NEWS FETCH — June 17, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Former American Vintners Association President Bob Kalik has died
• Deutsch Relaunches Peter Lehmann As Australian Wine Rebounds
• Head of Sonoma Winegrape Commission vows to raise visibility – and prices – for Sonoma grapes
• FDA Issues Final Rule Under Food Safety Modernization Act
• Intense, prolonged, and potentially record-breaking June heatwave
• Far Niente Wine Estates sale finalized
• Elvio Cogno, One of Barolo’s Greats, Dies at 79
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• Impact of the ‘Brexit’ on Australian wine exports
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Planners approve rare winery with no visitors
• ETS Laboratories Expands California Operations
• Santa Barbara fire bad omen for dangerous California fire season
• A French visitor in Napa
• Pre-Register Now For The International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show to Get the Biggest Exhibitor Discount on launch Day*Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Is Drought Causing a Health Crisis in California?
• First step in California groundwater law stirs controversy
• Going, going, gone: California’s snowpack has vanished
• Climate change and the potential effects on water operations
• Controlled drainage is the new black

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Michigan Cracking Down on Direct-to-Consumer Sales
• Wineries Eye Direct Shipments to Pennsylvania

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 dipped to close the week
• Bordeaux 2015 vintage: Expert Guide
• L’Eglise Clinet 2015 released
• Vieux Chateau Certan 2015 released
• Rare DRC Les Gaudichots sold at Sotheby’s
• Bordeaux 2015: Pomerols set to stun?

HEALTH

• Done right, day drinking can be positively stimulating
• Mediterranean Diet with Olive Oil May Prevent Breast Cancer Relapse

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• To Waive or Not To Waive: Circuits Split on Allowing Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements
• Wine in groceries debate cropping up again in NY?
• NY: What Wine Drinkers Need to Know About the SLA’s Decision to Drop the Private Collections Proposal

DATA & TRENDS

• Convenience growth set to slow as online booms

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Factors that Impact Mid-Atlantic Wine Consumer Purchasing Decisions
• The World’s Best Wine Lists, From Restaurants to Airlines

MARKETING & SALES

• The Power of Brand Journalism
• Generation This, Generation That: Generation X
• Consumers to Brands: Don’t Monitor My Product Usage
• 7 Creative Strategies for Marketing Your Startup on a Tight Budget

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Your focus determines your reality: Social Analytics
• If it is not engaging the audience, then it’s not branded content
• Don’t Waste Your Budget on a Social Influencer — Use Data Instead

PAYMENTS

• New cryptocurrency introduces new risks

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Arguing “microbial terroir” from microbe to metabolite
• The Unbearable Preconceptions of Riesling
• Does the Best Bubbly Come From Germany?
• Minerality ‘only relevant to white wines’
• Debunking the wine myths
• 4 Popular Wine Myths That You Probably Believe

WINE PEOPLE

• Q&A: François Lurton, Global Winemaker
• Newton: Wines in motion
• Wine in his veins

ACADEMIA

• SUNY Cobleskill plans innovative fermentation program

EUROPE & THE UK

• Hubert de Boüard defamation suit underway

DOWN UNDER

• Full bodied growth for NZ wine industry

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile focuses on new wave wines as drive to push its dynamic credentials gathers pace

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Travels with my wine

MARIJUANA

• The First Big Company to Say It’s Serving the Legal Marijuana Trade? Microsoft.
• Big Pot: The marijuana industry learns from wine

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

• Will 3.2 Beer Finally Dry Up in Colorado?
• Budweiser’s voting power cited in CO Brewers Guild split
• Rough week for “Special Ed’s” Brewery which deleted Facebook page amidst criticism
• Native American tribe sues Budweiser
• How New Drinks and Categories Are Making Waves in the Alcohol Industry

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