NEWS FETCH — May 27, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Will Southern and other big distributors take over California’s legal pot trade?
• Calif water board moves to dismiss record fine against irrigation district
• California Wine Grape Growers Foundation Awards $29,500 in Student Scholarships
• San Francisco to host first international trade show to include both bulk wine and spirits (Word doc)
• How not to run a wine panel: Saying nothing at the International Chardonnay Symposium
• Prosecco producers have created a monster
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• Frost in the North; Rain in the East
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley Sees Growth in Value and Volume
• Seasoned winemakers launch new valley brand
• IPOB Is Gone—Does Anybody Care?
• The last word, literally, on In Pursuit of Balance (well, maybe…)
• Deadline to reserve USA Trade Tasting Exhibitor space with super early bird pricing is 31 May, 2016. Reserve your spot with 25% down and save $900. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• House Passes Senate Energy Legislation with California Water Provisions
• Another water grab surfaces in Congress
• How the drought led to cleaner water

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Assessing Altria Group’s Results For Q1 2016
• Brown-Forman Board Announces 2-for-1 Stock Split and Declares Cash Dividend
• Brown-Forman Announces Changes on Its Board of Directors

FINANCE, M&A

• Bordeaux vineyard sales leap amid ‘Jack Ma influence’ among Chinese buyers

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• HDH chairman to retire
• Bordeaux 2015: update in the interval
• Bordeaux delivers striking 2015 Vintage
• Fine wine ‘shines’ at Bonhams

HEALTH

• Wine & Cheese: The Secret to Happiness
• 15 myths about alcohol debunked
• Like a glass of wine? This is how many squats you’ll have to do to burn off the calories
• Alcohol And Marijuana Are Part Of The Collegiate Experience, So Talk About It

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Oklahoma lawmakers OK bill expanding strong beer, wine sales
• MD DLC To Make Changes to Wine Wholesale Prices

DATA & TRENDS

• Here’s How Your Memorial Day Six-Pack Of Craft Beer Ends Up Costing $12 (And More!)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Talkin’ ‘bout my (wine consuming) generation
• The eBay Wine Experience

MARKETING & SALES

• Brands need to adapt to changing behaviours of early adopters
• Top Tips to Navigating the Bulk Wine Market
• Top 10 Mistakes Export Brands Make When Entering the US Market
• Emerging wine regions may join fight for shelf space
• 9 Tips for Creating an Awesome Brand
• 5 Ways to Improve Your Millennial Marketing Strategy

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine cork versus screwcap: the evidence (and emotion) is in
• Packaging important to just 12% of early alcohol adopters

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• International Cool Climate Wine Symposium: Cool viticulture the hot topic in Brighton
• Conference Signals England’s Arrival as Wine Country
• China rebounds as Vinexpo’s number one visitor
• Vinexpo launches Vinexpo Edu programme
• Bulles Expo Paris to make sparkling debut
• 10 Tips to Designing the Perfect Trade Advert *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• How to Manage Multiple Accounts on Instagram
• 44 Percent of U.S. Adults Get News Via Facebook
• Three key ingredients to success on social media
• Facebook to begin displaying ads to non-Facebook users on other websites
• Facebook is shutting down the video-ad company it bought for about half a billion dollars 2 years ago

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• NLRB Extends Time Period for Captive Audience Ban
• 5 Tips for Women Breaking Into the Wine Business

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Demystifying wine — yes or no?
• Why Rosé Isn’t Just a ‘Girly’ Drink
• 7 Things You Need To Know About Vinho Verde

WINE PEOPLE

• WineAmerica Board Meeting Brings New Leadership and New Members
• John Sutcliffe is a Four Corners winemaking icon

WINE PLACES

• One family, four estates: the Terra Moretti estates

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Gorge’s wine success rooted in Wright’s old vine legacy
• Red Mountain winemakers taste mechanically harvested Cab

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Using Lead Levels in Wine As A Proxy For Atmospheric Lead Levels in Australia

EUROPE & THE UK

• Defra should reinstate UK wine funding
• 150-year-old wine found in Czech castle to be auctioned
• UK: Virgin Wines ‘on track’ to achieve ambitious target

DOWN UNDER

• What happens when farmers want to sell but no Australians are interested in buying?

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Japanese wine drinkers are becoming more adventurous

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

• Oklahoma lawmakers OK bill expanding strong beer, wine sales
• Pennsylvania liquor board ‘frees the six-pack,’ allows beer sales at 9 gas stations
• Packaging important to just 12% of early alcohol adopters
• Why You Should Love Sh*tty Beer Unapologetically

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