NEWS FETCH — August 22, 2016

TOP NEWS

• TTB Proposes to Shut Down COLA Exemption Appellation Labeling Loophole
• Diageo brands need fixing and nurturing
• New plan calls for lower flows in Russian River
• Rough Winter In Store For Much Of The U.S.
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley Predict a Knockout Vintage
• USA Trade Tasting Exhibitor Registrations Are Now Open. Secure Your Early Bird Rates and Grow Your Distribution In USA*Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BURNING

• Destructive Blue Cut fire is 68% contained as flames continue to rage across the state
• Hearst Castle threatened by fast-moving fire west of Paso Robles
• At least 96 homes destroyed in Southern California wildfire

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• ‘Sistahs’ book club returns to Napa – laughs as loud as they like
• Temecula Valley Wine Country, key destination to watch in 2016-2017
• Napa County planners glad to see horses instead of grapes
• American Canyon’s Watson Ranch flies with Napa’s Airport Land Use Commission
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• In California, who owns the water?
• California Drought’s Impact on Health to be Revealed
• ‘Blob’ may help drought-stricken California
• ‘Climate change is water change’: Why the Colorado River is headed for trouble
• Scott Valley pioneers instream flow and groundwater management for reconciled water use
• International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show Speakers Announced. Learn all about Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, Contract Bottling and Private Label Business.*Sponsored Link*

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Temperature Control Impacting Wine Shipments
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DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Auction of Washington Wines raises record $3 million
• Fine Wine 50 Index has continued to rise last week
• Coins, wine and whisky – Alternative investments reaping 500% returns

HEALTH

• A bottle of wine a day is not bad for you and abstaining is worse than drinking
• Britain needs to chill out about giving wine to children
• Here’s How Champagne Prevents Dementia & Alzheimer’s
• UK: CMO’s messaging around moderate drinking recommendations could potentially be diluted

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Who is always responsible for filing TTB label approvals?
• Pennsylvania supermarket sells wine, a 1st since Prohibition

DATA & TRENDS

• Enolytics Case Study: Direct To Consumer Data for a California Winery

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Ideal Wine For Every Kind Of Beer Lover

MARKETING & SALES

• The Guardian starts selling time-based ad campaigns
• How chatbots can help small business

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine In Kegs: This Time, Are They Here To Stay?
• Debating Diam
• Why America is drunk on canned wine

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• How brands can make themselves heard in social media’s echo chamber
• 3 Reasons You Should Ignore Pokémon Go
• 3 Ways to Showcase Your Product’s Quality Online
• Twitter debuts ‘quality filter’, but what does it do?
• Google will kill Chrome apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux in early 2018
• Facebook suspends Domain Insights, changing rules of the road for new publishers
• Two months in, Twitter’s emoji targeting hasn’t taken off … yet

MEDIA MATTERS

• The curious case of sports writers who switch to wine
• Heimoff has retired

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How Yeast Affects The Taste of Wine
• Can the World’s Love of Champagne now be Challenged?
• Italy’s Franciacorta Takes On Champagne
• The mystery and allure of Nebbiolo
• Space and booze, an anecdotal history
• The Crush Is The First Step In Turning Grapes Into Wine
• You’re Serving Your White Wine Too Cold
• How Wine Travels Impact a Wine Road Warrior

WINE PLACES

• In the Cellars of Burgundy’s Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Advocates remain divided over wine industry in Sammamish River Valley
• Kansas wine industry without key designation
• Niagara’s little sister wine region growing up
• Parts Of New York Now In Extreme Drought

ACADEMIA

• Plumpton College spreads global roots for English wine expertise

EUROPE & THE UK

• Georgian family makes wine from grape variety feared extinct
• Is the Future for Nebbiolo in Piedmont Under Attack?

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Martinborough’s small vineyards have a hidden secret

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China Buys 22% more Wine in the first half of 2016
• China’s Consumers Flock To Imported Wines
• ASC and Yalumba set to boost Chinese and Australian public diplomacy with wines
• Japan could give tourists tax break on alcohol

SOUTH AFRICA

• Transforming the SA wine industry

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

• Beer Cost to Rise After Barley Lashed by French, German Rain
• Why yeast is craft beer’s ‘God particle’
• America’s single malt rivals to Scotch
• Alternating proprietorships could alleviate capacity constraints for craft brewers (MI)
• The 10 Worst Beers In The World

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