NEWS FETCH — January 22, 2016

TOP NEWS

• US wine lovers will pay more, and buy better this year, while jug wine dies off
• KKR and TPG wince as Treasury Wine market value jumps by $1bn in a day
• Craft beer, cocktails & Millennial frugality eating away at wine sales growth in restaurants
• Australian Wine Exports To The U.S. Rise 4% In 2015
• Wine Industry Symposium Announces New Lodi Symposium
• President vetoes Waters of the US disapproval bill
• France to build new “Louvre of the grape vine” to safeguard world wine gene pool
• EU green farming projects ‘too costly’, auditors say
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SVB STATE OF THE INDUSTRY – EXTENDED LINKS

• Millennials are ruining the American wine industry
• Silicon Valley Bank Predicts 2016 Decline in Wine Consumption after Decades of Growth
• Young Americans Are Turning Into $15-a-Bottle Wine Snobs
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WINE SUPPLY

• South African Stellenbosch Fire still burns
• ProWein 2016 easier to navigate for US buyers – check out “Route USA”! *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Mi Sueño Winery Names Vanessa Robledo as CEO
• Los Olivos Wine District Approved
• Could Bad Vibrations Thwart Sex Lives of Vine-Threatening Leafhoppers?
• Herbicide Flood Irrigation Application Approved for California Orchards And Vineyards
• St. Helena commission OKs Trujillo tasting room
• How to Hire Top-Selling Sommeliers and Drive Your Sales *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• South Africa: Wine Industry Seeks New Cultivars to Cope With Drought
• Cal Gov addresses infrastructure, water, and climate change State of the State address

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Penfolds-Maker Treasury Soars to Record on China-Led Profit
• SABMiller sees strong quarter in Africa and Latin America

DISTRIBUTORS

• Diageo Renews With Southern And Glazer’s In Deals Worth An Estimated $2 Billion
• Practical Information for wine reps on how to successfully grow sales network in US Market *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 held steady as global markets convulsed
• First ex-cellar Ornellaia at Sotheby’s sale

HEALTH

• Could Frying Vegetables in Olive Oil Bring Health Benefits?
• UK: The impact of alcohol on the NHS: ‘we get the drunks in 24/7’
• Why do academics drink so much?
• Is it safe to drink during pregnancy?

REGULATION

• Effort to bring beer, wine to Colorado grocery stores starts Friday

DATA & TRENDS

• Nielsen CGA Announces the Launch of Brand Index

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why The Bartender Should Be Your Best Friend

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Diam 30 Closures continues to grow

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Many Senior Ad Buyers Plan to Advertise on Snapchat in 2016
• How Digital Retailers Encourage Email Subscription Sign-Ups
• Which In-Store Mobile App Feature Do UK Consumers Use Most?
• Surprising and Delighting Customers Boosts Brand Perception

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Somm Star Dustin Wilson wants To Reinvent Wine Retail
• The Judgement of Paris (in the wine world)
• OZ: Vigneron in Orange, NSW taps into growing prosecco popularity
• Austrian wine: beyond Grüner
• How To Choose the Perfect Wine Glass
• What is you’re ‘quarterback wine’?
• Bordeaux opens its doors to tourists

DOWN UNDER

• Mt Lubra fire – a decade on

SOUTH AFRICA

• SA and its wine ‘need more sex appeal’

OLIVE OIL

• Super Tuscan Ornellaia offers wines direct from the cellar
• Jaén’s Olive Oil Production Falling Short of Forecast
• Spain’s Olive Pomace Oil Industry Gets a Voice
• Olive Oil Commission of California Holds Informational Meeting

MARIJUANA

• With state deadline looming, cities and counties rush to ban pot cultivation

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS – Today’s Top Headlines

• Bison Beer store is bullish about future
• BrewPublik eyes nationwide craft beer delivery expansion
• Making beer, wine, spirits back as major metro Denver economic force
• Lion abandons Tap King system
• Spirits of the world: Mastiha from Greece
• American Beer Company to distribute Colorado’s Crazy Mountain

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