NEWS FETCH — August 16, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Clayton Fire dashes dream of Tuscany in Lake County
• Governor Brown declares state of emergency for SLO County
• Drought costs California farms $600 million, but impact eases
• The Billion Dollar Wine Boondoggle
• New TTB Labeling requirements guaranteed to confuse winemakers and rob consumers of vital information
• 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

• Man arrested on suspicion of starting Clayton Fire
• Culinary institute gets go-ahead to finance Copia revival in Napa
• Applicants sought for Temecula Wine Country county advisory council
• Napa Winemakers Use Unique Techniques to Battle Shifts in Climate
• Drinking History with the Hearst Family
• High sugar, fast movement forecast for California table grapes
• Hinchman joins Lede Family Wines
• Jeffries joins Robert Biale Vineyards
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Why the Endangered Delta Smelt Needs Relief
• International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show Speakers Announced. Learn all about Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, Contract Bottling and Private Label Business.*Sponsored Link*

DISTRIBUTORS

• Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux sales reach five-year high
• Spotlight on: Cristal
• Wine Legend: La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan 1929
• Cut through all that paperwork and create more time for making wine! Click now to learn how *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• Cheese and Champagne Might Be Causing Dandruff
• A glass of wine at night can help you lose weight

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• California ABC Announces 2016 New License Authorizations
• National Association Of Wine Retailers Asks Illinois Gov. Rauner Not To Make Felons Of Its Members
• Should Hair Salons Be Allowed to Serve Free Alcohol?
• Wine in barbershops?

DATA & TRENDS

• Restaurants Again Voted Most Popular U.S. Industry
• Measuring the immeasurable is shocking ~ Enolytics

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Premium restaurants: The art of wining, dining and buying at the top
• Boutique and artisanal wines not always the best

MARKETING & SALES

• Here’s how much restaurant sales slowed in spring
• Big Lessons In Marketing Wine To The Ys
• How to advertise your brand, products and services to Millennials

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Leave the ‘units’ to the killjoys. Let’s pop open the magnum!
• Sealing the Deal on the Closure Debate
• The truth about boxed wine

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• Chatbots versus humans: Who builds customer rapport better?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Industry Financial Symposium: Wine’s future challenges in 2020
• Wineries can now create live wine blends at the IBWSS Blending Laboratory
• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Which social media tools should you use for your business?
• Snapchat is paying $200 million to buy a search engine that helps people find things to do
• Facebook, Instagram Are Influencers’ Favorite Social Platforms
• Google is killing off Hangouts on Air in September

PAYMENTS

• A beginners guide to mobile payments, bitcoin, blockchain and robo-banking
• UnionPay’s mobile payments land in North America with Canada debut

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• What it’s Like to Work a Wine Country Harvest

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A Guide to Umbrian Wine
• A Cellar Unlike any Other: Aging Wine Underwater
• The new tastes of wine cocktails

WINE PEOPLE

• Lebanon: Kefraya’s founder Michel de Bustros, has died
• A Georgian Winemaker Rises from the Ashes

WINE PLACES

• The Sparkling Wine Region You Don’t Know About But Should
• Touring wineries in Chianti, Italy with an expert

WINE EDUCATION

• Thousands sign up for free online wine course

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA wineries show interest in Kennewick’s unbuilt urban wine center
• Niagara Wine Area Benefiting From Toronto Housing Shift

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Improving the wines of the world through DNA analysis
• Moving the needle on nitrogen fertilizer management in California agriculture
• Expanding the stable of workhorse yeasts

EUROPE & THE UK

• First post-Brexit figures show highest inflation in 18 months
• Jura Wine Revival the Real Deal
• How Czech Wine Got Its Terroir Back
• UK: Alcohol advertising complaint levels decline

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Customer list, website and 70,000 bottles of wine up for grabs, after Victorian wine brands enter liquidation
• Kiwi honey, wine face new Chinese rules
• OZ: Taking the water out of wine
• NZ: Marlborough wine magazine Winepress celebrates 25 years informing the industry
• McWilliam: We’re winemakers not retailers
• Wine Communicators Australia appoints new Executive Officer

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• The glamorous life of a wine importer in China
• Toast with Chinese Wine?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Badass squirrel invades British store, browses red wine selection

OLIVE OIL

• ‘Godfather’ of North Coast olive oil goes international
• Group receives $50,000 grant to coordinate olive oil research

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

• Following Sale to MillerCoors, Terrapin Co-Founder Purchases Asheville Brewery
• Is too much choice slowly killing craft beer?
• The rise of the neighborhood brewery
• Today’s Craft Beer Lovers: Millennials, Women and Hispanics
• Texas Craft Brewers Sue To Overturn State Regulation

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