NEWS FETCH — July 27, 2016

TOP NEWS

• People Spend As Much On Legal Weed As They Do On Alcohol
• Calif Supreme Court hands Delta landowners consolation prize in tunnels decision
• Wine Group plans big Calif warehouse in Manteca
• China’s Millennials Up Their Wine Consumption as They Buy More Online
• What is the TPP and why has it divided both political parties?
• GMO Ban Would Hurt Economy And Environment
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• A sensational vintage for Australian wine
• 2016 OZ Vintage Report: Industry ‘cautiously optimistic’ as wine grape prices increase
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Groth’s Weis becomes Winemaker Emeritus
• The focus of Tom Jones’ winemaking shifts from Lava Cap to Iron Hub
• Still no wimpy wines for Sonoma winemaker Joel Peterson’s new Once & Future label
• What are California’s greatest vineyards?
• This Spring Mountain Estate Winery/Home Is Just Waiting For The Right Rising Star Winemaker or Chef *Sponsored Link*

REAL ESTATE

• Poderi Luigi Einaudi Buys 22 Acres in Barolo for $6.5 Million

DROUGHT/WATER

• What we’re doing to our environment may be costing us our drinking water
• Jason Peltier is still making sense on delta tunnel economics
• Will even 5% happen?
• California’s Ninja strategy to fight drought
• Deep Water Desalination Proposed in Monterey Bay
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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Cheers To Constellation Brands
• LVMH Profit Meets Estimates as Spirits Offset French Decline
• LVMH Climbs After Estimate-Beating Sales Showcase Resilience
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FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

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DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Cristal 2009 released: worth the wait?
• On to the Right Bank

HEALTH

• Alcohol companies welcome report into ‘ambitious’ targets

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Out of state shipments of grapes or bulk wine and the TTB labeling regulation updates
• Liquor Control Board Weighs in on Alcohol Law Changes in Pennsylvania
• Lawsuit between players in Arizona wine world settled

DATA & TRENDS

• Alcohol Consumption Throughout Human History

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Should a Wine List Change Daily?
• Wine judgment isn’t as important as personal enjoyment

MARKETING & SALES

• VingDirect Announces Launch of the Tasting Room Performance Tracker for the Wine Industry
• Appeal to Millennials’ Minds, Not to Their Hearts
• Analyst says restaurants are in a recession

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Another Paso Robles winery offers wine in cans

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Giants to Share Bottling Insights
• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook vs Snapchat: which is the better channel for your brand?
• Emojis Make Brands Fun, Relatable

PAYMENTS

• Why Mobile Payments Won’t Take Off in Brick and Mortar
• Banking Customers Still Want Human Interaction

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The Best Booze Related Job Seen in Ages

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Democrat or Republican? The politics of California wine country
• Why We Don’t Know Sardinian Wines — Yet
• What Happened When A Bunch Of Sommeliers Blind Tasted “White Girl Rosé.”
• This new invention can automatically brew hard cider and wine in your kitchen

WINE PEOPLE

• The life of wine professor Denis Dubourdieu
• For McBride, wine is about building relationships
• Archie McLaren’s Indulgent Life
• A toast to a living legend of wine

WINE PLACES

• This Old Château
• Well North in the Finger Lakes

WINE TOURISM

• Uber to trial on-demand wine tours in Oz

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Group forms to develop Clark County wine industry (WA)

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• How Hard is it to Make a Million Bottles of Wine?
• Another Mexican fruit fly has been found in Texas

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK loses €25 million in spirits and €62 million in wine sales thanks to counterfeiting
• UK: Wine sales suffer as average spend dips
• Cava’s upcoming new classification meeting mixed reaction from trade
• Decoding the Language of Italian Wine Laws From IGT to DOP
• UK supermarket sales suffer worst fall for at least two years

DOWN UNDER

• Challenges as Marlborough wine industry booms
• OZ: The Wine Society prepares for sale to McWilliam’s and Fogarty Wine Group

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Who is drinking imported fine wines in China
• Chinese snatch up New Zealand’s local wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What Type Of Wino Are You After A Bottle Of Wine?
• When You Get Drunk, Your Accent Gets Real

OLIVE OIL

• New Disease Reported in California Olive Orchards

MARIJUANA

• Who’s smoking (legal) marijuana?

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

• U.S. craft-beer production growth slows despite more breweries
• Future of craft beer is just getting started
• When does a craft beer stop being a craft beer?
• Belgian brewers use solar power to turn urine into beer
• Liquor Control Board Weighs in on Alcohol Law Changes in Pennsylvania

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