NEWS FETCH — October 28, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Kansas Authorities Arrest Man for Fraud After Thousands of Dollars Worth of Napa Wine Disappears
• Scientists discover a way for us to drink our way out of global warming
• Here’s who’s bankrolling the fight against legal marijuana
• Why Texas Is America’s Most Underrated Wine Destination
• This startup claims to pair different wines with your DNA
• Sorry, Your Wine Preferences Aren’t Written In Your Genes
• Increase your winery profits with custom crush. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Grape harvest in SLO County: Improved yields, good flavor
• Five Things to Know About Napa Valley’s 2016 Vintage
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Santa Barbara: Wine Law Forum will assist attorneys, winemakers engaged in competitive markets
• Sonoma County’s G&G Supermarkets sold to Safeway
• Final vote nears on Calif water storage standards
• Bascaules to continue work at Inglenook
• Four decades, great wines: McIntyre leads sustainability efforts in Monterey
• Hahn pioneers helped define Santa Lucia Highlands
• Anticipating a Wet Weekend in Paso

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Oregon Wine Grape Growers Learn to Roll with Cannabis
• Why Weed Pairings Are the New Wine Pairings
• Fire Up A Glass Of Tincture
• At work, application of pot laws remains hazy

REAL ESTATE

• How Long is Too Long for a Luxury Property to Remain on the Market?
• Secluded Carmel Valley Estate Winery & Vineyard, $1.3 million. Contact Katie Somple, WineryX Real Estate * Sponsored Link

DROUGHT/WATER

• How California’s Drought Is Fueling Data Innovation
• California’s water board proposes new base flows for San Joaquin River tributaries
• Shandon-San Juan form water district
• Reimaginging the Cadillac Desert, Part 3: How are cities looking at water?
• A drought that defies the odds

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• USA Trade Tasting Early Bird Exhibitor Pricing Ends October 30. Get 2 Day Conference Ticket + Save $500. Reserve Now*Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• OZ: Export opportunities for Orange area wine growers to develop with free trade deal

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Millennials behind Aldi and Lidl’s growth as the fastest growing spenders on grocery shopping

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Veritas Financial Partners Provides $9.0 million for Free Flow Wines

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine Wine 50 Index was firmer this week
• Auction update: Bonneau for ever

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Is It Legal For A Bar To Charge Your Credit Card An Extra 18% If You Forget It?
• Top Questions (and Answers) from “Registrations” Webinar

DATA & TRENDS

• Questions for Vivino, with Data-Driven Answers

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Mid-Atlantic Wine Consumer Attitudes and Behaviors Pertaining to Sustainable Wine
• So, is the Champagne you’re Buying Worth the Money?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexpo steps up organic wine focus

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 2017 Social Trends
• The Attribution Challenge in Social
• Twitter is shutting down its video app Vine

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Millennials: Here’s the map of how high your Obamacare premiums are going in 48 states. (Do you live in one of the lucky 2?)

MEDIA MATTERS

• How Wine Spectator Thrives, And Continues To Grow, 40 Years After Its First Issue

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Merlot’s demise has been greatly exaggerated
• The next big wine thing?
• Cava – The Cinderella of Sparkling Wine
• Latest fad is wines aged in bourbon barrels

WINE PEOPLE

• Moms Who Work Wine-to-Five
• Peter Michael and His Wines
• Family finds a home in Oregon’s wine industry

WINE PLACES

• The Definitive Guide To Champagne + Map

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Why The Apple Watch Is Taking Foot In The Restaurant Industry

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Appalachian High Country AVA is Official, Qualified Local Wine To Feature New Labels (NC, TN, VA)
• OR: Local wine grape growers welcome new academics
• New radio show celebrates NJ wine
• NC: AVA Touts Blue Ridge Mountain Wine
• Red wine, whiskey and vodka: What Allegheny County, PA drinks
• NY: 5 tips for North Fork wine lovers to survive pumpkin season
• Some Ontario grocers now selling wine

ACADEMIA

• Purdue: Wine appreciation course provides a STEM education in a cultural background

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Is public opinion on alcohol at a crossroads?
• How Roman Wine Wealth Built A Stunning Villa

DOWN UNDER

• New Zealand’s Wine Future Bright and Red
• OZ: “Willy Wonka’s wine factory”: Inside the extraordinary d’Arenberg Cube

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

• Analytical chemistry says that Scotch whiskys really are different
• There is the potential for craft spirits to achieve market share parity with craft beer
• Night Shift Brewing was fed up with distributorships. So they started their own.
• What’s next for craft beer?
• Beer Drinkers Are Boycotting Yuengling After Its Billionaire Owner Endorses Trump

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