NEWS FETCH — July 12, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Wine Industry Mid-Year Report & Preliminary Brexit Analysis
• Pennsylvania Wine Shipping Law Fails Consumers and State
• NW wine industry mourns Walla Walla’s Duane Wollmuth
• California wine industry asks feds to tighten labeling standards
• Fallowing lawsuit narrows against Oakdale Irrigation District
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• EU Austerity Has No Effect On Greek Wine Exports To USA
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California Wine Hits New Heights
• Sonoma County winery development at issue in debate about events
• Justin Vineyards removed 15,000 oaks from Chimney Rock Road vineyard in 2011
• Looking To Grow Your Bulk Wine, Contract Bottling Service and Private Label Business? Then Get Involved with IBWSS Before July 31, 2016.*Sponsored Link*

REAL ESTATE

• Barolo’s Vietti Winery Sold to American Businessman

DROUGHT/WATER

• Delta Plan overturned
• There’s more to drought-proofing than water mandates
• Leave California’s ‘New’ Water in the Ground

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux 2015 proves ‘halcyon days’ are over
• Brexit Vote Sparks Uncertainty in Bordeaux

HEALTH

• Is Drinking Red Wine Really Better For You?
• Why is it so hard for me to stop after just one drink?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• USPTO Finds a Likelihood of Confusion for Duo for Beer and Duo for Wine
• What is the “Durbin Amendment” and What Does it Mean for Wineries?

DATA & TRENDS

• American Craft beer exports increased 16% in 2015

MARKETING & SALES

• What can innovators do to break down a consumer’s natural distrust of the new?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Champagne: why size matters
• Wine Packaging Design Entries Due July 22

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Grape production, market viability covered at Montana event
• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• How brands are jumping on the Pokémon Go bandwagon: the good and the bad
• Measuring ROI Still the Top Struggle for Social Marketers
• Optimizing content for popular traffic sources
• The new Facebook algorithm vs. your social strategy
• Snapchat’s ad sales strategy follows Facebook’s playbook
• Twitter expands GIF size limit to 15MB, but only for the web
• Your mobile attention span is now so short you won’t finish this article

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What are the most difficult winemaking decisions?
• Alsace Wine: A Guide For Oenophiles

WINE PEOPLE

• The Rebel Winemaker Of Bordeaux

WINE PLACES

• New Lewis-Clark Valley AVA in Idaho and Washington: A voyage of discovery
• 15 wine trails worth getting sidetracked on

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• How PA’s liquor law changes could affect locally made beverages for the better
• Idaho ag department awards $1.9 million to 15 specialty crop projects

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Optimising MLF and avoiding spoilage

EUROPE & THE UK

• The British sparkling wine on Bordeaux menus, and how Brexit could boost sales
• Battling the elements in Chablis
• Ukraine is turning to craft beer after economic and political upheaval rocks the nation’s wine industry.

DOWN UNDER

• Heath Wines wins $250k insurance bid over money lost to US buyer who failed to pay for wine orders
• OZ: Angove all in on organics

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Weathering the storm in China

AFRICA

• Not Even An Economic Slowdown Can Wet Down Nigerians’ Thirst For Fine Wine

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

• Will Imports Be the New Craft Beer?
• Beer Institute Announces New Guidelines That Promote Consumer Choice And Transparency
• Craft Brewers Brawl Over Catchy Names as Puns Run Dry
• How PA’s liquor law changes could affect locally made beverages for the better
• How Far Will Mass Market Lagers Fall?

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