NEWS FETCH — August 26, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Wine Industry Insight to launch major series Monday on dire consequences of Clean Water Act enforcement confronting every U.S. property owner with special implications for Ag
• How Wineries Are Getting Sold And Still Keeping Their Souls
• The Percentage of Americans who drink any alcohol edges up (Still below historic highs of mid-1970s)
• Can Scientific Rigor Describe Wine Terroir?
• LA’s largest wine estate on sale for $12.8m
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Lodi’s 2016 harvest is all of the above (so far)
• Frost and hail see Austria’s wine yields slashed
• Bad French Weather, Brexit To Raise Wine Prices
• Spring rains take their toll on Portugal’s wine-grape production
• Grow your distribution with USATT. Only few days left to get your early bird exhibitor pricing for USA Trade Tasting. Book your space with 25% down and secure the lowest rates.*Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• North County buddies find success in canned wine business
• Firefighters fight back-to-back fires in Napa area
• Marley Natural cannabis brand gets approval as Santa Rosa’s first pot processor
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Agricultural Innovation in a Water-Scarce World
• Farms as floodplains: A summary after five years of experimental flooding of agricultural land
• San Fernando Valley will soon store 5 billion gallons of stormwater
• The West without water: What can past droughts tell us about tomorrow?
• 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

• 48 wineries have gotten new Pa. wine shipment licenses
• State’s wine lovers order about 14K bottles to South Dakota
• Cut through all that paperwork and create more time for making wine! Click now to learn how *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Worried About ‘Free Trade’? Let’s Strive For ‘Ethical Trade’ Instead

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Australian Vintage Limited: Will There Be A Toast?
• Short term pain, long term gain for Australian Vintage Limited

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine Wine 50 Index now at its highest level since July 2013

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How drinking fashions change: a historical take on the British fizz fervour
• Sommeliers: End Game
• The World’s Most Expensive Wines

MARKETING & SALES

• Pernod Ricard urges retailers to focus on premium and not discounts this Christmas

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Put a bird on it, or a wallaby: logos sell New World wines

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• NY: LERGP Hosting Cover Cropping in Concord Vineyards Conference (PDF)
• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook Referrals to Media Sites Decline on the Desktop
• 3 Deadly Sins of Facebook Advertising

MEDIA MATTERS

• New TV show based on Rudy Kurniawan could be big for Bordeaux and all wine
• Wine Blogging Is Dying

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why The Shape Of A Glass Shapes The Taste Of Your Wine
• What Is Mega Purple And What Is It Doing In My Wine?
• Are You Using an Ice Bucket All Wrong?
• Should you put ice cubes in wine?
• How we believe meat is raised may influence its taste

WINE PEOPLE

• The Evolution of a Natural Winemaker
• Alessandro Mori: Making wine is a way to talk to the people
• Cornell Viticulture & Enology MPS alumni successes
• Five Questions for Lance Cadle-Davidson
• Proust Q&A: Séverine Frerson
• Top 40 Under 40 Tastemakers 2016

WINE PLACES

• McMinnville: Center of the Oregon Wine World
• MA: Natural Wines and No Pretense in a North Shore Paradise
• At the table with Vino Nobile
• Through the grapevines of France

WINE EDUCATION

• How To Become A Sommelier According To Somms Themselves

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• How Grapevines Respond to Water Stress
• Sulfur Residues and Post-bottling Formation of Hydrogen Sulfide (PDF)
• Comparing Red Wine Color in V. vinifera and Hybrid Cultivars (PDF)

EUROPE & THE UK

• Earthquake recovery in Italy: how to donate to the Italian Red Cross
• Trade reacts to government’s publication of CMO’s new drink guidelines
• Dutch ministers to scrap luxury tax on sparkling wine
• Take a tour of La Cité du Vin

DOWN UNDER

• NZ wine exporters urged to act post-Brexit

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Korea’s budding winemaking scene
• Koreans more adventurous with wine

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Wine-makers association to be launched in Azerbaijan

MARIJUANA

• Wine Lovers Saw This Coming—Dumb Marijuana Science

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

• Why Craft Brewing Slowdown Won’t Benefit Big Beer
• Pepsico Inc Introduces New “Craft” Soda, but Is There Really Such a Thing?
• Anheuser-Busch’s latest deal means you’ll soon be drinking more Hawaiian beer
• AB InBev Said to Plan 5,500 Job Cuts After SABMiller Deal
• Beer Institute Releases Domestic Tax Paid Estimate

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