NEWS FETCH — June 30, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Mystery of the missing Grange: $5 million wine collection feared stolen
• Sam Adams Brewer Seeks to Trademark ‘Brexit’
• Wine-grapes crop declines in Monterey County’s $4.8 billion ag industry
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• The world is running out of wine
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Paul Draper of Ridge Vineyards to Retire
• State lifts Napa’s mandatory water savings target
• Weather Helps Crush Santa Barbara County Wine Grape Production in 2016
• Pre-Register Now For The International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show to Get the Biggest Exhibitor Discount on launch Day*Sponsored Link*

BREXIT

• Here’s the Brexit reaction in Bordeaux
• How Much Will Brexit Impact Wine Drinkers?
• Brexit for wine lovers updated
• What Happens To Beer After Brexit?

DROUGHT/WATER

• Big fish in small pond: No room for bass in Gov. Jerry Brown’s delta tunnel plan
• Valley farmers, others come out against rail-water initiative
• Stanford researchers highlight steps toward sustainable groundwater management in California
• Strange bed flows: Managing groundwater and stream flow
• Summer of Fire: Drought Transforms Southern Sierra
• Parts Of Michigan Close To Drought Status

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Landscape After Shipping Success
• UPS gets in the wine business
• Traditional logistics suppliers see opportunities in serving the wine trade
• DoorDash will now deliver alcoholic drinks with your meal, starting in California

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Why TTIP will live on – but not in the EU

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2017 Results

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Crowdfunding Could Be In Your Portfolio But Not Too Much

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Luxury Marketing and 2015 En Primeur Wine in Bordeaux
• Can wine be an investment?
• Don’t panic, Captain Mainwaring
• Bonhams extends July sale
• HDH leads US auction market in 2016

HEALTH

• Here’s why you should never brush your teeth after drinking wine
• Scurvy, Vitamin C, and The Wine Trade
• Dolcetto championed as low histamine grape variety
• Is it OK to have a beer after exercise?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Texas Booze Law Called Absurd & Dishonest

DATA & TRENDS

• Improved Grape Data Tool
• Premium trend boosts US alcohol market

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why You Should Ignore the Wine Point System
• If point scores give you reassurance, go ahead and trust them
• Why You Should Serve Magnums at Your Next Party

MARKETING & SALES

• Personalization: Creepy or Cool? Online marketers report good results, but consumers find too many details “creepy”
• Do Small-Business Owners Even Need a Personal Brand?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The Power of Packaging: How to Win Over the Hearts and Minds of Consumers
• Riedel celebrates 260 years of glassware expertise

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• NY: Wine Symposium canceled as organizers decide to ‘take a breather’
• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 66% of people have used a messaging app to communicate with a businesses
• Facebook is cutting traffic to publishers in favor of user-generated content
• How big brands use Instagram, in five charts
• Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn brings more opportunity, behavioral data & tools for B2B marketers
• Nearly One-Third of the World Will Use Social Networks Regularly This Year
• Video Is Becoming an Important Part of Social Engagement

PAYMENTS

• Walmart Pay launches in all 100 stores across New York

MEDIA MATTERS

• Doug Pike’s Funny Old Wine World

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Are You Drinking Your White Wine Too Cold?
• What’s Lurking in Your Wine: Fish Bladders, Egg Whites, and Mega Purple
• The great Prosecco confusion

WINE PEOPLE

• The Italian nobles who became wine revolutionaries
• Winemaker Abrie Beeslaar of Kanonkop, South Africa (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Kiona remains Washington’s Lemberger champion
• On Long Island, Renovating Raphael
• A Day with John Williams at Frog’s Leap in Photographs by Stephen Smith

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Grapevines of Southern Spain will suffer more from the impact of climate change

EUROPE & THE UK

• Champagne: A vintage year
• Centuries-old winemaking in Bordeaux gets a modern twist

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Fastest Way to Chill Wine (The Ziplock Method)
• Monkeys And Chimpanzees Are Making Their Own Wine

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

• Lagunitas Brewing Co. takes stake in Moonlight Brewing Co., two other brewers
• Sam Adams Brewer Seeks to Trademark ‘Brexit’
• English beer could pay the price in Europe post-Brexit
• Texas Booze Law Called Absurd & Dishonest
• How Glassware Became a Beer Geek Obsession
• How Big Will Craft Get? Oregon’s Numbers are Suggestive

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