NEWS FETCH — October 4, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Jackson Family Wines scoops up another Oregon winery
• Napa Valley Vintners pledges $1 million to the CIA at Copia
• Scrutiny of Commercial Real Estate Loans Chills Small Lenders
• Brexit Could Be Making British Wine Industry Stronger Than Ever
• National Association of Wine Retailers Give Full Support to Lawsuits Challenging Wine Shipping Laws
• North Coast moves out of historic drought
• Increase your winery profits with custom crush. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Los Angeles Wine Grape Harvest Underway at Bel Air’s Moraga Estate
• Bordeaux 2016 reds: Dry skies mean waiting game
• Production of wine in Romania this year will be about 4 million hectolitres by 11% more than last year
• How the Aussie floods might flavour your wine
• Tornado crashes into Chinese vineyards
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Governor Brown on a Hot Streak, Signs Three New Alcoholic Beverage Laws
• Vintage Wine Estates to distribute in Paso Robles, Washington
• Charlotte Selles joins Jackson Family Wines
• Best-priced already permitted winery in Napa Valley! 3,000-case permit allows for tastings & retail sales. Contact Katie Somple, WineryX Real Estate *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Growing Evidence Highlights Cracks in California Delta Tunnels Plan
• Drought Prospects in California for the New 2017 Water Year
• Since La Nina is a no-show, does that give us hope for rain this winter?
• Santa Barbara County supervisors to discuss adding to water supply
• California farmers invited to move to Oklahoma
• Thinking on Exhibiting at IBWSS? HOURS LEFT to get early bird rates. Save $1000 if you register by Sept 30.*Sponsored Link*

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Could Amazon bring 1-hour beer, wine delivery to Cincinnati?
• 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

• Truett-Hurst, Inc. Announces Names New Chief Financial Officer
• How Naked Wines is targeting email marketing through customer data

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Masi Agricola Acquires 60% Of Canevel Sparkling Wine
• Wine retailer Tannico “quaffs” €3.8M Series A

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 1000 Index hits another record high in September
• Liv-ex 100 gains 1.59% in September

HEALTH

• What Science Really Says About Drinking Before Bed
• Is ‘skinny prosecco’ really better for you?
• I expect my children to drink, but hope it’s for the right reasons

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Big Formula Changes at TTB
• New PA wine law shakes up restaurants, wineries

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The art of on tap in casual dining

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine Confidential Launched

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Screwcaps are not the future

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Global Wine Tourism Conference in Georgia: A Preliminary Report
• Top Ten Tips For a Successful Brand Launch *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• How Influential Is a Brand’s Social Media Presence During the Holiday Season?
• How Do You Stand Out From 500,000 Advertisers on Instagram?
• Why GIFs? Understanding this Shift in Communication
• Nine stats about Twitter video ads and why we cannot ignore them

MEDIA MATTERS

• Movie Review: Burgundy: People with a Passion for Wine

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Spanish ageing explained

WINE PEOPLE

• New Face of Dundee

WINE PLACES

• 5 Haunted Wineries That You Need To Visit For A Scare

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Pendleton poses challenges for growing grapevines
• Beyond Bordeaux: Texas Winemakers Look for New Grapes
• TX: Bexar County drank $44.5 million worth of booze in August
• NY: Wine to-go eatery comes to Grand Central Terminal

ACADEMIA

• Walla Walla winemaking class creates pied de cuve for Carmenere

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Vineyard Weed Control Should Start Now

EUROPE & THE UK

• 2003 – Champagne’s Resurrection Vintage

LATIN AMERICA

• The Wines of Chile: An Introduction
• Never a better time to consider Mexico as an export destination

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Man goes wakeboarding in a flooded vineyard in South Australia
• Donald Trump, sommelier

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

• How Pumpkin-Flavored Beer Became a Craft Beer Casualty
• IPA has gone too far
• Snags delay BrewDog’s beer production locally (OH)
• UK: Craft beer craze has ‘transformed many microbreweries into highly profitable businesses’

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