NEWS FETCH — June 7, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Winemakers fight to save some of Oregon’s most coveted wine
• New Calif Assembly Bill Would Deprive ABC Licensees of Due Process Rights
• Will increasing California farm land prices slow, falter?
• EU Split Over Keeping Top Weedkiller on Market an Extra Year
• Critical Index Finds Smelt Nearly Extinct in Delta
• Turning Cemeteries Into Wine at a California Diocese
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• Coastal California Pinot Noir in Short Supply
• Georgia’s wine exports up 44 percent y/y
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Can synthetic wine threaten the Bay Area’s billion dollar wine industry?
• How to Get Your Beverage Brand aboard Cruises*Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Thanks to La Nina, drought could get worse this winter
• Think Modesto Irrigation District’s rates are low? Better think again
• Are drought truthers the new climate change deniers?
• Californians ramp up water conservation to 26.1% in April
• Cal Water Fix update: DWR and Reclamation send letter to State Board, opposing an extension of time
• California’s drought: How Trump’s blustering caricatured a genuine crisis

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Tesco simplifies own label wine range

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Lynch Bages 2015 begins today’s releases
• Pavie Macquin 2015 joins yesterday’s releases

HEALTH

• Large wine glasses ‘make people drink more’

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• House Bill Backs Bacardi’s Claim On Havana Club Trademark

MARKETING & SALES

• How To Design Your Sales Incentive Programs
• If you want to sell craft beer to women, you’re gonna have to do things differently and spice things up

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Intelligent wine packaging takes place of sommelier
• 7 Reasons Why You Should Buy Screw-Cap Wine

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Troubleshoot Your Facebook Ads in Just Minutes Using the ‘Grid Formula’
• Facebook denies listening in on users’ phone calls to target ads
• What Facebook Messenger’s evolution means for advertisers

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Netflix’s Groundbreaking Leave Policy Leads To Massive Stream Into Unchartered Territory
• Taco Bell Hit With Half A Million Judgment For Missed Meal Periods

MEDIA MATTERS

• Sideways: the Play

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Rhubarb Wine: A Tradition Reborn in the Vosges Region of France
• Coming Soon To Wine—Replicating Terroir in the Bottle
• The Only Wine Glass You’ll Ever Need

WINE PEOPLE

• Women Wine Makers of Burgundy: Out from the Shadows
• Chuck Wagner on Caymus, Conundrum and That Napa Dust in His Veins
• Interview: Moët Hennessy’s Rodney Williams Talks Champagne
• Michel Rolland in a Chinese winemaker’s eyes
• Six Glasses of Wine Stood Between David Keck and His Master Sommelier Title

WINE PLACES

• What It Takes To Become An AVA Wine Region
• Vineyard In The City? Definitely, And In Atlanta. Here’s Why.
• The Past Meets the Future at Alentejo’s Historic José de Sousa Winery

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Arable Labs introduces Pulsepod solar-powered farm sensor

EUROPE & THE UK

• Scots face new legal hearing over minimum alcohol pricing

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: The climate is ripe for some workable wine policy

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Dispelling China’s Prosecco confusion

OLIVE OIL

• A ‘Keurig’ for Olive Oil

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

• Lawsuits Alleging That Tito’s Handmade Vodka Is Not ‘Handmade’ Dropped
• The Boston Beer Company Is Losing to Smaller Breweries
• The future of craft depends on quality
• Beer-cizing—enjoying a brew at the end of a workout—is the funnest way to get fit this summer
• Is golden ale the new Chardonnay?

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