NEWS FETCH — May 4, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Lawsuit claims BevMo! is Engaging In A ‘Bait-And-Switch’ With Wine
• U.S. Wholesalers Confront A Changing Retail Landscape
• Americans’ shifting drinking habits could change happy hour as we know it
• Genesis of a Gen Y Brand
• U.S. Economic Confidence Down in April
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Scarcity And Subtext At The Sonoma Barrel Auction
• Sonoma County needs to start talks over Cloverdale casino
• Joseph Phelps Vineyards Announces Family Promotions as Part of Long-Term Succession Plan
• Research in Tourism Management Connects Global Wine Perspective
• That Revolutionary May Day in 1976 When California Wines Bested France’s Finest
• A down-to-earth wine tour in Sonoma Valley
• Sonoma really is better than Napa
• Days left to save $1500 on USA Trade Tasting Exhibitor Registrations. Super Early Bird Ends April 30 .*Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Late week rain to bring much needed dousing to drought zone
• Drought-stricken California boosts conservation for March
• Water officials outline outlook for 2016, beyond
• How California Could Develop New Water Supplies
• Draft groundwater regulations don’t make the grade: Water Commission calls out “substantial” loophole
• Tribunal considers the rights of nature in the San Francisco Bay Delta
• Life and death on LA’s first water system
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury Wine Estates stresses the importance of brand building

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 100 gains 1.05% in April
• Great Tokaj wine auction showcases dry white trend
• Cantemerle 2015 released
• Expect the unexpected
• First growths dominate April trading

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Johnston County, NC to decide on beer and wine sales

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Sake grows in favor in the U.S.

MARKETING & SALES

• 7 Keys to Discovering an Un-addressed and Under-served Market
• Can wine be ‘cool’? Selling Wines Craft Credentials
• Hey, big spender: wine on the high street
• 5 Ways To Increase Sales Using The Psychology Of Pricing
• PR in a Digital World – A Q&A with University of Richmond’s Cynthia Price

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Similarly named wineries may cause buyer confusion

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Analysing social media language: a legal and ethical conundrum
• 7 Social Media Tips for Non-Tech Entrepreneurs
• Why isn’t Spotify part of your media strategy?
• 10 tips for marketing success on LinkedIn
• LinkedIn adds autoplay video to the dismay of its users

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Bureaucratic delays weaken guestworker program
• 10 LinkedIn tips that can get you hired
• The Institute of Masters of Wine creates marketing and comms role

MEDIA MATTERS

• Can wine bloggers make money through reader financial donations?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Riesling – will it ever catch on?
• Where brett in wine comes from
• How to Proselytize Wine—and Should We?
• Aussie Chardonnay ‘becoming too lean’

WINE PEOPLE

• Luca Currado winemaker at Vietti
• Franck & Isabelle Pascal: Champagne and the Power of Positive Thinking

WINE TOURISM

• The North Sierra Wine Trail in Butte, Yuba counties

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Time is right for Virginian wine to succeed in UK
• Judge OKs Traveling Between Provinces With Alcohol
• Long Island & The Big Dreamers Out East

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate Researchers To Winemakers: Head For The Hills

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Prosecco sales skyrocket and save wine from large decline
• Inside Conviviality’s acquisition of Bibendum PLB
• Bibendum a ‘great fit’ for Conviviality
• Hungarian Wine: Hope, Dreams, Heritage and Progress
• UK: Heavy penalties at stake with AWRS
• UK: Ancre Hill Estates doubles vineyard area

DOWN UNDER

• Bird’s-eye vine view could show stresses in wider Aussie agriculture
• South Australia’s wine industry supports additional Federal Government funding, wants further tax reforms
• OZ: Government’s $50m to boost wine exports and wine tourism is welcomed
• OZ: Wine tax ‘gaming’ ended by changes
• OZ: WET Rebate Reform
• OZ: Federal budget reveals suite of changes for winemakers

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Kazakhstan to export wine to China
• JD.com Details Expanded Partnership With Australian Wine Company
• India: In tipsy Kerala, they don’t whine, they drink wine

LATIN AMERICA

• Does this chart foretell Argentina’s resurgence in global markets?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• U.S. travelers alert: Italy now requires six months validity of passports
• Portable decanter deftly preserves wine with airtight insert
• Alice’s Adventures in Naturaland, and Through the Isinglass

MARIJUANA

• Colorado lawmakers reject labeling marijuana as organic

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

• Spirits’ Share of Alcohol Gains Continues
• U.S. Wholesalers Confront A Changing Retail Landscape
• Can you imagine a world without Budweiser? We can
• Why Investors Should Buy Beer

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