Facebook’s latest algorithm changes

MEDIA MATTERS

• Champagne Jayne is officially back! Still needs help after CIVC battering!
• Opportunity of Circumstance, by Vintner D. H. Gustafson

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Looking For Wisdom But Finding Youth and Inexperience
• Don’t fall into the trap of Napa Valley in the 80s !
• Syrah and Shiraz grapes – climatic, winery influence, most important regions
• Warm Up: Tannins
• What Is Vin Gris?
• What Is Chaptalization?

WINE PEOPLE

• Jancis honoured by the French
• Uncorked: Neil Grant
• Maximilian Riedel’s Unbreakable Legacy
• Harley Carbery Knows What Happens in Vegas
• Winemaker Andy Erickson (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Delamain Cognac – a blend of old and new

WINE TOURISM

• Growing pains in a tourism economy

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Latino winemakers shine in new WA state history campaign
• Distinctive OK Falls flavours defining BC wine

EUROPE & THE UK

• Grape Escape from Extinction Bears Fruit (Spain)
• Day taking Vin de Constance in a fresh direction
• This German village wants to be known for wine. Instead, it’s Trump – and ‘Drumpf’

DOWN UNDER

• Australia’s Winemakers Look to an Uncertain Future

LATIN AMERICA

• Cab Franc tipped to become Argentina’s ‘second most important variety’

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African wines ‘have come of age’

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• ‘Be cheerful’ – advises wine drinking skeleton

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

• Should Boston Beer Co put up the ‘For Sale’ sign?
• Has the Craft Beer Hop Bomb Finally Exploded?
• A-B InBev Acquires Italy’s Birra del Borgo
• Does “craft whisky” still exist?
• Senators to DOJ: Beware ABI-SABMiller Deal

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