NEWS FETCH — October 5, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Constellation Brands Acquires High West Distillery for $160 Million
• Chinese companies emerge as suitors for Accolade Wines
• Leading German Vintner Fritz Hasselbach Dies at 70
• Another rise in sales as Tesco recovery continues
• U.S. Economic Confidence Changed Little in September
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Napa Harvest Report: The end is in sight
• CA: Early-autumn weather affects coastal crops
• A look at the first six weeks of Washington’s harvest
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• CA: Industry group calls proposed ‘no pesticides near schools’ rule unnecessary
• CA: For Italian grape varieties, hope persists in the foothills
• Napa supervisors volunteer for international wine conferences
• Quality and Quantity at Cambria Winery
• University of California Davis offers another kind of wine list
• 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*

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Santa Rosa cannabis company sees benefit in pair of laws covering pot manufacturing

REAL ESTATE

• NZ: Gimblett Gravels founding winery for sale

DROUGHT/WATER

• Another dry year on California’s books as ‘drought continues’
• Is the world wide web a waste of water?
• Farms and cities need groundwater to survive
• Valley water: The ag bubble
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RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Water Reuse in California: Overcoming the Barriers to Its Expansion

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Crimson Wine Is A Value Trap
• Why Ferran took shares in Diageo
• Constellation Brands: The Company Has Found The Winning Strategy
• Constellation earnings bolstered by beer sales

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Rare 18th century Portuguese wines on display in the U.S.

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• 5 Shopping Tips For Fall, From The Wine Aisle
• 11 secrets a sommelier will never tell you
• Amazon is cracking down on biased customer reviews

MARKETING & SALES

• The Marketing Step That You Can’t Leave Out

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Showstopper wine design
• Penfolds to up focus on glass closures
• ONE87 offers one answer for wine drinkers
• The Pythagorean Cup Will Keep You From Drinking Too Much

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• VinoVision Paris partners with trend forecaster
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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Why Your Winery Should Use Video – And How to Get Started
• 92 per cent of retailers investing in social marketing, Facebook leads way
• How to encrypt your Facebook Messages
• 5 metrics every chatbot developer needs to track

MEDIA MATTERS

• Britain’s ‘empire of booze’ chronicled
• Oenophiliacs Beware: Lettie is Upsettie

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why the Fundamentals Matter
• Understanding wine blending: The basics
• Is Dosage A Dirty Word?
• Tales of tannat

WINE PEOPLE

• A Frantic, High-Stakes Day in the Life of Napa’s Wine Whisperer
• From soda jerk to winery owner

WINE PLACES

• Piemonte, Tuscany’s lovely stepsister, is the perfect wine trip
• 12 reasons to visit Burgundy that aren’t just wine

WINE TOURISM

• Balancing farms, tourist sites poses local challenge

ACADEMIA

• CA: Humboldt State University offers wine study courses

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Scientists Reveal Fruit Fly’s Genetic Code

EUROPE & THE UK

• The Apennine way
• Do You Know the Way to St.-Péray?
• Germany: Winemakers and brewers use sugar to advantage to improve product
• Champagne Sales Dip As UK Sparkling Wine Consumption Rises 17%
• UK: Mother and son at war over wine business as she furiously objects to his application to sell alcohol

DOWN UNDER

• Planning tool targeting profitable margins for Australian wine

LATIN AMERICA

• The South American adventure of a Morrisons wine buyer

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

• Is Georgia the worst state in the U.S. for craft brewing?
• Constellation earnings bolstered by beer sales
• Anchorage craft beer triggers online debate about rape culture
• Craft distillers nearing OK for fed tax breaks
• Interest in locally sourced, hand-crafted cider explodes

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