NEWS FETCH — October 17, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Constellation Sells Canadian Wine Unit for US$784 Million
• Washington Vintner Charles Smith Wines Sells 5 Brands to Constellation for $120 Mil
• Marmitegate is ‘just the tip of the iceberg’ as cheese, chocolate and wine all face punishing tariffs
• Strong Growth Across all Wine Sales
• Why We Need An Internet Of Food
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• 10 Factors That One Should Consider when Selecting a Bulk Wine Supply Partner
• Bizarre wine data
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma County Supervisors OK developing winery event rules and definitions
• Wine Country Travel Watch: Downtown Napa’s Revival
• 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

• Should marijuana be legalized in California? A look at Proposition 64
• A trade school in Colorado is training foodies and weed enthusiasts to become pot ‘sommeliers’

DROUGHT/WATER

• South San Joaquin farmers say ‘no’ to flow plan
• Be weir-y: Valley, ag getting Water Board-ed by fish flow plans
• Rethinking ‘Infrastructure’ to Protect California’s Water Future
• 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

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Obama opens Cuba door wider

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Naked Wines to raise prices amid Brexit fallout
• Strong growth in Casillero and Cono Sur boosts CYT UK

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 100: Performance by currency
• Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 rose 1.1% last week
• An Australian en primeur project with a $198,000 price tag
• Petrus ’90 Leads Sotheby’s Wine Sale to Beat House High Estimate
• Champagne to dominate NYC auction
• Introducing the Fine Wines of Australia

HEALTH

• Most countries get more calories from alcohol than soft drinks

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Endangered Wine List in the New Millennium
• Happy drinkers willing to pay more
• Lost in translation
• On-trade wine training hitting buffers with non-wine drinking millennials
• How to buy wine – dos and don’ts in the wine shop
• The Expanding Wine Lists At Los Angeles LAX Airport

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• This Is How Social Media (Really) Works in the Trenches
• After Facebook’s mistake, let’s hit reset on video ads
• How agencies see Snapchat’s ad-sales approach
• Facebook now lets you stream video to Apple TV and Chromecast
• Ad buyers see promise in Twitter’s Instagram-like carousel ads
• Apple News is sending publishers traffic, but not revenue

PAYMENTS

• 94% of consumers would use mobile wallets more if they gave something back

MEDIA MATTERS

• A True-Crime Documentary About the Con That Shook the World of Wine

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What makes us think a wine tastes good?
• An Oak Revolution Is Underway In The World Of Wine
• Making Provence rosé
• The Organic Wine Dilemma: What to do?
• Understanding wine aromas
• Key to tasty wine: The crystal holding it
• What is Pét Nat?

WINE PEOPLE

• Virginia vineyards have an unofficial ambassador in Neal Wavra
• WA: Kyle Welch is the skipper at Longship Cellars
• Wally Plahutnik, wine retailer (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Viva Havana: Wine Enthusiast Explores the Cuban Capital
• Port as tourist magnet

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Why the lack of women winemakers in Washington?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Researchers Claim New Process Cuts Electricity At Winery Waste Plants
• West Richland’s new plant turns wine (waste) into water

EUROPE & THE UK

• How bad will Brexit be for UK farmers, retailers and consumers?
• Cava fights back
• The changing face of Manchester’s wine scene
• Independent merchants feel pressure as supplier price hikes start to feed through
• Underpaid, illegal migrants unwittingly used on idyllic Tuscan estate owned by Sting
• Champagne Gets First New House in 44 Years

DOWN UNDER

• Hungry ducks to replace snail baits on WA vineyard
• Yealands completes New Zealand’s largest solar panel installation

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China: Over 19,000 bottles of smuggled wine to go under hammer

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Russian Wines Gaining Popularity At Dixy Group

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Plum Debuts First Super-Automatic Wine Appliance
• Get low-key drunk on hidden cask wine at work with ‘The Goon Suit’

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

• Why a Higher Education in Brewing Is Now Critical For Employment
• Craft beer explosion responsible for record number of trademarks
• Mexican brewery tricked Donald Trump supporters into buying beer for party
• Nova Scotia craft beer producers say co-operation, not competition, key to success

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