NEWS FETCH — June 14, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Vineyards, grain supplies have stake in “Goofy” Federal Plowing-Is-Pollution Case
• U.S. vintners fracture over TTIP wine debate
• Control States Up Their Game
• Bronco’s Bright Green Future (PDF)
• U.S. Economic Confidence Index Holds at -12
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• Non-Champagne Sparklers Are Thriving, Led By Prosecco, Cava And Korbel
• Georgian Wine Export Increases by 44 Percent
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa County approves Walt Ranch vineyard project
• Love it or hate it, sauvignon blanc is #2 in Sonoma
• Central Coast vineyard that cut oaks did not mention that in permit app
• Mendocino County divided into cannabis appellations
• Napa Valley’s appellation history reveals colorful past
• French Trade Official Visits Napa Valley
• Way Out on the West Sonoma Coast
• Women for WineSense Hosts Segmented Media Training June 15th
• How to Get Your Beverage Brand aboard Cruises*Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Surprising Way Climate Change Is Impacting Water
• Stockton water fee increase would help fight the twin tunnels
• Lots of California isn’t metering its water
• State Water Board issues ruling, grants 27-day extension of deadline to submit objections for California Water Fix hearing
• The Delta Plan: Putting the pieces together

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Britain’s trade options after Brexit: no easy way out

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Majestic sets out to build customer base and become UK’s favourite wine specialist

FINANCE, M&A

• Microsoft is buying LinkedIn for $26.2 billion

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Troplong Mondot 2015 released
• Montrose 2015 released
• Leoville Las Cases 2015 released: onward and upward
• Pavie and Angelus 2015 released at €252 per bottle
• Bordeaux 2015: and now LLC
• Bordeaux 2015: the final push

HEALTH

• Alcohol intake is associated with increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
• What’s really causing that red wine headache

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Small Business Gets a Voice on Regulations — Finally!
• How a state law killed an Arizona winery
• Those “semi-generic” European place names? Let’s ditch them

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Vintage Accuracy Once Again Under Scrutiny

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine Label Performance: Online Sales Versus Retail
• Nielsen ranks brands that are building momentum: One cider, no beer, no wine, but other Wonderful* things

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The Three Ages of Wine Cork Production: A Visit to Corticeira Amorim
• Where Do You Stand in the Boxed vs Canned Wine Debate?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Snapchat gets serious about advertising as it unveils API, ad tech partners and plans to show branded content in-between Stories
• Facebook CPMs Up 71% in Q1

PAYMENTS

• Apple Pay is coming to websites and it’s a really big deal

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• TIPS Releases New Online Alcohol Server Training Program for Restaurants, Bars, and Hotels

MEDIA MATTERS

• New eBook – Conversations with Winemakers: Mendoza
• Secrets of the speechwriter
• Born Digital Wine Awards open for entry

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Instagramming Your Food Could Make It Taste Better

WINE PEOPLE

• Christian Bellei aims to take Italian sparklers new places
• Bruce Tyrrell of Tyrrell’s Wines, Australia (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Nine ‘hipster’ wineries that are hot in NYC

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Ontario: LCBO net sales hit record $5.57 billion in 2015-16, delivers 22nd consecutive increase on dividend
• Seven Ponds Winery to replace All Sisters Winery in Bayfield (WI)

ACADEMIA

• Oregon Wine Experience posts Oregon Wine University class schedule

EUROPE & THE UK

• Cava aims to climb to the “top of quality wine pyramid” with premium classification
• Tokaj Commemorates its Holocaust Connection

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Another Taranaki fruit winery at risk of being liquidated
• OZ: Wine and cotton industries receive $3m boost to develop new yield and disease monitoring systems
• OZ: ’Farming water’ helps wine grape and citrus growers stay afloat
• Improving Australia’s winegrape profitability through digital technologies
• NZ: Cloudy Bay vows to bring fine Pinot Noir to the masses
• OZ: Why you might be paying more for your favourite Margaret River wine

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s Bordeaux: winemakers in ‘gold rush’ to turn desert into vineyards
• Shifting frontiers in the Chinese wine market
• Wine culture is growing in South Korea as drinkers gradually open up to the category

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa’s farmers can benefit by reducing their water use

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

• CO Governor Signs Grocery Beer Sales Bill
• 14 Breweries Split from Colorado Brewers Guild
• Activists for disabled not laughing at Special Ed’s Brewery logo (CA)
• How New Belgium became the most employee-friendly craft brewery in America

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