NEWS FETCH — December 12, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Vandals destroy 400,000 bottles of Italian sparkling wine in historic estate ‘sabotage’
• This Napa Valley winery has a permit for 539,688 visitors a year. Here’s how the other top 25 rank
• A problem ‘too big to ignore’ — how years of congressional wrangling led to a water compromise
• After years of drama, farmers score a big win in California water battle
• Napa Valley Vintners gives $6 million to community health nonprofits
• Optimism Among Small-Business Owners Highest in Eight Years
• Americans Prefer Semi-Sweet Wine
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Wine Harvest Report 2016: A Record-Breaking Haul Has Washington Vintners in Good Spirits
• Winemakers: instantly access key wine & cellar data from anywhere to make key decisions & manage your staff better. Click now to download vintrace’s time-saving app! *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine industry divided over proposed bottle labeling rule (annoying survey alert)
• Russian River Valley Hires First Director
• Presqu’ile Winery Raises Over $10,000 for Santa Barbara Foodbank
• Rare! Historic downtown Calistoga commercial property with restaurant and winery leases in place. This net leased investment offers income and pride of ownership. Click now to learn more. *Sponsored Link*

REAL ESTATE

• Secluded Carmel Valley Estate Winery & Vineyard, $1.3 million. Contact Katie Somple, WineryX Real Estate *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Paso Robles winery helps restore portion of Adelaida Creek

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Visit ProWein 2017 for 300+ tasting sessions and seminars, plus fresh ideas for wine production, marketing & packaging – Click now to find out how you can profit! *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Why these 3 companies could be the next Treasury Wine Estates Ltd

DISTRIBUTORS

• Top 10 Tips To Present Your Wines to US Importers *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Everledger Tracks Provenance Of A Wine Bottle Thanks To Blockchain
• Wine detective on a mission to track down counterfeits
• Lafite Leads Liv-ex Trade Over Past Month With Carruades, Mouton
• Romanee Conti Among Top Lots at Sotheby’s Wine Sale With Mouton
• Pichon rises and a strong week for Champagne

DATA & TRENDS

• Summarizing multi-dimensional wine data as graphs, Part 2: networks

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why Do We Celebrate with Bubbles?

MARKETING & SALES

• Research-Backed Techniques to Boost Holiday Ecommerce Sales
• The Role of Color in Branding

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Tamper-Detection Capsule Brings Security and Marketing to Wine Makers

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWein 2017 – The Entire World of Wine

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Brands aren’t giving up on Twitter just yet, but they are shifting their focus
• Instagram Stories have all but replaced Snapchat for some

MEDIA MATTERS

• Rex Pickett and Boo Walker ~ A Journey Created
• Book Report: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
• Great Reads for the Wine Geek

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine’s ready reckoners
• The Subjectivity Of Natural Wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Winemaker’s day job is making sure VIPs can place secure phone calls
• On-trade interview: James Fryer

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY Wine makers urge Gov. Cuomo to reject Finger Lakes gas storage facility
• WA: Marcus Rafanelli returns to College Cellars as instructor
• New York’s winery boom began 40 years ago: How a 1976 law changed everything

ACADEMIA

• Ohio State reportedly made over $1 million selling beer at its football games for the first time this season

EUROPE & THE UK

• Brexit blamed for falling Christmas Champagne sales
• Gulfi: Sicily’s Wine of the People

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s Ningxia region set for vineyard expansion in next four years
• China presents a challenge for Italian wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Top 10 Commandments of Italian Wine

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

• Why Colorado’s Successful Craft Beer Scene Is Now ‘Soul Searching’
• A Beer Brand Is Trying to Shake Up How We Think About Fine Dining
• Cider is surging in Virginia
• Is Local Malt The Next Big Trend For Breweries?
• N.Y. brewers, growers bet the farm on fickle grain

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