NEWS FETCH — August 8, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Wine’s economic impact on California $57B, nation $114B
• Kosta Browne Buys Cerise Vineyards
• Tourism drives Napa Valley economy amid growing pains
• When water is more valuable than crops, farms can’t compete with thirsty cities
• Move Over, El Niño, La Niña To Affect Fall Weather
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• USA Trade Tasting Exhibitor Registrations Are Now Open. Secure Your Early Bird Rates and Grow Your Distribution In USA*Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Santa Barbara County oak protections: A model for SLO County?
• Culinary institute gets go-ahead to finance Copia revival in Napa
• River Rock Casino seeks to restructure debt
• Soberanes Fire may add a little smoky flavor to your wine
• California’s Next Big Wine Region: The Beckstoffers Bet On Red Hills
• Sonoma entrepreneurs are jumping aboard small specialized tours, from wine to food to beer
• Titus Family Wines buys St. Helena building
• Stony Hill’s Cult Chardonnay and Napa’s Longest Tenured Winemaker
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• A battle is brewing over whether cutting down trees will increase California’s water supply
• Visualizing Flows – A Sandbox Experience with Modeling
• The long arm of the drought
• California faulted for ignoring water during oil drilling frenzy
• Water district managers get pay hikes as rates increase, revenue drops
• Algae Outbreaks: Fed by Drought, Climate Change, Pollution
• 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

• Diageo to expand investment in U.S. beer
• Aldi boss admits discount chain uses cheap wine to lure middle-class shoppers to discount supermarkets
• Cut through all that paperwork and create more time for making wine! Click now to learn how *Sponsored Link*

DISTRIBUTORS

• Chicago: Small wine importers take off—and that’s good news for drinkers
• Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 Index continued to firm last week
• Sotheby’s SQN stunners

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Teaching consumers about wine, one person at a time
• Buying wine? You’re going to need a guide you can trust

MARKETING & SALES

• Instagram growth is stagnating. Be concerned, especially if you use it to reach Millennials and GenX.
• What to Do—and What Not to Do—On a Successful Sales Call
• Candy Has a Bearing on Whispering Angel’s Success?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Why Label Bashing is Bad for Everyone

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ASEV-ES Looks to the Future
• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• How Reach and Advertising Impact are Related in Total Audience
• Studies show people use only 5 apps on their smartphones

PAYMENTS

• It pays to use mobile payment in apps

MEDIA MATTERS

• How Google Analytics ruined marketing

MATTERS OF TASTE

• 10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About Remirez de Ganuza
• There’s really no reason not to be drinking organic wine
• Knowing The Perfect Time To Harvest Grapes Is The Difference Between Good And Great Wine
• A Primer to Bordeaux Wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Interview with Rebecca Murphy – Pt.II
• Melissa Monosoff Has Got Taste
• Uncorked: David Chan
• Claude de Nicolay of Burgundy’s Chandon de Briailles (podcast)
• Journalist Lingzi He (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Green Valley of Russian River Valley and the Petaluma Wind Gap

WINE EDUCATION

• WineTutor TV reaches 90% of the world’s MW students

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Michigan by the Storefront: MBTB Does it Again
• Great Wine Is Not Enough on the North Fork
• Where pinot fans gather, Virginia’s own makes a splash
• Mexico Has Its Own Wine Country—And It’s Amazing

ACADEMIA

• Purdue University struggles to support Indiana winery boom

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Is Spotted Wing Drosophila a Problem in My Wine Grapes?

EUROPE & THE UK

• Proposal seeks to replace “outdated” Rioja classifications
• Iranian investor moves in on Georgian wine region
• McWilliam’s clarify The Wine Society position
• Nearly 90% of UK wine drinkers considering themselves wine buffs

DOWN UNDER

• Tax changes will prompt layoffs in WA wine industry

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile must push limits

AFRICA

• Egypt wineries struggle to revive derided industry

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

• Craft brewers made their point, but antitrust ruling’s a win for A-B InBev
• An industry at a crossroads: closely-held craft brewers — noted for fierce independence — weigh options for succession (MI)
• What’s Next For the Craft Spirits Industry
• UK firm uses AI to brew ‘self-improving’ beer
• Stop the presses: the definition of craft beer

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