NEWS FETCH — August 9, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Growers at 12 wineries watching crop exposed to smoke from Soberanes Fire
• Illinois Governor Urged To Veto Wine Drinkers Felony Bill
• Jail time for corporate officers: How DeCoster affects Food and Beverage Execs
• Understanding how Brexit might affect the wine industry from a Spanish perspective
• U.S. Economic Confidence Index Holds at -10
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Washington on track for record wine grape harvest
• USA Trade Tasting Exhibitor Registrations Are Now Open. Secure Your Early Bird Rates and Grow Your Distribution In USA*Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Williams Selyem Winery owner Donates $500,000 To Help Ensure Clean Grapevines
• Ray Johnson Appointed SSU WBI Executive Director
• Napa County Planners grant quick approval to Taylor Family Vineyards
• How does Napa Valley cope with success?
• Lodi 101 for this week’s visiting wine bloggers
• Chatterbox Wine Marketing Services names DiNapoli as COO
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Lake Mead still shrinking, but lower consumption offers glimmer of hope
• Changes in irrigation demand behind Colorado River fluctuations
• Looking To Grow Your Bulk Wine, Contract Bottling Service and Private Label Business? Then Get Involved with IBWSS Before July 31, 2016.*Sponsored Link*

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Winery wastewater problem solved by internet of things
• Cut through all that paperwork and create more time for making wine! Click now to learn how *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• No Matter The Stated Trade Agreement, Wine Protectionism Lives On

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Farmers Business Network raises $20 million to help farmers avoid spending on what they don’t need

DISTRIBUTORS

• How To Create Targeted Distribution and Launch Strategy
• Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux: The Fallacy of Futures
• Angelus 2009 and 2010 hit all-time highs
• Self-pouring wine machine for sale (just £25,000)

HEALTH

• New pill to take away pleasurable effects of alcohol

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Food and Beverage Industries Face Common Challenges
• Changes to Pennsylvania liquor, wine sales go into effect

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• What Can Jury Duty Teach Us About Wine Markets?

MARKETING & SALES

• Festivals and wine brands: how to chase and capture Millennials’ imaginations
• Alcohol beverage marketing: Here’s why brands are in high spirits
• How Reach and Advertising Impact are Related in Total Audience

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Corrugated Packaging Receives Accolade from Major Wine Company
• Sacmi to create ceramic barrels for ‘turnkey winery’ following $2.9m acquisition

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Plaimont reveals programme for grape study conference
• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 5 Social Media Slip-Ups and How Your Wine Business Can Avoid Them
• How to Have a Personal Social Media Account Without Hurting Your Business
• 5 Psychology-Based Methods to Connect With Your Audience
• Email deliverability is on the decline
• 5 reasons chatbots will revolutionize the way we do business

PAYMENTS

• Tilt dives into one-to-one payments

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• 10 business lessons learned from the founders of Barefoot

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine’s Future Shock

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why You Should Be Worried About Piemonte Nebbiolo
• The return of Carmenere?

WINE PEOPLE

• Bernard Repolt: Burgundy in the Blood
• 30 Years of a Grappa Fanatic’s Work

WINE PLACES

• A Wine-Lover’s Guide To Santorini
• Wherever You Go, There Amphora Is–Even In Bordeaux

WINE EDUCATION

• Corney & Barrow HK launches wine course

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• B.C. Wineries Face Mandatory Membership
• What’s driving Mexico’s wine boom?
• OR: AniChe Cellars banks on future in downtown Hood River
• A Wine Business Built With Private Cellars

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Production Winemaking

EUROPE & THE UK

• Growing industry calls for Defra to rejoin OIV
• Brexit could put “dangerous” pressure on companies to cut corners
• UK Government advice on drinking ‘at odds with common sense’
• Consumer Confidence Steady Across Much of Europe Before Brexit, but Low Scores Persist

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Hitch-hiking stink bug a major concern for Marlborough wine industry
• ‘Red dynamite’ origins of Margaret River winemaking
• Clare Valley winemaker Peter Barry in court over alleged assault

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• The future is now in China

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile’s new food labelling laws commence

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa: On wine allocations

TODAY, IN DOUCHEBAGGERY

• Trump’s DC Hotel Will Serve Wine By the Spoon

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Start-up invents a cotton shirt that’s resistant to coffee, wine and sweat

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

• 10 business lessons learned from the founders of Barefoot, the biggest wine brand in the US
• ‘We give the brewer superhuman skills’: Using artificial intelligence in brewing
• How to Start Your Own Craft Brewery
• Sam Adams’s Secret Weapon For Winning Back The American Craft Drinker
• 6 Craft Breweries Improving their Sustainability Efforts

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