NEWS FETCH — June 23, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Duckhorn an investor disclosure issue as Constellation evades & GI Partners remains silent
• Calif Ag board appointee moves forward despite labor conflict claims
• This is how you’re wasting 1/4 of your audience to ad blockers.
• Virgin Wines launches wine store on Amazon
• Predicting the Next “Meiomi” or “Apothic” Juggernaut Before It Happens
• Massive haul of seized Bordeaux auctioned
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• SLO Winery Not Allowed to Sell Wine
• A Lesson in the Loss of Denis Malbec
• Napa Valley vineyard worker drowned
• 3 new wine services companies reflect growth in Paso Robles’ industry
• SLO County proposed oak tree ordinance moving forward
• Outlook bright for table grape growers in 2016
• California Scientists Identify Bug Carrying a Dreaded Vine Disease
• Napa Valley hotel spending rises 12% to $368M
• Pre-Register Now For The International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show to Get the Biggest Exhibitor Discount on launch Day*Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Snowpack unlikely to recover drought until 2019, study finds; California
• Sonoma Creek watershed conservation grants ease vineyard erosion
• Heat and drought are destroying California’s trees

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• What will Brexit mean for fine wine?
• Is the trade turning a blind eye to Brexit’s silver-linings?
• Voting leave will push up the price of wine, says boss of Majestic Wine
• Britain rues the rules from EU_ pass the olive oil, please!
• Some View EU Olive Oil Decree as ‘Last Straw’ in Brexit Vote

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Morris Wines to be closed and sold by owners Pernod Ricard
• Tesco reports another quarter of ‘positive momentum’

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Alibaba founder buys two more French vineyards

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Wine grapes and pears help Lake County crop values set new record
• Southern Hemisphere Vintage a Mixed Blessing
• China’s annual consumption per capita is still modest at just 1.3 litres
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DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The Weird World Of Expensive Wine
• Merchants underestimated Bordeaux 2015 release prices

HEALTH

• The Science of Beer Goggles
• Parents’ ‘risky’ drinking encourages teens
• Club Drunk: How cognitive humans handle their cognitive ability

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• New York Beverage Credits To Include Wine, Hard Cider
• Texas and the Walmart lawsuit
• In a first, Mideast hub Dubai eases liquor rules for Ramadan

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• This is how a new algorithm finds some surprising wine values at Whole Foods

MARKETING & SALES

• Roadmap to Retail Growth: Why Bigger Is No Longer Better
• Guide To Snapchat for the Wine, Beer and Spirit Business
• Marketing In the Era of Consumer-Led Change
• 3 Ways Restaurant CRM Is Going to Change Your Next Night Out
• Virtual vintners have legs in China, toppling traditional importers
• Using customer data to create your marketing plan

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Happy 60th birthday to the Robert Mondavi Winery

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Bitterness: Examing the chemistry behind the taste sensation
• Consider Hyposmia ~ the aging palate
• Berger: Big price does not make great wine
• How the sounds you hear affect your taste
  
• Sugar wars in Alsace
• Napa’s Charles Krug Aims To Grow Reserve Tier And Market Vast Wine Library
• Chef Francis Mallmann slams wine pairings
• Why is there no red Champagne – ask Decanter

WINE PLACES

• Paris the booziest city in the world
• 5,000-Year-Old Wine Vessel Found in Georgia
• Great Northwest Wine: Cabernet Franc begins to take center stage
• Get To Know The Wines Of Alsace, France
• Unravelling the state of Georgian wine

EUROPE & THE UK

• 41% of UK pubs ‘still don’t offer wine list’

DOWN UNDER

• Online selling into China proving a success for some Western Australian agribusinesses
• Vital vote for Murray Valley wine grape growers
• Australian producers whine over tax rebates for Kiwis

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

• California Craft Beer Reaches New Heights with More than 700 Breweries in the State
• Maxxium reveals strategy for boosting spirits growth
• California Craft Beer Reaches New Heights with More than 700 Breweries in the State
• Ben & Jerry’s plan to make beer flavoured ice cream
• Over 3,000 cases of beer stolen from SweetWater Brewing Co.
• The Unhuman Cannonball is Britain’s most expensive pint at £15
• Walsh Whiskey opens €25m distillery
• This U.K. Brewery Is the Perfect Mix of U.S. and British Craft Styles

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