NEWS FETCH — August 10, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Owner of Bankrupt Wine Store Premier Cru Will Plead Guilty to Fraud
• Williams Selyem Winery buys historic zinfandel vineyard
• Sea Smoke Acquires Adjacent Rita’s Crown Vineyard
• Monterey Fire Still Blazing but Wind Keeps Vineyards Safe
• False logic of state control over wines
• Chemicals from fire-fighting foam found in drinking water
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Napa Valley’s 2016 wine grape harvest underway
• Champagne shortage looms after frost, rot and mildew
• Grapes from 500-year old Austrian vine yield first harvest
• USA Trade Tasting Exhibitor Registrations Are Now Open. Secure Your Early Bird Rates and Grow Your Distribution In USA*Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• UC Davis Looks to the Future
• Ford, Jobs, Musk inspire Napa winery owner Mike Davis
• Chappellet named to V Foundation post
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• MWD rolls the dice with our water supplies during drought
• Oakdale Irrigation District: All About Politics?
• Creative Incentives to Boost Groundwater Recharge
• Environmental groups ask California officials to save endangered fish in San Francisco Bay Estuary from extinction
• 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought
• 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

• LVMH-Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton: King Of Luxury
• Cut through all that paperwork and create more time for making wine! Click now to learn how *Sponsored Link*

DISTRIBUTORS

• Wirtz-led booze wholesale business evolving with the times
• Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine fraud increasingly difficult to detect, prevent
• Wine investing may be your tipple of choice
• July highs for Talbot
• Online wine auction house launches in HK

HEALTH

• Research shows alcohol could damage lungs

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It Too: Ninth Circuit Confirms a Party May Waive Its Right to Arbitration by Its Conduct
• Are N.J. restaurants that don’t list drink prices breaking the law?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Is sake considered wine or beer?

MARKETING & SALES

• Why nostalgia is key to successful sensory marketing

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The great debate of cork vs. screw cap
• Seeking closure for wine

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Master of Wine, Tim Hanni Joins IBWSS as Technical Director
• WSU to host conference on automating agriculture
• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Data Visualization: What Makes a Great Infographic?
• Instagram castrated Snapchat like Facebook neutered Twitter
• How to manage Facebook pages for a multi-location business
• How Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram Are Reinventing Niche Marketing
• Twitter opens Moments to more influencers and brands

MEDIA MATTERS

• Chrome is finally going to block Flash

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Term Small Batch is Everywhere, But What Does it Really Mean?
• Why the Champagne You’re Drinking Might Be Fake

WINE PEOPLE

• Founder of Vermont’s Vineyard Brands Looks Back
• After half a century, Camillo Magoni still looks for his legacy wine

WINE PLACES

• 5 Reasons You Need To Visit Oregon Wine Country Now
• Marchesi Antinori: A vocation for wine dating back to the XIV century

WINE EDUCATION

• How to Tell You Have Mastered a Wine Region

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Can audio playback interrupt GWSS mating?
• Optimising grape harvest for wine style
• Irrigation effects on grape and wine quality and economic efficiency
• Natural wine group VinNatur releases controversial farming and production guidelines

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Morrisons extends deal with Ocado, expanding delivery nationwide
• UK: “Wine superstore” launched on eBay
• A Night Of Terroir That Won’t Scare You

DOWN UNDER

• Australian wine industry questions integrity of wine ratings (podcast)
• OZ: Vineyards produce enthusiastic vibe

SOUTH AFRICA

• Oak barrels in South Africa: less is more

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

• The Term Small Batch is Everywhere, But What Does it Really Mean?
• Why Does Alabama Want to Collect Data on Craft Beer Drinkers?
• Hard cider on the rise in Sonoma County
• Ford wants to make car parts from tequila plant
• Mega-mergers threaten craft brew industry

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