NEWS FETCH — October 3, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Constellation Brands weighs $1 billion sale of Canadian wine business
• Unsure of safety, Bayer won’t fight EPA ban on common ag pesticide
• North Coast wine premiumization train keeps on accelerating
• iGeneration Joins Millennial, Gen-X And Baby Boomer Generations For Some Wine
• Farewell Bruce Cass
• U.S. Consumer Spending Highest for Any September Since 2008
• Beware of advertising disguised as valid editorial content
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Red the Best Bet for Bordeaux’s 2016 Harvest
• Xinjiang harvest 2016: A mixed success
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley Fruit Versus Napa Valley Wine
• S.F. to get first new liquor licenses in 70 years, but only five will be issued
• In California’s Wine Country, a New President Acts to Move a University Forward
• The blaze that won’t die: How Monterey County wildfire became one of costliest to fight
• What’s new in California wine
• Best-priced already permitted winery in Napa Valley! 3,000-case permit allows for tastings & retail sales. Katie Somple, WineryX Real Estate *Sponsored Link*

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Making wine with biodynamically farmed grapes — and marijuana
• The latest marijuana craze has users chasing bigger highs through ‘dabbing’

REAL ESTATE

• Germany: Markus Molitor acquires Saar winery

DROUGHT/WATER

• Water sales to Crystal Geyser could cut off supply to entire Calif town
• Who will go extinct first, salmon or Valley farmers?
• Happy Droughtiversary, California!
• Brown signs water projects bill aiding Friant-Kern farmers
• Almonds are still sucking up California’s water
• Thinking on Exhibiting at IBWSS? HOURS LEFT to get early bird rates. Save $1000 if you register by Sept 30.*Sponsored Link*

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• California soon to be largest market for water reuse in the country
• Water Recycling Spikes Demand for CA State Loans
• Construction begins on SoCal recycled water project

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Pennsylvania 1st state to allow direct shipping of wine from abroad
• Grow your distribution with USATT. Only few days left to get your early bird exhibitor pricing for USA Trade Tasting. Book your space with 25% down and secure the lowest rates.*Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands: Higher After Earnings?
• Pernod Ricard call to ditch discounting at Christmas

DISTRIBUTORS

• Are You Really Ready To Pitch A Distributor: Here’s the Checklist *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Strong September Wine Auctions Indicate a Busy Third Quarter
• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 now at its highest level since the beginning of May 2013
• Wine Prices Rise to Record at South Africa’s Cape Guild Auction
• Historic Bordeaux Goes on Sale at Sotheby’s in London This Month
• Sotheby’s enjoys HK$84m weekend

HEALTH

• Yes, too much alcohol reduces sexual pleasure

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive
• Sleaze reigns among state regulators of Obamacare & other insurance
• Taking another stab at rewriting the Alaska’s alcohol laws

DATA & TRENDS

• Five Enolytics Data Top Projects

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Biases in wine quality scores
• How to get on this MW’s wine list
• The Greatest Wines of the Past 25 Years

MARKETING & SALES

• Introducing eTIPS Off Premise 3.0: A New Online Alcohol Sales Training Program for Grocery, Convenience and Package Stores

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• San Francisco sommeliers & wine writers discuss trends
• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook intrudes on Snapchat turf with ‘Messenger Day’
• Facebook launches Marketplace, a friendlier Craigslist
• Twitter’s pre-roll ads are slow to take off with influencers

MEDIA MATTERS

• On the Occasion of Celebrating Nine Years of ‘The Wine Guy’s’ Column
• Making of South African Iconic Wine Guide
• Distilled Knowledge Debunks the Mysteries of Booze (book review)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• No Women, No Wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Uncorked: Andres Torres
• Importer Ernest Ifkovitz, of PortoVino (podcast)
• Cristiano Garella of Colombera & Garella Winery (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Barolo & Barbaresco producers to know about
• Why Piemonte, Tuscany’s Lovely Stepsister, Is the Perfect Wine Trip Right Now

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• New Wine Grape Varieties for the Mid-South

ACADEMIA

• Students learn how to make wine at Fresno State
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln offers course all about wine

EUROPE & THE UK

• In Italy, Pinot Grigio gets a varietal “Super DOC”
• Brexit: UK to seek share of EU wine cellar
• Brexit will force wine prices up, but we’re still selling more abroad
• UK: Gusbourne Estate sales up 40% in first half of 2016
• Discovering the Personal Side of the Wine Business in Croatia

DOWN UNDER

• NZ winery owners fighting over share sale
• SA vines surviving the region’s flooding

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s wine pioneers up against climate, stereotypes

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

• Instant Beer And The Scientific Future Of Convenience Brews
• My Beer Sold Out (Or When Small Beers Go Big Time)
• The Maturation of Craft Beer
• Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker? Distilled Knowledge Debunks the Mysteries of Booze
• Denver’s Great American Beer Festival turns 35 as craft beer settles into maturity

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