NEWS FETCH — August 23, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Why UK wine could win big after Brexit
• CA State Senate passes farmworker overtime bill
• Smoke Taint Addressed as Northwest Harvest Begins
• New Zealand wine hits 21st consecutive year of ‘significant’ growth
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• New Zealand wine exports: Top destinations
• Flash floods hit Ningxia vineyards
• USA Trade Tasting Exhibitor Registrations Are Now Open. Secure Your Early Bird Rates and Grow Your Distribution In USA*Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sta. Rita Hills AVA Expansion Approved
• Napa Valley wine tourism: ‘How do we safeguard a place without loving it to death?’
• CA Legislature approves bill for beer at the barber
• Frog’s Leap Winery wins visitor expansion and jamming rights
• Marijuana set to change North Bay business
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• The West without water: What can past droughts tell us about tomorrow?
• Utilities key to filling gaps in California’s water data, report says
• Why California Water Fix Is a Path to Extinction for Native Fisheries
• 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

• Wine by mail now ok in Arizona
• Cut through all that paperwork and create more time for making wine! Click now to learn how *Sponsored Link*

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Announces Retirement of Barry Zeidwig, EVP and GM of North Florida
• Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• UK: Elderly wine investors scammed by cold caller who sold off entire collections before fleeing
• Liv-ex 50: Performance by currency

HEALTH

• With moderate drinking under fire, brewers go on offensive
• “Wine. Immediately.” The depressing reason so many women today drink.
• The Evidence Mounts, Grapes are Good for Body & Brain
• You’re Doing It Wrong: Teeth Brushing After Wine Drinking
• Five lies you’ve been told about alcohol

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Is British bubbly America’s next wine craze?
• Why Is Champagne So Expensive?

MARKETING & SALES

• 5 Smart Ways to Integrate Cross-Promotion With Online Marketing

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Strong Exhibitor Registration For ProWine China 2016
• The Chicago Independent Spirits Expo Returns for a 6th year
• Australian Wine Industry Trade Exhibition 2016 reports positive outcome
• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• US Snapchat Users Will Increase by Double-Digit Percentages This Year and Next
• 22 Hidden Facebook Features Only Power Users Know
• Image Sizes for Social Networks

MEDIA MATTERS

• A Sneaky Preview of a Work in Progress: “Around the World in Eighty Wines”
• Seattle’s Sean Sullivan writes for famous Pocket Wine Book
• Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2017 – 40th anniversary edition

WINE PEOPLE

• Wine Lovers—Please Step Up To Help One of the Good Guys!
• Zraly’s Last Class Before Retiring

WINE PLACES

• New Zealand – Exhilarating Wines from a Pristine Land
• The Italian Wine Regions You Should Visit Next
• Italy’s Next Wine Frontier
• Brunello Confidential

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• There’s a place for socially responsible technology in winemaking

EUROPE & THE UK

• Tourist spending in UK surges after pound’s Brexit slump
• UK: Weather turns heat up on grocery sales

DOWN UNDER

• Tasmania’s vineyards and food producers urged to capture more value in a regional food brand
• Australian Sauvignon Blanc is back following years of New Zealand ‘Sauvalanche’
• OZ: Sheep, weeds and healthy wine
• Wolf Blass: looking back on 40 years of Black Label

LATIN AMERICA

• Post-Olympic Impact On Brazil’s Wine Industry
• EU argues Colombia tax on imported spirits is discrimination, asks for WTO panel to rule

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Luxury Mercedes concept contains wine chiller

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

• Craft beer among casualties of Hilltop warehouse fire (OH)
• Oklahoma’s craft brewers left to hope new law passes muster
• Craft Distillers Tap Pure Sugar Cane For A Southern Rum Renaissance
• Americans Love Their Tequila Shots Even as Trump Bashes Mexico
• Is Patriarchy to Blame for the Way Women Drink?

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