NEWS FETCH — March 1, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Lessons For Wineries In The Bronco/Waugh Trademark Battle Over Napa’s Six Degrees
• Feds promise 100 percent surface water allocation to California farmers
• Trump Set to Ditch Controversial WOTUS Water Rule
• Real Cork Is Fighting Back Against Screwcaps
• The $124 Million Wine Fraud
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Federal water allocation offers good news for some Valley growers, bad news for others
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Six Degrees of Confusion: Waugh, Bronco, Wine-Searcher, CellarTracker
• California’s drought is all but over, and the dramatically revived Lake Cachuma proves it
• Guy Fieri on His Sonoma Wine Venture
• Forbes Salinas AgTech Summit registration open
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Giant chasm revealed as water stops flowing at Oroville Dam
• Massive fish rescue plays out on Feather River after state closes damaged Oroville Dam spillway
• Hundreds turn out for Paso groundwater management meeting
• Looking for wines to import into the U.S.? Find international producers on “Route USA” at ProWein 2017 trade fair. Click to lean more. *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Heineken launches craft beer for non-craft beer drinkers
• Campari ‘world’s best-performing spirits stock’
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• These are the major foreign destinations for major California ag products
• Slovenia and Croatia clash over Teran red wine name
• Top 10 Tips To Present Your Wines to US Importers *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Whisky auctioneer unearths counterfeiting operation

TODAY’S ABSURDITIES

• SugarSin to launch rosé wine gummies
• The ‘Cork Dorks’ Who Lick Rocks to Train Their Wine Palates

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cannabis Wine? Not so fast, says Oregon Liquor Control Commission

HEALTH

• Journal of the American College of Cardiology Recommends Olive Oil

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Bill allowing out-of-state wine in grocery stores fails in Ark. House
• Massachusetts Announces Alcohol Beverage Task Force

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Updated: Tasting notes decoded
• Wine Critics in Hell Act 7

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Surprises from aged sauvignon blanc
• The dry spell: the rise and rise of Rosé
• Going Organic with Chianti Classico
• Grapes You Don’t Know But Should: Mencia
• Asti Secco, AstiSecco, Astisecco, Prosecco: Italian wine heading toward an identity crisis

WINE PEOPLE

• Sam Berketa: Art vs Science
• Making Vermouth: Dan Petroski’s Massican

WINE TOURISM

• How to combine a wine tasting tour with an adventure holiday

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Heineken launches craft beer for non-craft beer drinkers