NEWS FETCH — May 13, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Colo Gov Undecided on Bill To Expand Spirits And Wine To Groceries
• Bankrupt Premier Cru not run in ‘reliable fashion’
• American Vineyard Foundation funds $1.3 Million in 2016-17 Research
• Main Tito’s Case Dismissed
• Burgundy wine ambassador Charles Rousseau dies
• Winery bookkeeper sentenced for embezzlement
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Draft Winery Ordinance Revisions Draw Pushback from Wine Industry Representatives in Santa Barbara County
• Paso Robles winemakers to pour at Bay Area Garagiste Festival
• Kunde Family Winery: Selling less wine to be more successful
• The Magic of Wine Country is Popping Up in Wealthy Hamlets Across the Bay Area
• Joseph Phelps Vineyards announces appointments
• What are US Importers and Distributors really looking for? Check out the latest USATT Conference panel session video *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• California drought: Too soon to end mandatory conservation?
• Why the West May Be Headed Toward Megadrought
• Adaptive management of the nutrient problem in the Delta: Integrating science and policy
• Quadcopter 4 shows Sonoma County vineyards amid drought
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Imagine a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card For Wineries and Retailers

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Willamette Valley Vineyards Posts a Profit for the First Quarter 2016
• Debt dispute between Diageo and former United Spirits boss continues
• Diageo kicks off first ever global media review
• Pernod Ricard restructures US to boost growth

FINANCE, M&A

• Terroir Capital Sells Sandhi Wine Brand
• The 4 Lines of Credit Now Available to Small Businesses

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Auctionata And Paddle8 Join Forces
• Will Bordeaux 2015 wines be good value long-term?
• “Well balanced” Grand Puy Ducasse 2015 released
• Bordeaux 2015 prices: First big names released
• Magritte wine bottle nude fetches $700k

DATA & TRENDS

• Tasting Room Survey Discloses Disparities
• Is premiumization of wine, beer and spirits being driven by the collapse of the American Middle Class? These 4 charts may offer you a hint.
• Amazon driving 60% of total U.S. online retail sales growth

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Whole Foods store replaces wine specialists with iPads
• Are you the special occasion?

MARKETING & SALES

• Texture, Balance, Finish: The Wine Tasting Room Experience, Feng Shui Style
• Getting to Know the Mobile Shopper
• Analyzing the Science Behind Customer Loyalty
• The Not-So-Secret Way To Make Your Brand Viral
• Telltale Marketing
• 10 reasons casual-dining sales are still weak
• Millennial dads are the future of retail
• Millennials like coupons — print or paperless
• The Marketing Help You Need, But Can’t Afford
• Weird wine names – genius or marketing fail?

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• What I Would Love to Tell Clients ~ But, they’d think I was just making excuses

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Hamel Faculty Chair Keynotes Conferences in Oakland, London
• Are You Going to the UNWTO Global Wine Tourism Conference in Georgia?
• Art-Glass Product “Et No 1” stops traffic at WSWA
• 10 Tips to Designing the Perfect Trade Advert *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• A long talk with Facebook about its role in journalism
• The mixed, early impact publishers are seeing from Facebook Instant Articles
• The feed mindset

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Deadline Looming for CA Employers to Elect “Piece-Rate Back Pay” Safe Harbor under AB 1513

MEDIA MATTERS

• Producer Barney Cohen has Signed a Deal to Bring the Barefoot Project to Networks

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Pinot Noir Reveals The Differences Between Oregon And California Climates
• Mouthfeel now the measure of handmade artisanal wines
• The Rheinhessen renaissance
• Terroir—And Other Gifts To The Blogosphere
• Grower Champagne is highly overrated
• 10 myths about Sherry
• My wine love: Syrah / Shiraz

WINE PEOPLE

• Mondavi sisters make their mark in wine
• The woman behind the Judgment of Paris
• Rodrigo Soto: finding a sense of place
• Morris family proudly carries on six generations of winemaking in Rutherglen
• Rob Folin leads Folin Cellars from north to south in Oregon

WINE PLACES

• A Local’s Take on What to Do in Bordeaux
• A trip into Tennessee wine country
• The leap of Donnafugata

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Booming Wine Region Enticing Investors as Ontario Relaxes Laws
• Regional Winery Meetings Scheduled for Pennsylvania Wineries in Summer 2016
• New era in Canada’s province of British Columbia
• The buyers of Canada’s province of British Columbia

ACADEMIA

• New winemaking scholarship helps Suffolk Co. students, Long Island Merlot Industry

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Diseased wine grapes damages wine
• Protecting European wine: Vinbot rover optimises harvest and quality

EUROPE & THE UK

• Veuve Clicquot Champagne Opens Its Cellars, Courts Millennial Women

DOWN UNDER

• NSW Wine Industry shares some concerns over WET changes
• Peak industry bodies welcome WET reforms

SOUTH AFRICA

• A fresh crop of Cape wines at Intellego

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Unexpected drinking trends around the globe

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Misguided Pleasures of “Slap the Bag”

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

• The Growth of On-site Beer Sales in 2015
• Brewers Association Protection Against California Proposition 65 BPA Lawsuits
• Bill To Expand Spirits And Wine To Groceries In Colorado Passes Legislature, But Governor Is Undecided
• Main Tito’s Case Dismissed
• Devils Backbone: Maintaining the Craft Image

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