NEWS FETCH — August 15, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Beer continues to dominate American taste buds as wine and spirits decline
• Clayton Fire devastates Lake County town; thousands flee
• Napa: 44 years of tourism bashing & teeth gnashing
• Santa Barbara’s Jaffurs Winery Sold
• California farm communities pay price for decades of fertilizer use
• Big Weed is taking over
• Brexit could be delayed to late-2019
• 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

• By the numbers: California wine’s place in the world
• Yeast Cell Biologist Joins UC Davis Faculty
• Los Angeles and Lafayette rallies ask Governor Brown to VETO AB 1322
• Tasting stripped down at Hopper Creek, other wineries
• Mallory Paschich joins Nicora Winery
• Santa Rosa invites marijuana businesses to step out of the shadows
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• The backstory of a water shortage you knew nothing about
• Southern California water agencies shut down wells after discovering hazardous chemical
• Water Accounting: A New Frontier for California
• 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

• A story about what happens when crowdfunding meets winemaking
• 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

• Investors to look to “safe haven” fine wine post-Brexit

HEALTH

• The sobering truth about women and wine

DATA & TRENDS

• Pricing pressure mounts as US expected to overtake the UK as leading importer of Prosecco

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Organic Wine is the New Star of the Wine World (But Don’t Expect the Labels to Help You Find It)
• It’s The Sur Vs. Steve Show!

MARKETING & SALES

• Sparkling wine has fizzed in the last five years as the amount on sale nearly doubles
• Middle-class binge drinking creates ‘boom’ in sales of giant bottles of bubbly
• Avoid these four mistakes when launching a new wine brand
• How to sell surplus stock (Part II)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• A nasty Android malware is spreading using Google’s online ad network
• Adblock Plus blocks Facebook block of Adblock Plus block of Facebook block of AdBlock Plus block of Facebook ads
• Why Facebook Is Blocking Ad Blockers
• Twitter’s Share of US Social Network Users Is Dropping
• Twitter has a new kind of ad: Stickers
• Instagram’s version of Snapchat has finally turned it into a real video product
• Instagram gives marketers a new tool to muzzle haters

MEDIA MATTERS

• Champagne, Uncorked By Alan Tardi
• The Wine Show Is So Bizarre It Almost Can’t Help But Be Charming
• John Oliver on the decline of journalism. Don’t miss this trip into the sadly absurd.

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Forget Uber — tech pioneers are chasing the perfect Cab
• Why “natural wine” tastes so unnatural
• Rosé winemaking methods
• Of Jellyfish and Guardsmen
• Possibly Useful Wine Questions
• Determining a wine’s weight
• 3 things you need to know about drinking wine on planes
• How Do Wines Become Sweet?
• The history of coffee

WINE PEOPLE

• Jamie Kutch and the Refinement of California Pinot Noir
• Interview with Rebecca Murphy – Pt.III
• Uncorked: Felix Ho

WINE PLACES

• Le Domaine du Bagnol and the Emergence of Cassis

WINE EDUCATION

• Ste. Michelle steps up for Institute of Masters of Wine

WINE TOURISM

• Napa Wine Train launches reserve Private Reserve dinners

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• University’s new technology blossoming in agriculture
• Invisible Sentinel Develops New Spoilage Detection Tool for Winemakers

EUROPE & THE UK

• Torres reject Cava D.O. for new Spanish sparkling wine
• French vineyards revive horse-drawn ploughs
• A Growing Reputation for Wine, Nestled in the Czech Republic

DOWN UNDER

• Neudorf’s Judy Finn to head NZ ‘Family of 12’

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Alibaba Wants To Start The “Made In China”

LATIN AMERICA

• Chilean Winery’s Secret is Altitude and Attitude

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

• How the Soviets helped America’s craft beer revolution
• The five companies which control the world’s beer
• Here’s How Boston Beer Can Start Growing Again
• How Beekeepers and Brewers are Working Together
• Beer said to be good for the prostate

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