NEWS FETCH — June 21, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Constellation To Pay $800 Million For Prominent Napa Winery Consortium To Boost Premiumization Effort
• Hyde de Villaine buys Napa winery & vineyard that have been its home since 2003
• Black founders of Healdsburg winery accuse bank of discriminatory lending
• Climate Change From A Global Wine Industry Perspective
• U.S. Economic Confidence Index Edges Down to -15
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• New Zealand’s 2016 harvest expected to be 34% larger
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Paso Robles Winemakers Divided Over Water
• Santa Barbara… Cabernet? New AVAs fuel Bordeaux varieties
• Grocery union reports high turnout for strike vote
• Brassfield Estate Winery hires Matt Hughes as Winemaker
• Pre-Register Now For The International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show to Get the Biggest Exhibitor Discount on launch Day*Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Drought bummer: Sierra water runoff coming up short
• Will Water Sector Help or Hurt on Climate Change?

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• What Does Brexit Mean For US?

FINANCE, M&A

• Diageo (DEO) Dividend Stock Analysis

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Figeac 2015 released: a watershed moment?
• Conseillante 2015 released
• Lafite Rothschild 2015 and Carruades Lafite released
• Ausone 2015 released

HEALTH

• In U.S., Moderate Drinkers Have Better Emotional Health Than Teetotalers or Heavy Boozers
• Drinking alcohol is linked with heart-rhythm disorder
• The Science of Beer Goggles

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Hundreds of Tennessee grocery stores approved for wine sales
• Hot Topic: The Food Safety Modernization Act

DATA & TRENDS

• Bubbling with joy

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• California’s Affordable Cult Wines

MARKETING & SALES

• Draw on Data for Efficient Wine Sales
• Father’s Day Data, and How It Sells Wine
• A comment on marketing, after receiving the latest Bordeaux hype from a press release

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Canned drinks: product differentiation more affordable
• Trial plantation to slash cork growing times

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Highlights from the 9th International Cool Climate Wine Symposium
• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 7 Social Branding Dos and Don’ts
• When brands and influencers screw up

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Ferment over furmint
• Wine Additives Explained
• Will My Hot Apartment Kill My Wine?

WINE PEOPLE

• Elvio Cogno, Barolo great and legacy producer, dies at 79
• Proust Q&A: Dominique Demarville

WINE EDUCATION

• Breaking down the Masters of Wine Stage 1 tasting exam

WINE TOURISM

• Wine Tourism in Portugal: Expect the Unexpected

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Hands-on Training Workshop: Using the Oregon Wine Resource Studio to Tell Your Story
• Launching August 2016: The Oregon Wine Resource Studio
• Ontario’s wine tax goes up, with more increases planned

EUROPE & THE UK

• Who’s Who in Denmark

DOWN UNDER

• WA’s Sandalford calls on Federal Government to reconsider Wine Equalisation Tax changes

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• American wine in China

MARIJUANA

• Treat marijuana industry like Washington wines

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

• Craft beer becomes what it once loathed
• Experimental hops take brewers to next frontier of IPAs
• A Bartender’s Perspective on Craft Beer
• Anheuser-Busch, distributor apologize to Lumbee Tribe for Budweiser campaign
• The Science of Beer Goggles

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