TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Wine Counterfeiter Kurniawan Appeals Conviction
• California wine: seeds of change
• Some See Wine as Investment Option to Drown Stock Market Sorrows
• Feds upgrade strength of anticipated El Niño
• Hurricane could bring California floods without easing drought
• With time ticking, quake warning system begins to take shape
• TTB Compliance can be simpler. Here’s how. *Sponsored Link*

• Prosecco on track for ‘fabulous’ 2015 harvest
• Better Year Predicted for Colorado Grapes
• Washington state vineyards busy with earliest harvest

• Retired Cal Poly Professor Donates $250,000 to Wine & Viticulture Department
• Plan to build 101 homes at Laetitia vineyard is focus of 5-hour discussion
• Wineries in Danger of Cyber Crime
• Sonoma, Wine, And The Shock Of Childhood Illiteracy
• Grgich honored by Cal-China nonprofit
• Auction Napa Valley Funding Helps More than 100,000 Clients in 2014
• USA Trade Tasting Is Now 95% Sold Out. Only Few Spots Left. Book Now! *Sponsored Link*

• Feds upgrade strength of anticipated El Niño
• Flooding farms in winter could help repair groundwater deficits
• Almonds are no longer villains — or scapegoats — of the drought
• Pesticide makers fight State Water Board
• Bioclimatologist on drought, climate and ‘cracking the code’
• Flooding farms in the winter may help replenish groundwater
• California rising?
• Mapping the Drought: A Surprising Mix of Art and Science
• Drought is no reason to ease environmental protections

• US Drinks Market: Non Traditional Marketing Strategies
• Storytelling or Telling Stories? Why Authenticity Rules
• The Total expansion
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• Why Some Winemakers Don’t Just Put a Cork In It
• US Wine Packaging Market

• Is Your Social Media Content Shareworthy?

• Google launches its Apple Pay challenger Android Pay in the U.S.

• EPHEMERA: Captain Points!

• What about Cava?
• One Small Sip for Man, One Giant Leap for Space Alcohol
• Ripken picks Sagrantino, another road-less-travelled grape
• Kerrville 2015: We don’t need no stinkin’ brosé
• Krug Champagne explores jazz in latest sensory tasting experience
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• Albatross Ridge winery finds deep meaning in coastal site
• Inspiring Independents: Amathus Soho
• A notable wine retailer from Seattle

• Walla Walla Valley conundrum: Washington or Oregon?
• NW Michigan Horticultural Research Center Continues to Serve the Area's Ever Expanding Ag Diversity
• Wake up to the excellence of our own BC red wines

• New sensory technology ‘acts like an artificial nose’
• Clayver: a new ceramic vessel for elevage

• European plans could bring higher tax by the back door for RTDs

• Wine Equalisation Tax disadvantaging Australia's wine industry
• OZ: Phylloxera detection on display in Yarra Valley

• Plans for Carignan appellation in Chile
• Chile gets new niche wine association
• Grenache takes root in Chile

• The Amount of Wine Teachers Need To Drink To Survive Every School Year Situation
• Reusable Wine Maturing Badge Promises To Make Your Cheap Wine Taste Better In Five Minutes

• The High End of the High Life

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 47 new links including the following top headlines:

• MillerCoors acquires majority interest in Saint Archer Brewing Co.
• Beer Industry Growth Means More Product Diversity for Consumers
• On-premise trends remain weak through early August, craft y/y share gains slowed
• The Who, What and Why of Small Brewers Caucuses
• US Drinks Market: Non Traditional Marketing Strategies
• BrewDog Pubs Won’t Sell Lagunitas Anymore

Get all today's news at Craft Beverage Insights here.

This NewsFetch was hand-crafted for you by Editor/Publisher Lewis Perdue and Assistant Editor, Becca Yeamans-Irwin. Visit Becca's website at The Academic Wino.