NEWS FETCH — August 29, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Duckhorn Finally Confirms It Was For Sale: Bought by TSG Consumer Partners
• UC Davis Professor of Enology, Emeritus Vernon Singleton Dies
• Bill toughening oversight of wine shipping in Illinois signed into law
• Total Wine: Help consumers & get screwed. Welcome to Connecticut!
• Importing terroir: Angwin winery importing Napa Valley soil for hillside vineyard
• Calif Farmworkers give up day’s pay to see leaders say ‘no se puede’
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

SPECIAL 5- ARTICLE SERIES: How Clean Water Act Enforcement Can Spell Disaster for You

• Dire consequences face every farmer & landowner who fails to grasp the vast and vague regulation of the Clean Water Act
• Clean Water Act Permits: Expensive, time-consuming, uncertain
• Ag exemptions to the CWA in law and as interpreted by Courts, EPA & Army Corps of Engineers
• How does soil become a pollutant? And a plow a “point source” of pollution?
• Supreme Court’s “Nexus” author expresses second thoughts

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• The 2016 wine harvest is underway
• 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

• Italian Expert Recommends Grape Varieties for California
• A retailer’s legacy: Influencing Robert Parker and legitimizing California wines
• Bay Area cities try to revive PCB case against Monsanto
• Wine Management Systems Teams Up with simplyCMS
• Harvesting chardonnay in Healdsburg
• A wine-writing excursion in Napa Valley, circa 1871
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• This wealthy farmer is taking on Sacramento: ‘God help you if you disagree with him’
• L. A. betting that stormwater can help ease California’s drought
• Giant gleaming orb deploys solar and wave energy to make clean water for California
• Bear River: The Biggest Dam Project You’ve Never Heard Of
• New Baton Rouge flood map show limits of current risk and planning methods
• International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show Speakers Announced. Learn all about Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, Contract Bottling and Private Label Business.*Sponsored Link*

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Officials break ground on historic recycled water project
• Recycled water project launches on the west side

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Germany says TTIP dead in the water
• Cut through all that paperwork and create more time for making wine! Click now to learn how *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Accolade Wines CEO Paul Schaafsma to step down
• Constellation adds southern Dallas distribution center in I-45 corridor
• Viña Concha y Toro Announces Its Consolidated Second Quarter 2016 Results

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine as a collectible, and not something we drink
• Behind the numbers: First Growth movers
• Jefford on Monday: Beyond best

HEALTH

• New booze guidelines: We’d rather you didn’t enjoy yourselves
• Did I get drunk last night because of the patriarchy? Who knows!

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Wal-Mart takes Texas to court to crack liquor-sales market
• Is The New Orleans “Go Cup” About To Go Bye-Bye?

DATA & TRENDS

• Two centuries of Bordeaux vintages — Tastet & Lawton

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Are celebrity wine-makers destroying an ancient art?
• Frosé: How a glass of wine with the texture of a children’s slushie became the toast of the summer

MARKETING & SALES

• Hispanic marketplace power and influence are surging. Your success depends on making them your customers
• Forget Grocery Stores, Pennsylvania’s Serious Wine Drinkers Are Buying Online
• 5 Ways Marketing Automation May Be Doing Your Business More Harm Than Good

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Packing Technology Into the Timeless Barrel
• Wine Packaging That Retailers Say Does And Does Not Work
• Why America is drunk on canned wine
• Help Crowdsource the History of Wine

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• 6 Do-It-Yourself PR Tips for Small Businesses

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook to introduce header bidding solution for its Audience Network
• Facebook says humans won’t write its trending topic descriptions anymore
• Here’s how shoppable video will (finally) work

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Happy music sparks cooperation, teamwork

MEDIA MATTERS

• Book Review: But First, Champagne
• A Year in Port Gives Trilogy the Perfect Digestif

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A Tiny Amount Of This Powder Could Block All The Bitterness In Food
• The Art of Comparison
• 10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About Benanti
• Good winemaking depends on ‘happy’ grapes

WINE PEOPLE

• Crus Bourgeois president dies aged 54
• Sommelier Talk: Henk Schuitemaker
• Marta Rinaldi of the Giuseppe Rinaldi Winery (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Bordeaux ~ An Epicenter Like No Other ~ partie quinze

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Finger Lakes Wine Alliance picks new head
• For wine grape growers and winemakers in Yakima Valley, quality tops quantity
• Top winemakers want to make Sunnyside a Yakima Valley destination
• Organic wines making mark in Niagara

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• ApresVin turns wine byproducts into awesome products

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Managing Water In California Vineyards
• Model Vineyard Looks To Maximize Concord Production

EUROPE & THE UK

• Wine should guide Britain’s approach to Brexit
• An Italo-American Solution to the Dilemma of Nebbiolo in Piedmont
• The roots run deep with this dynasty of French winemakers

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Planning for generational change in wine industry to put a cork in conflicts
• OZ: The WET Rebate should be cut from bulk wine immediately

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• The maturing of Indian wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Tesla of candy? There’s a waiting list of 18,000 people for Rosé-flavored gummies

MARIJUANA

• Mendocino County growers plan pot appellations to promote Cannabis Country
• Marijuana industry taking root in Massachusetts city

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

• Judge Says Banning Brewers From Selling Distribution Rights Violates Texas Constitution
• Invisible Sentinel launches assays to detect beer spoilage organisms
• Ohio raises alcohol limit for beer this week
• Some farms find it difficult to grow hops
• It’s Okay for Craft Brewers to Sell Out — But I Won’t Buy Their Beer

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