NEWS FETCH — August 3, 2016

TOP NEWS

• O’Neill Vintners & Distillers Acquires Robert Hall Winery
• Splinter Group Spirits partners with Vintage Wine Estates
• Giammattei, member of Geyserville winemaking family, dies in Petaluma sidewalk crash
• UC footed lavish luxury travel for Davis chancellor Katehi
• Wine floods streets of French town after act of sabotage
• EPA cancels Flubendiamide insecticide use in the US
• WikiLeaks Proves the Alcohol Industry Is Working Against Marijuana
• U.S. Economic Confidence Hits -10 in Final Week of July
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Heat wave in Central Valley impacts fruit, nut crops
• USA Trade Tasting Exhibitor Registrations Are Now Open. Secure Your Early Bird Rates and Grow Your Distribution In USA*Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa oak ballot measure proponents appeal court decision
• Change in Wine Direction for Chamisal
• Sage Architecture: The go-to designers for wineries in the foothills
• Jackson Family Wines appoints new sales director
• Humboldt County Marijuana Gets Legit: County Launches Tracking To Ensure Pot Products Make The Grade.
• Krupp’s Last Taming of the Shrubs
• Calistoga’s Aubert Winery looks to expand winery facility
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• California water conservation dips as relaxed drought rules take effect
• Delta tunnel project under scrutiny as hearings begin
• What We Can Learn About How the French Manage Groundwater
• Accounting and accountability in California water
• Looking To Grow Your Bulk Wine, Contract Bottling Service and Private Label Business? Then Get Involved with IBWSS Before July 31, 2016.*Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Zepponi & Company Advises on Sale of Robert Hall Winery
• International Spirit & Beverage Group retired 100 Mil shares
• 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

• Liv-ex trades English wine for first time
• Which wines should you buy for long-term growth?
• 10 Pitfalls and Promises of Collecting Fine Wine

HEALTH

• Should you say no to prosecco with your pancakes?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• The Continuing Saga In the Never Ending Tale of Arbitration Agreements
• How Wine Got Caught Between Commerce and States’ Rights
• Charleston, WV votes to allow alcohol sales on Sunday mornings

MARKETING & SALES

• 3 Ways Social Media Data Can Improve your Winery’s Marketing

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Can wine in a can replace conventional bottles?
• Meaningless Wine Label Lingo, Debunked

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• First sommelier wine app preparing inaugural launch in London
• Instagram just cloned Snapchat’s Stories feature to get more people sharing
• Why chatbots are replacing apps
• Facebook confirms trials of mid-roll ads on Facebook Live
• Never discuss politics on Facebook, dummy

PAYMENTS

• Bitcoin drops 20% after $70M worth of Bitcoin was stolen from Bitfinex exchange

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• CA Legislature will reconsider bill on overtime pay

MEDIA MATTERS

• Oz Clarke crowned top communicator

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why the Wines Abroad Taste Fresher Than Those Back Home
• Common wine ‘flaws’ and wine faults – Oxidation and reduction
• Sometimes we don’t taste the same wine often enough
• 50 Wine Facts from 50 United States
• Lighter zinfandels are back in favor
• Oregon Pinot Gris ~ Oregon’s Second Largest Grape Crop

WINE PLACES

• 5 Up-and-Coming Wine Regions
• 5 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Napa

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Wildfire narrowly misses DavenLore Winery near Prosser

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Scientists’ annual physical of planet: ‘Earth’s fever rises’

EUROPE & THE UK

• Prosecco and Coravin lead UK on-trade wine trends
• The Wine Roads of Croatia: Ludbreg

DOWN UNDER

• Aussie wine industry surging after ‘enormous’ demand from China
• Increasing competitiveness for Australia’s wine and grape industry
• NZ: Matua winery among nearly $50m of sales

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• E-commerce driving China’s wine sales
• China launches Georgian wine e-commerce platform

LATIN AMERICA

• Uruguay is hot among those who like cool wines

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

• Top 4 Tips to Buying or Selling a Craft Brewery
• Craft Brew Alliance: Just The Slightest Buzz For BREW Shares Despite A Searing Hot M&A Sector
• Beer Institute Releases Domestic Tax Paid Estimate
• ABA Spent $10.6 Million In Unsuccessful Fight Against Philadelphia Soda Tax

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