NEWS FETCH — September 12, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Winery Owner Charles Banks Is Indicted in Federal Court
• Owning a Vineyard: The Days of Wine Are Not All Rosy
• Restaurants face third consecutive month of falling same-store sales
• Sparkling revenues up 11.5%, on 9.4% volume increase. Moscato is only loser.
• CA looks to Napa grapegrowers to help rare fish
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• The next hot pinot noir region? Vintners turn their sights on Anderson Valley
• Indian tribe reportedly looking to Solano, not Napa, for possible casino
• Healdsburg: Don’t blame lack of housing on growth ordinance
• California fines table grape grower for pesticides
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

REAL ESTATE

• OZ: Southdown Estate Vineyard near Martinborough put up for sale

DROUGHT/WATER

• Trading salmon for almonds
• How to Make Water Conservation Permanent
• International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show Speakers Announced. Learn all about Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, Contract Bottling and Private Label Business.*Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Europe’s PAI Partners readies Accolade Wines tilt
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DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 drifted down slightly last week
• Christie’s to auction Avery family cellar
• The great wine fraud

HEALTH

• The association of alcohol consumption with the risk of prostate cancer
• The neurophysiological shape of wine expertise (and why reports that somms are Alzheimer’s-resistant are wrong)
• The surprising reason war vets are drinking more wine
• There’s a good reason why heavy drinkers should hit the gym

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• OK: Changes to the sale of strong beer and wine proposed
• Is It Legal Or Illegal To Bring Your Own Mini Bottles Of Liquor On A Plane?

DATA & TRENDS

• Consumer spending on cider soars 320%

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• When wine juries disagree
• Utah drinkers choosing craft brews, box wine, flavored whiskey
• How to Easily Identify Good Champagne

MARKETING & SALES

• Alibaba makes case for a wine sale with a good Chinese pun
• 5 Unique Ways to Build Your Brand Like the Big Companies Do
• 6 Marketing Tactics That Build Lifelong Loyalty

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• A Chinese billionaire may have hidden 6% of the world’s aluminum in the Mexican desert
• Millennials Will Drink Wine from a Can

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Tools You Must Have On Your Website
• The rise of Facebook Reactions and how brands can use them creatively

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• How Wine Companies Make Business Decisions

MATTERS OF TASTE

• International Style – An Historical Perspective in Wine
• As habitats shrink and wine regions expand, larger “pests” are visiting vineyards
• Aglianico: The World’s Oldest Cultivated Grape is Italy’s Unknown Wine Treasure
• A wine philosopher on why “not every wine is worth our attention”
• Wine facts that may leave you more confused

WINE PEOPLE

• Johnson Celebrates 40 Years of Wine Guides
• Shelley Lindgren’s Road to Campania

WINE PLACES

• Two Nights in Bacharach: Wine Travel in Germany

WINE TOURISM

• Wine Tourism – a growing tourism segment

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• AZ: Willcox takes big step up in wine world
• Oregon Wine Board seeks top Oregon-friendly restaurants

EUROPE & THE UK

• The Wine Society’s head of buying decides to step down
• Italy: Giusti Wine invest €1.7 million in Nervesa Abbey

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Climate change affecting wine production in New South Wales central west
• OZ: Boosting The Capability Of Barossa’s Wine Community
• New Zealand wineries seek ‘Lord of the Rings’ inspiration to lure visitors

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Cashing in on Alibaba’s 9.9 online wine festival
• Santa Rita to launch on China’s biggest e-commerce platform
• Mogao winery ups its grape game in Gansu

SOUTH AFRICA

• Benguela Cove scoops one of South Africa’s most successful winemakers

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

• Consumer spending on cider soars 320%
• Thirst for IPAs driving growth of California’s craft beer industry
• Hop Growers Look to New Parts of US to Slake Thirst for Crop
• Why Aslan Brewing’s CEO Quit A Microsoft Job Before He Ever Started It
• AB InBev acquires SpikedSeltzer creator Boathouse

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