NEWS FETCH — June 1, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Why is Wine Marketing so Stale?
• Is the wine industry really that bad at innovation?
• Hello Vino Inks Mobile Marketing Deal with Winebow
• Cuervo Said to Eye Third Quarter for Possible $1 Billion IPO
• Treasury Wines changed its business to manage climate change
• The Work of a Farmer: Why It Matters for Wine
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• English wine ‘flourishing’, with forecast of 800% export increase
• Flooding in Epeigné-les-Bois 31st May 2016
• Weekend hailstorms ravage parts of France and Italy
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• New Calistoga tasting room approved
• 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

• What California Can Learn From Israel About Water
• Jeanine Jones: Current water conditions and preparing for 2017

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• TN: Liquor stores brace for competition 30 days before wine hits grocery store shelves

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• AB inBEV given green light for $100bn SABMiller takeover

FINANCE, M&A

• Winery Sales Continue at Brisk Pace

DISTRIBUTORS

• Quintessential To Import Argentina’s Pascual Toso
• Vintage Point Sees Big Growth For Its Popcorn Chardonnay
• Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex: Phelan Segur 2015 released: feeling ambitious
• Whether to invest in wine or whisky?

HEALTH

• Reduce alcohol consumption through taxation by volume, St Vincent’s Health urges

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Hearing looks at Clean Water Act enforcement
• New FDA Menu Labeling Regulations Will Be Enforced Beginning May 2017

DATA & TRENDS

• With 518 craft breweries, California is #1 per capita in America. Click the source link (below) to find the complete state list

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How my wine knowledge led to sex (but not for me) — The Gray Report

MARKETING & SALES

• Paycheck or Purpose: What Drives Millennials?
• Supermarkets under pressure as consumers share spend wider
• The Japanese are moving beyond traditional, Old-World favourites
• White Port ‘gains traction’ at Waitrose

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ICCWS: New technological trends impacting wine marketing
• 10 Tips to Designing the Perfect Trade Advert *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Mobile Ad Blocking on a Steep Ascent Globally

MEDIA MATTERS

• May’s Best Reads on Drinks and Drinking

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Prosecco-flavored soda? It’s gone too far…
• Master of Wine Challenges Tenets of Industry
• Marselan from the Med reaches our shores at last!
• Searching for China’s signature wine grape
• The Red Wines To Drink If You Hate Tannins
• Washington wines inspired by Bordeaux

WINE PLACES

• The Perfect Road Trip Through California Wine Country
• Francois Hollande opens Bordeaux wine theme park – Cité du Vin
• Dunne on Wine: La Fuente Winery
• Bordeaux’s Cité du Vin Offers a Sexy Surprise

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Influence of arginine on fermentative metabolism of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Preliminary application of variable rate N-fertilization in the “Colli Piacentini” area

EUROPE & THE UK

• First conviction for selling alcohol “below cost” sees retailer fined
• The UK’s first biodynamic vineyard

OLIVE OIL

• Best Olive Oils Marketplace’ Offers World’s Top-Rated Extra Virgin Olive Oils

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

• New cider institute aims to guide fast-growing industry
• The Rise of Sour Beers – and Why They’re Here to Stay
• Perspectives on Africa and Asia: Understanding these growing beer markets
• Gin is in vogue again – but beware those barmy botanicals

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