NEWS FETCH — March 17, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Glassy-winger sharpshooter eggs found in Sonoma, Napa counties
• Legislation Would Allow Retailers To Ship Wine in Michigan
• Northwest wine sales boom in northern European countries, especially Gothenburg, Sweden
• What Brexit may mean for Bordeaux 2015 en primeur
• Washington Ag Labor Group seeks help on H-2A delays
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Supervisor candidates tackle winery rules debate
• Santa Ynez Valley: Winery Appeal Turns Tense
• Mission Canyon: Women Winemakers Celebration @ Museum of Natural History
• Celebrating the Judgment of Paris
• Your ticket to the world of wine! Experience creations from 6,000 exhibitors at ProWein 2016 *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• U.S. EPA, Bureau of Reclamation Partner With Western Water Districts on Grant Program Seeking Water-Saving Devices of Tomorrow
• California water cutbacks draw flood of complaints as reservoirs rise
• Delta growers’ voluntary water cuts reap savings
• Saving for when CA’s March Miracle goes away
• Bay Area reservoirs still far from full: Conservation experts hope that drought lessons last
• Implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
• Groups file suit in Elk River watershed dispute
• As lakes fill, state squanders a good crisis
• California’s Drought Lessons
• Could Sites be California’s next big reservoir?

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• There’s Trade, and Then There’s Good Trade

FINANCE, M&A

• Say It Isn’t So: Wine Is A Commodity!

DISTRIBUTORS

• WA: Columbia Distributing Strike Avoided For Now
• The Mark Wine Group Adds Charles Smith Wines To Portfolio, Targets 280,000 Cases
• Last week to get your USA Trade Tasting Conference Tickets at Early Bird Price *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Latour 2000 and Forts Latour 2009 ex-Chateau releases expected
• Bordeaux 2015: Weak sterling adds to pressure
• Ginsberg+Chan’s top rare Champagne collection
• Bordeaux 2012: best performing wines
• An Elevated Cellar

HEALTH

• Does Red Wine Make You Sleepier Than White Wine?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Similar Marks Used for Wine & Beer – Confusing or Not?
• Legislation moving forward to help Tenn. grocery stores stock wine by July 1

DATA & TRENDS

• Americans Are Popping the Most Champagne Since 2007

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Testing Out the Second-Cheapest Wine Principle
• Local wine matters — another hipster says so
• The Wine Neophobia Scale: A New Tool for Determining Wine Preferences and Purchase Behavior
• Keep Your Cheap, Sweet Jug Wine To Yourself

MARKETING & SALES

• Online wine: Retailers must get creative on delivery
• Email marketing: How to stay out of the spam folder and increase open rates by 500% (webinar)
• “Crafty” Carlsberg sees greatest growth in craft hitches new strategy to “authentic craft champions”

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Smart-labels protect alcohol authenticity
• WSET Level 2 Common Wine Labelling Terms – Rest of the world

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• 2016 Sparkling Wine Symposium (Oregon)
• Wine Importers and Distributors, meet the world in NYC and source your next brand at USATT. Get your trade Pass Now and Avoid Gate Fee. *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Marketers say Instagram’s new Facebook-style feed could help improve brand experience
• Here are the winners and losers of an Instagram algorithm
• eMarketer Lowers Growth Outlook for Twitter

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Memo to Our Employees: How To Make Personalization Matter
• Beer and winemaking among top dream jobs

MEDIA MATTERS

• Google will start ranking ‘mobile-friendly’ sites even higher in May

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sulfites in wine: friend or foe?
• The new wine-speak of Savvy Blanc
• More on Pinot Noir and terroir: the concept of Cru
• Waiter… There’s Arsenic in My Wine!

WINE PEOPLE

• Haut-Brion chronicler dies
• Bordeaux’s Modern Gentleman Farmer
• Joan Kautz of Ironstone Vineyards
• The intellectual winemaker
• 7 Things Buzzfeed Superstar Matt Bellassai’s Learned About Building a Brand While Drunk

WINE PLACES

• A Visit To Virginia Wine Country + D.C.
• A Week in Walla Walla (an Instagram photo collection)

WINE EDUCATION

• Champagne Ruinart unveils 2016 sommelier Challenge

WINE TOURISM

• Best Practices Examined for Tourism, Social Media

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Winemakers drop organic status to support environment

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Biocontrols Provide Progressive Grower Solutions

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK Budget 2016: Wine trade disappointed to be ‘singled out’
• UK Budget 2016: Trade and analysts’ reaction
• Sussex PDO: MWs for and against

DOWN UNDER

• Geographical indications law a step closer for NZ wine and spirit makers
• OZ: Irish scientist uncorks success as Canberra’s founding winemaker
• OZ: Chilli wine and super hot sauce in production in New South Wales
• OZ: Pop the cork on our bubbles
• OZ: Winemakers welcome Government commitment to bring in ‘effects test’

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Alibaba chief revives China’s thirst for Bordeaux

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa: There is a new face in the valley

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Amount Of Wine You Need To Drink To Make It Through Sleep Training Your Child

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS – Including the following top headlines:

• $2.6M grant freed for Wyoming Malting project
• Alabama ‘Growler Bill’ Awaiting Governor’s Signature
• WA: Columbia Distributing Strike Avoided For Now
• Are your beer labels TTB compliant? TTB releases its Alcohol Beverage Sampling Program
• Beer and winemaking among top dream jobs

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