NEWS FETCH — September 14, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Groups say Calif. overtime law will hurt workers, farms
• Alejandro Bulgheroni Estate buys former Harlan winery
• Napa Valley Vintners Awards $2.8 Million for Children’s Education in Napa County
• 50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Napa Valley Harvest Report: Heat ignites a flurry of activity
• WA: Walla Walla Valley wine grape harvest begins to ramp up
• Kern County crop values fell 9 percent in 2015
• 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

• Napa will decide whether to take stand on possible Solano casino
• Temecula Valley Wine Country Tourism District Wins Board Approval
• Robert Young Family Honored For Lifetime Contribution To Wine Industry
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Too many California towns have arsenic in their tap water
• Latest northeast Fresno water results show lead in 286 homes
• California is backsliding on water conservation; LA can’t and won’t follow suit
• Israel-California Water Conference: The challenge of thinking one drop ahead
• Why California Water Fix is a path to extinction
• Is there more water than we thought in California?
• 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

• California considers new rules to allow direct consumption of treated sewage
• North Valley: Recycling Urban Wastewater for Farms and Wildlife

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• WSTA aims to set blueprint for post-Brexit trade deals
• Cut through all that paperwork and create more time for making wine! Click now to learn how *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• AdVini buys Ken Forrester (South Africa)
• Monsanto Accepts Reality (and Bayer’s Takeover Offer)

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• ‘Blockbuster’ Sotheby’s sale achieves $5m
• Zachys Wine Auction’s “The Vault: Part I” Achieves High Estimate During First “White Glove” Sale of the Fall Season

HEALTH

• Lyft teams with Budweiser to curb drunk driving with free rides

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• MN: Total Wine Denied Liquor License In Minnetonka

DATA & TRENDS

• Grape Data Tool, Now with CAGR and Percentile Calculators
• Wine-Searcher Updated with More Data

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• You can’t just buy “beer” (or “wine”) for your friends anymore
• Here’s What Happens When You Order Wine by the Spoon at the Trump Hotel

MARKETING & SALES

• 7 Ideas for Stories To Tell About Your Brand
• 5 Trends That Will Inspire and Engage Both Millennials and Gen Z
• Wine served with conviction – a new brand takes on an old story

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine bottles have evolved in size, shape, color

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Adblock Plus now sells ads

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Don’t ignore these labor protests

MEDIA MATTERS

• Sour Grapes, a wine fraud documentary coming to Netflix
• More than grapes fill glass of wine in ‘A Perfect Score’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why Tint And Light Affect How We Perceive Flavor
• Nick Stock busts the myths, misnomers and plain old white lies surrounding wine
• Mother and the friend. Sexism and the silvaner
• Jalapeño-Infused Red Wine
• Chardonnay, the marmite of wine

WINE PLACES

• Is this the unlikeliest wine trail in Europe?

WINE TOURISM

• California welcomed nearly 1 million Chinese visitors in 2014

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CO: Aspen Peak Cellars winery destroyed in semitruck crash
• Millennials fuel growth in LCBO wine sales

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Planting wildflowers near crop fields benefits bees

EUROPE & THE UK

• Inclusion of Nebbiolo in the Piemonte DOC has been definitively shelved
• English Wine: on the up in 2016
• Port producers raise €100,000 for charity
• Dan Jago named WSTA chairman

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Bottles recovered after wine library burglary stored well in Marlborough
• Marlborough wine industry’s failure to comply with environmental rules ‘unacceptable’

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• This Ice Cube Informs The Bartender When It’s Time For Another Martini
• Corkcicle Air – not quite as good as a bucket of ice
• Keeping decanters clean

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

• NY Gov. Cuomo signs legislation strengthening the craft beverage industry
• What Brewers Need to Know About Beverage Gas Quality
• The revival of long-forgotten liqueurs
• When Craft Breweries Go Big
• China: Premium Beer, Frothy Price

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