NEWS FETCH — October 14, 2016

TOP NEWS

• San Francisco Bay Area Makes History With Wetland Restoration Measure
• Red-Wine Compound Holds Potential for Treating Respiratory Infections
• The Unilever effect – Four months on from Brexit, is the trade beginning to feel the bite?
• FDA Reconsiders Standard for ‘Healthy’ Claim
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• CA Wine Grape Harvest Almost Complete
• Napa: A “picture perfect” harvest comes to a close
• Wine grape harvest underway in the Umpqua Valley, OR
• Record excess of a million litres of wine produced in Belgium in 2015
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Margrit Mondavi remembered by friends and family
• Hall: A quest for perfection
• Sonoma Sister Cities sends wine intern to Tokaj
• Best-priced already permitted winery in Napa Valley! 3,000-case permit allows for tastings & retail sales. Contact Katie Somple, WineryX Real Estate *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Cost of federal water grab came to $350 million
• Megadrought risks in Southwest soar as atmosphere warms
• Reservoirs play substantial role in global warming
• Delta smelt: Where do we go from here?
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RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Desalination or Reuse? Here’s How Much New Water Supplies Will Cost

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Why collectors love Lafite

HEALTH

• Mosquitos Love To Drink As Much As You Do

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Some vineyards, craft brewers abusing temporary liquor permits, Neb. regulator says

DATA & TRENDS

• How Much Does Big Data Cost?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Decoding the restaurant wine list: how to get the best out of the shallow end
• Always buy the cheapest bottle on the wine list in restaurants
• Research finds women drink more wine

MARKETING & SALES

• Millennials driving tech innovation as Vivino launches online wine store
• Authenticity, emotional connection sell brands better than free-from claims
• Eight tools to help manage every step of the email marketing process
• iDealwine update: a quest for the ideal
• Review app boosts millennial appeal with e-commerce

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• What, Exactly, Is In A Name — On A Wine Label?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Instagram launches for Windows 10 PCs and tablets
• Why chatbots should initiate a conversation
• How Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube, and Twitter count a video view
• Pinterest passes 150 million monthly active users, up from 100 million a year ago

MEDIA MATTERS

• The book of Shanken celebrates four decades
• What Makes a Great Influencer Post?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• IMW seminar debunks minerality myths
• Electronic tongue designed to taste wine
• Don’t Let Anyone Tell You A Wine Vintage Is Bad (Or Good)

WINE PEOPLE

• How Winemaker Michael Mondavi Drinks on Planes
• Meet some of the Santa Barbara County women winemakers

WINE PLACES

• The undiscovered wine spots off the beaten path but worth the journey

WINE EDUCATION

• Seven things I learned talking U.S. wine at the University of North Texas

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Scoria Vineyards ready to rock Idaho wine industry

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• OR: King Estate Is Demeter Certified

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Resources for Identification and Management of Vineyard Pests

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Poll predicts Christmas BWS sales will be strong despite economic slump
• UK: Co-op own-label wine is big winner in loyalty scheme
• UK ministers drink less wine and sell off Latour 1961
• Wine an Earthly Reward for Weary Pilgrims

DOWN UNDER

• PhD students and Coonawarra vignerons working together
• OZ: Scholarships to support the next generation of grape and wine researchers

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• New ‘Red Revolution’ Underway In China
• The Chinese Go to Extreme Heights to Produce Better Wine

SOUTH AFRICA

• The Changing Profile of South Africa’s Wine Consumers
• South Africa: Who drinks what and why?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Evidence Of The Earliest Production Of Wine Has Been Found In An Armenian Cave
• The Election Perspective from Europe
• Getting Back To Wine Talk Cannot Come Soon Enough

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

• Layoffs hit Stone, San Diego’s largest brewery
• A decade is a long time in gin
• Craft beer revolution trickles down to South America
• Know-it-all brewers kill the fun of enjoying beer
• Atlanta hard cider is having a tasty moment

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