NEWS FETCH — October 18, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Ste. Michelle Vs Treasury Wine: Corporate Stags Behaving Badly Or A Brilliantly Executed Sucker Punch?
• Inside Constellation’s Purchase of Charles Smith Wines for $120 Million
• Genomics breakthrough paves way for climate-tolerant wine grape varieties
• California capital could reap billions from legalized pot
• Wine and climate change: 8,000 years of adaptation
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Southern Willamette winemakers: Early harvest, great grapes
• New Zealand riding on high on record exports
• Steven Spurrier ‘angry’ about 2016 harvest in UK
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley’s Golden Age
• Yountville Hill Winery opponents remain critical of latest proposals
• CIA at Copia opens in stages
• The Remarkable Rise of Napa
• 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

• ‘Microdosing’ is the future of marijuana

DROUGHT/WATER

• Water is for fighting over? – a review of John Fleck’s recent book
• Are we trying to survive or thrive?
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RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Bay Area sewer water die-hards refuse to give up

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands (STZ) Fuels Growth at Wine & Spirits
• Altria becomes major shareholder in Anheuser-Busch, triples share buyback program
• Penfolds re-corking clinic heads to US & Canada
• Tesco sees growth – but grocery inflation is set to rise

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Is Crowdfunding Right for You?

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Second wines: closing the gap

HEALTH

• Drinking alcohol can help you lose weight

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Kingsland research sheds light on influences on millennial wine purchasing habits
• 5 reasons why Americans drinking more wine than ever
• How Restaurant Wine Is A Rip-off (video)

MARKETING & SALES

• Los Vascos Lifts Up Chilean Wine
• 4 Tips to Influence Buyers and Win Social Referrals
• Brewery Launches Blank Ads With A Hidden Message

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Canned Wine Has Vino Lovers Popping Tabs, Not Corks

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Google’s launching click-to-message ads on Google Search that connect consumers with companies over SMS
• 9 tips for building your first Facebook Messenger chatbot
• Why doesn’t anyone want to buy Twitter?

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• A former LinkedIn employee explains the worst mistakes you can make with your profile photo

MEDIA MATTERS

• Why bad science persists

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine and Coffee: Sharing Culture and Complexities
• Hand Vs. Machine Harvest: Blind Taste-Tested
• Illustrated Grape Vine Training Methods

WINE PEOPLE

• Hospices de Beaune director dies
• Six questions for fine wine trader Jeff Zacharia
• Uncorked: Darius Allyn MS

WINE PLACES

• Five Great Oregon Vineyards Worth Knowing

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Cohn Restaurant Group explains its ‘taco wine’

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Managing Botrytis Bunch Rot and Powdery Mildew

EUROPE & THE UK

• Romanian “Wine King”, nine others arrested in tax evasion case
• Republic of Georgia: First Impressions of a Wine Industry in Transition
• Bibendum announces price hikes in response to ongoing fall in the pound

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Year’s Most Innovative (And A Must-Have) Wine Accessory
• ‘Plug it and chug it’ wine glass launched
• There’s such a thing as condoms for wine bottles and it’s kind of genius
• Finally! An Excuse to Get Drunk with Your Pets

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

• Constellation Brands Acquires a Minority Stake in the Bardstown Bourbon Company
• Study Finds More Than 1,300 Active Craft Spirits Producers in U.S.
• America’s beer war is getting ugly
• The Whiskey ETF: No Cheers To That
• Cannabis Beer Brewer Prepares for National Distribution

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