NEWS FETCH — February 3, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Wine Institute slams smoke-taint wine shortage claims
• Specifics of the Peju Province-Acacia deal: Price, financing, asset description and maps
• Sonoma County Vintners head resigns unexpectedly
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WINE SUPPLY

• OZ: Vintage 2016 is underway after a record start for picking
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California Women for Agriculture to host water forum
• Unified Wine & Grape Symposium Sets Attendance Record
• Experts Address PD Outbreak in Grapevines
• Dunne on Wine: What should be the California state wine?

DROUGHT/WATER

• Coalition moving to demolish Klamath River dams without Congress’s assent
• Folsom Lake Levels Rise, Salmon Numbers Falling
• Cynthia Barnett: There’s No ‘Big Fix’ For Drought
• California extends mandatory water cuts despite growing snowpack

CRIME TIME

• Premier Cru: Secret computer saved, wine IT tech hired
• Ex Donkey & Goat staffer to face trial for wine theft
• Owner of Berkeley wine store ordered to turn over computer

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• China ‘rebound’ helps boost LVMH sales

FINANCE, M&A

• Invivo buys historic New Zealand winery

DISTRIBUTORS

• Making An Effective Distributor Sales Call
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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Don’t count out Bordeaux
• Bordeaux leads Fine Wine 1000 in January

HEALTH

• Think about cancer before you have a glass of wine, says UK chief medical officer
• Millions of women risk exposing unborn children to alcohol
• California researchers warn legal marijuana could be next Big Tobacco
• Alcohol may be the reason you’re fit-fat and that’s not good news
• Bud + Helen Mirren Put Drunk Driving On Notice In Super Bowl Ad
• Tesco launches two alcohol free wines from South Africa

DATA & TRENDS

• How to make sense out of the Crush Report Price Tables
• Off-premise driving Australian wine sales in China
• China set to overtake UK for Australian wine

MARKETING & SALES

• Californians want rum-crazy Cuba to start drinking wine
• The Youngest Millennial Just Turned 21. What Does That Mean for Wine?
• i heart Prosecco becomes largest Prosecco brand in impulse sector
• Loyalty Is an Emotion, Not a Transaction
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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• PRIVACY: New European, U.S. data transfer pact agreed

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Marlborough Sauvignon in ‘mid-life crisis’
• 10 Years After – Bordeaux 2006
• The Line Between Nudnik and Knowing
• Meunier emerges

WINE PEOPLE

• Interview: Somm Into the Bottle director Jason Wise
• The French Republic Elevated Mel Dick to Commandeur in the Order of Agricultural Merit

WINE PLACES

• Slow Wine, thank you for coming to Texas!
• Iconic Wineries of the Atlantic Coast
• Pennsylvania’s wine industry has potential to emerge as strong …
• Yes, delicious wines from Idaho
• World of Wine : Imitations may taste good, but there’s only one …

WINE WEIRD

• Here’s Why Every Glass Of Wine You Drink Is Radioactive

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK retailers face fresh investigation over shelf placements
• Sogrape appoints new MD for UK
• New video makes case for beer duty cut

OLIVE OIL

• An Italian Competition is looking for the best EVOO Taster among Women Worldwide
• 16 nice reasons to consume Extra Virgin Olive Oil

MARIJUANA

• Sacramento City Council moves to license pot growing

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

• Ardagh launches new tapping system for in-home beer kegs
• 11 Things You Didn’t Know About Gin
• East London Liquor Company launches barrel-aged gin programme

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