NEWS FETCH — October 31, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Constellation to pay $600 million to buy Mexican brewery from Bud
• Bordeaux Court Deliberates on Fraud Case Involving More Than 1 Million Bottles of Wine
• Genetically modified crops fail promises to increase yields and decrease pesticide use.
• Lessons for wine in Louis Vuitton’s brand destruction
• ‘The Blob’ Is Back: What Warm Ocean Mass Means for Weather, Wildlife
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Harvest Wraps Up in Southern States
• Loire Harvest Report 2016 – Pays Nantais from Vincent Lieubeau
• China’s wine imports up nearly 20%
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Grapewagon Custom Crush by MacPhail Debuts In Healdsburg
• Wine Women launches Winemakers Forum on Nov. 10 at Passaggio
• Do the ‘Welcome Napa Valley’ signs need more welcoming sites?
• Business of Wine Leadership Honorees

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• After the election, marijuana could be legal for recreational or medical use in 29 states
• Investing In Canopy Growth And The Marijuana Movement

REAL ESTATE

• Laurent-Perrier sale rumours prove persistent
• Secluded Carmel Valley Estate Winery & Vineyard, $1.3 million. Contact Katie Somple, WineryX Real Estate * Sponsored Link

DROUGHT/WATER

• In California, a $350 million social experiment over lawns
• The Horror of a Salmon’s Wheel of Misfortune
• Water witchery: Is it hocus-pocus or science?
• Are October rains making a difference?
• Before and after: These 10 reservoirs have shrunk dramatically since 2001

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• UK: Majestic offers next-day delivery on all wines
• 2,000 Amazon Food Stores Wouldn’t Disrupt The Grocery Business — And Might Not Succeed

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• 5 Essentials for Your Crowdfunding Project to Succeed

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits adds 80 fine wine staffers

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The ‘Madoff of wine’ stole millions for Ferraris and dates
• Who moves the market?
• Hospices de Beaune defies odds with 2016 auction line-up

HEALTH

• No Kegs, No Liquor: College Crackdown Targets Drinking and Sexual Assault
• No sugar, no alcohol: did we forget to have fun?

DATA & TRENDS

• Precision and accuracy of numbers — getting it right

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why millennials are changing the wine business for good
• Don’t Stand So Close to Me

MARKETING & SALES

• Average cart abandonment rates for Q3 2016

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook Mobile Ad Revenues to Near $30 Billion Next Year
• Facebook is testing a new messaging product that looks a lot like Snapchat
• Why the second coming of Facebook commerce is good for everyone
• #wishyouwerehere

MEDIA MATTERS

• Publishers Are Rethinking The Sleaze In Those ‘Around the Web’ Ads
• Wine Wonder Kathryn Hall On Taking Chances And Her New Bestselling Book, ‘A Perfect Score’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Your glass is half full…of minerals and dry extract (PDF — Page 3)
• Terroir: the rumours of its death have been greatly exaggerated
• The elusive M-word
• Enjoying that delicious glass of expensive Tuscan wine? You can thank immigrants for that
• Grape-stomped wine is making a comeback
• Does a wine bottle punt mean better quality?
• Happy grape pickers add sparkle to great wine
• Malvasia Istriana – The Only Malvasia with its Own Glass

WINE PEOPLE

• Hugh Johnson’s Lifelong Journey Among the Trees
• Meet Madame Clicquot: the trail blazing widow who changed the face of champagne
• Fire-setting dentist inspires Walla Walla winery Otis Kenyon
• Corrado Dottori of La Distesa (podcast)

WINE EDUCATION

• The world’s first wine school will soon open in Italy

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Facebook Is Getting Into The Food Delivery Business

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Fostering wineries built to last in the Northwest
• Rural East Tennessee winemakers toast USDA grants for growth and wine tourism
• From aglianico to zibibbo, he poured an alphabetical tour of wine grapes

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• How rootstock affects grapevine characteristics
• Farmers have tech on their side but weeds have evolution
• The Most Important Decision a Winemaker Will Ever Make

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Wine and spirits hit £4bn in duty revenues for the Exchequer
• The spectacular rise & fall of Maison Ilan
• Rioja Rebels Changing the Way Wine is Sold
• Torres the Latest to Turn Away from Cava

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: ACCC promises further examination of winegrape sector
• OZ: Life returns to wine grape prices
• NZ: We need to put Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay on the map

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• ‘Ancient’ Winemakers Georgia And Lebanon Grow Exports Into China’s Thirsty Market

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile knocks out South Africa to enter top five countries by value in UK off-trade

AFRICA

• It’s not all bad news in South Africa
• Tunisia looks to branch out into wine tourism

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Halloween wine tale 2016 — Kolchak: The Wine Stalker
• Haunting Tales from the Vineyard

OLIVE OIL

• U.S. Olive Oil Imports on Record-Setting Pace

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

• Anthony Bourdain: Craft beer fans have gone too far
• MA cider makers press for lower taxes, stronger brew
• Craft Breweries Multiply, Along With Project Cargo Opportunities
• AB InBev notes Q3 craft beer slowdown
• This craft beer parody is all too real to be a parody

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