NEWS FETCH — April 5, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wines selling low-value assets in effort to trade up
• California’s Wine Industry Leads the Nation in Economic Benefit
• Are millennials really drinking more wine than boomers?
• Rosé flowers in the US market
• Californians Save 1.19 Million Acre-Feet of Water, Enough to Supply Nearly 6 Million People for a Year
• U.S. Consumer Spending Average Matches Its March High of $89
• The great French “winejacking” – Gallic winemakers dump 70,000 liters from Spanish tankers onto highway
• This is how Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY

• Around the world in 80 harvests: Peru
• This is how you can get meaningful reporting and compliance information from your business data *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Walt Ranch vineyard project decision delayed
• Napa Valley winemaker Says Walt Ranch applicants following the rules
• St. Helena wine auction raises $150,000 for Lake County Valley fire recovery
• Building A Wall Around Napa and Making THEM Pay
• Vintage Wine Estates starts Sonoma State women’s leadership scholarship
• Laffort USA Announces Spring ‘Rendezvous’ Seminar Series
• USA Trade Tasting 2016 Toasts to Overwhelming Success *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Central Valley Ag users balk at California water allocation
• The next step in California’s drought
• Californians fall a bit short of Brown’s call for 25% cut in water use after 9 months of conservation
• A Delta tunnel project’s lofty ambitions have been scaled back
• Drought-stricken California ponders future of conservation

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Toilet to Tap: A Potential Quality Water Source

DIRECT SHIPPING & PRIVATIZATION

• Arizona Bans Direct Shipment of French Wines

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• How Does Constellation Brands Compare to Peers in 2016?
• Constellation Brands’ Fiscal 4Q16 Earnings: Will Margins Rise?
• Diageo Invests In Restaurant App Reserve

FINANCE, M&A

• Tax evasion, money laundering and the Panama papers: you won’t believe where the U.S ranks (And the banks! Oh, the banks!)
• Aussie wine startup Vinomofo raises $19 million

DISTRIBUTORS

• Teamsters Ratify Contract With Columbia Distributing, Guaranteeing Labor Peace For Five Years
• How to support your brand and help your distributor *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wally’s Auctions Division Puts Sale on Hold While It Looks For A Partner
• Trade auction of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir raises $476,000
• Bordeaux 500 makes biggest gains in five years
• Liv-ex Rise Reflects Investor Confidence in Wine
• 2015 Sauternes: Ian D’Agata’s first impression – Bordeaux en primeur
• The 2015 Bordeaux Barrels Diary: Léoville Poyferré Stands Up
• Fine wine market shows new energy – Liv-ex

HEALTH

• Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Sulfites in Wine

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TTB responds faster to the quest for accurate alcohol labeling

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Restaurant Wine Prices: They’re Either Too High or Too Low
• The Trouble With “White Label” Wines
• No, That Oral Microbiota Study Did Not Invalidate The History Of Wine Tasting
• Wine loathings: The Supercilious Sommelier

MARKETING & SALES

• 3 content marketing mistakes that could kill your brand
• Prosecco Players Lead Impact’s Imported Wine Hot Brands

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• The Craft Beverage Expo and ShipCompliant Direct: WineAmerica Registration Discounts
• What distributors expect from a supplier visit *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Here’s How Many People Are on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Other Big Social Networks
• What’s in a Name on Social?
• How Can Image Recognition Help Your Company’s Social Marketing Efforts?
• How to make LinkedIn business connections that count
• Tastemade gets 300,000 Instagram video views a day

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• 5 Things You Didn’t Know (or forgot) About Mentoring

MEDIA MATTERS

• ‘For the Love of Wine’ explores an ancient wine culture
• American Wino: A Fun New Wine Book Wine Snobs Will Hate
• Terroir is a Myth (Book review)
• Why You Like the Wines You Like, by Tim Hanni, Master of Wine

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What’s good about wine?

WINE PEOPLE

• Four ‘icons’ of Sonoma wine to be honored
• Bettinelli named Napa Valley Grower of the Year
• Liv-ex interviews James Molesworth of Wine Spectator

WINE PLACES

• Greetings from the Biggest Wine Region You Don’t Know

WINE TOURISM

• The Case For Wine Tourism In Gisborne, New Zealand

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Wine maker gives back to seasonal harvest workers
• Incoming Leader Outlines Plan for New York
• Cultural differences mean that there’s more to Canada’s wine market than meets the eye
• 6 reasons for North Forkers to visit the Finger Lakes

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The U of M’s new grape is specifically for making wine – in cold weather states
• IoT now helping make smart wine?

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Brown Brothers announces purchase of Innocent Bystander
• OZ: Red wine balancing act
• OZ: Growers urged to take advantage of rebate to investigate insurance options

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Australian wine gains in popularity in China
• Word is Australia’s Rathbone Wine Group selling stake in China-based Wine Republic
• Asia’s Best City For Alcohol

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS – A sampling of today’s headlines:

• ‘Megabrew’ deal on ice as watchdog delays decision
• Craft beer and brewing values
• How to Leverage BA Resources to Promote your Brewery
• Beer drinker sues A-B because Leffe isn’t made in a Belgian abbey
• China Now Drinks More Beer than the US

Get the rest of today’s craft news at Craft Beverage Insights