NEWS FETCH — July 8, 2016

TOP NEWS

• U.S. Wine Market On Pace To Grow By More Than 20 Million Cases By 2020
• Wine Shipping Sees Growth Across the US
• Farm Labor Contractors At Risk With New Joint Employers Test
• Rabobank: EU Referendum outcome to have ‘critical implications’ for beverage sector
• France in a Flap Over Bidding Adieu to Vine Herbicide
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• 2016 Harvest Report: South Africa
• Armenia’s wine and brandy outputs growing as winemakers continues working with losses
• Noncitrus fruit production down in 2015
• Cut through all that paperwork and create more time for making wine! Click now to learn how *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Central Coasting: Soledad an important part of county’s wine industry
• Wine for a Good Cause: Humanitas
• Basayne joins Platypus Wine Tours
• Pre-Register Now For The International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show to Get the Biggest Exhibitor Discount on launch Day*Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• California May conservation rate is 28%
• Californians still saving water, even after restrictions loosened
• Desalination plants get a reboot to fight water shortages
• What the purchase of some islands in the Delta means for California water
• Delta smelt symposium, part 3: The path forward: Climate change, recovery planning, and restoration
• Downtown L.A.’s five-year rain total is lowest ever recorded

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Bringg Enables Booze-Up to Deliver Alcohol in Just 4 Minutes

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• 2015 U.S. wine exports eke out a modest gain
• What does Brexit mean for supermarket wine?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Concha y Toro leads corporate reputation ranking in Chile

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Crowdfunding and PR: Have You Thought This Through?

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine Wine 50 Index maintained a strong momentum this week

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TN: Kroger’s collects petition signatures to put wine sales on November ballot

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Don’t Order These Wines In a Restaurant

MARKETING & SALES

• Could Tracking Tannin Triple Ontario Wine Sales?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Five reasons why you should invest in social customer service

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Oops! Wearables can leak your PINs and passwords

MATTERS OF TASTE

• 6 Summer Vineyard Pests That Can Ruin Your Wine Before It Leaves The Vine
• Does a grower’s personality enter into the wine?
• Gene Mutation Could Ruin Japanese Sake
• How Hoxie Spritzer Is Making Wine Cooler Than Ever
• Godello Wines Have Arrived

WINE PEOPLE

• Maggie Henriquez helped Krug Champagne re-establish its founder’s message
• Realizing Kevin Vogt’s fourth goal

WINE PLACES

• Etna Fumes and Spews, but the Winemaking Goes On

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MI wine industry giant dies unexpectedly
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Invests in Wine Grape Research Program
• ID: Lindsay Creek Vineyards adds to growth of Lewis-Clark Valley wine
• WA: Double Canyon to build winemaking facility near Red Mountain
• Inside the Philadelphia wine market
• Noviello Vineyards in Chelan, Washington Has Hired Garrett M. Grubbs as its Winemaker

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Why a half-degree temperature rise is a big deal

EUROPE & THE UK

• HPE’s London boozer dubbed the ‘Hewlett You Inn?’
• Who is Who in Denmark Part II
• Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Rich and Spicy Wines With a Historical Heritage

DOWN UNDER

• Upscale New Zealand Players Cloudy Bay And Loveblock Look Beyond Sauvignon Blanc
• OZ: Barossa’s stories inspiring environmental best practice

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Someone paid $10,900 for 30 giant Japanese grapes

LATIN AMERICA

• Uruguay’s Rising Red and White Grapes

MARIJUANA

• Washington’s total recreational marijuana sales pass $1 billion

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

• Former Fitger’s Brewhouse owner and brewer start craft beer think tank
• You Can Now Drink Beer Brewed By Artificial Intelligence
• Southern Wine & Spirits and Glazer’s Inc. Complete Merger
• How you define craft beer determines whether it is ‘slowing’ or not
• Can we trust the words ‘craft beer’ anymore?

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