NEWS FETCH — July 29, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Temecula Winemaker Moramarco dies
• Where did bankrupt Premier Cru hide $63 Mil in missing money?
• Uber Has Yet to Reduce Drunk Driving Deaths
• The bigger picture if three times more Central Valley groundwater exists
• Modesto Irrigation District, Modesto settle $9 million over botched water plant
• Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Shakes Hands With Repeal Of Prohibition
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Mumm Kicks Off North Coast Harvest
• Good weather boosts early grape harvest on North Coast
• Looking To Grow Your Bulk Wine, Contract Bottling Service and Private Label Business? Then Get Involved with IBWSS Before July 31, 2016.*Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Reminiscing at Mondavi
• Hugging Margrit Mondavi
• Helper joins Quintessential
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Wash your hands: High level of fecal bacteria in the Los Angeles River
• The use – and misuse – of science in water resource policy and management
• Conservation Goals Can Keep California Afloat
• Looking To Grow Your Bulk Wine, Contract Bottling Service and Private Label Business? Then Get Involved with IBWSS Before July 31, 2016.*Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Brexit ‘not a big deal for us’ says Diageo chief
• Diageo Enjoys Rebound In 2016, As Nearly Every Major Brand Posts Growth In U.S.
• Diageo GB: sales growth driven by premium brands and innovation
• Cut through all that paperwork and create more time for making wine! Click now to learn how *Sponsored Link*

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• A Great Wine Collection To Be Dispersed
• Aus tracer technology to combat Chinese counterfeit wine
• Annual Auction of Washington Wines Set for Woodinville August 18th – 20

HEALTH

• Alcohol, Obesity Could Raise Esophageal Cancer Risk

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Utah’s new liquor tasting law adds new set of quirky rules

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Can’t decide on a bottle of wine? This app can help
• Facebook and YouTube are killing Vine
• How to Deliver High-Quality Social Customer Service

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Minimum-wage increase sinks Roseville bookstore

MEDIA MATTERS

• Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards 2016 shortlist

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Indigenous Grapes of Croatia: Posip
• Does Wine Belong in the Refrigerator?

WINE PEOPLE

• Nicolas Quillé helps lead Washington’s Riesling revolution
• How This Woman Turned Her Passion For Wine Into A Career That Allows Her To Travel
• Uncorked: Stefano Bartolomei
• Meet the winemaker: Dermot Sugrue

WINE PLACES

• Colorado: This is not France, this is not California
• Dredging Up Wine History In Lewes, DE

WINE TOURISM

• Wine Tourism and the Mid-Atlantic Wine Consumers’ Interest in Tasting Room Activities

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• 8 things Wine Curmudgeon learned during his Colorado wine adventure
• The Texas wine revolution

EUROPE & THE UK

• Loire: a new opportunity?
• Big Four’s stalling growth “can’t be blamed on Brexit”
• Outrage as the London Annual Champagne Tasting is cancelled
• 31 July 1395: The banning of Gamay

SOUTH AFRICA

• An extant 150-year old grapevine in Robertson could very well be the elusive Krystalli

IT’S FRIDAY, SO THERE’S THIS

• Dog balances wine glass on head

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

• Germany ousted as world’s biggest hop grower by US
• Government Tax Cuts And Incentives Are Driving Craft Beer’s Boom And Creating Thousands Of Jobs
• Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Shakes Hands With Repeal Of Prohibition
• New York’s Seltzer Market Bubbles Over
• What a Beer Startup Disrupting a $300 Billion Industry Can Teach You

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