NEWS FETCH — November 3, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Feds nail Jeffry Hill, charge him with wire & mail fraud in Napa Valley vintage and appellation fiddling scheme
• Vandals drain tanks of 250,000 litres of wine in Ontario
• The phylloxera wine louse is back with a vengeance
• ‘Harsh’ Brexit will hurt French wine and German beer sales
• $331 million invested in 85 water, wastewater projects
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Northwest Crosses Harvest Finish Line
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• CDFA awards Zinfandel grant
• Calistoga winery approved to expand, increase production
• Santa Barbara County New Winery Rules Still in Limbo
• Santa Barbara County wine industry gets special session with supervisors later this month
• High-tech Napa Valley wine center rises
• Be part of ProWein 2017! We’re the world’s largest international wine industry meeting for professionals from viticulture, production, trade and gastronomy – 6,000 exhibitors are waiting for you! Click now to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• California on the verge of legalizing pot

REAL ESTATE

• Secluded Carmel Valley Estate Winery & Vineyard, $1.3 million. Contact Katie Somple, WineryX Real Estate * Sponsored Link

DROUGHT/WATER

• AFBF asks federal court to vacate WOTUS rule
• Reconciliation ecology could end California’s water wars
• Californians’ Water Use Reflects Shift to Permanent Changes
• In parched Central California, water trumps other election issues
• How Water Agencies Can Change Our Habits

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Renew Louisiana and South Dakota 3-tier labels to continue selling in 2017
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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Technical Survey on Shares of Treasury Wine Estates Limited

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 1000 reaches another record high in October

HEALTH

• Flavonoids keep people healthy
• To enliven downtowns, some cities promote public drinking

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine, Price, Value and Feeeeelings
• Wine prices 2017: Premiumization is here to stay
• What your drink preference says about your personality
• Millennials resurrecting whiskey and wine
• Tawny Port’s popularity, such as it is, comes from San Francisco restaurants

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWein winds back the clock for 2017 event

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook passes 1 billion mobile-only monthly users
• Facebook says ad revenue growth will start slowing down next year
• Inside Snapchat’s pricey pitch to advertisers
• Do ad blockers hold the clue to the future of advertising?
• Publishers don’t have the ‘moral right’ to ask people to turn off ad blockers

MEDIA MATTERS

• New book trumpets Faugères

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sugar trending in some dry wines
• I Buried a Cow Horn Full of Shit for Good Wine
• The Dark Side of Kosher Wine
• Wine Additives: Chaptalization and Acidification Are Misunderstood
• What are these “pét-nat” sparkling wines my hipster wine friends keep talking about?

WINE PEOPLE

• Out in the wine industry
• Daniel Johnnes, Burgundy specialist, joins Grand Cru

WINE EDUCATION

• Vinitaly International Academy attracts top-tier Wine Experts for the next VIA Certification Course
• The gruelling process behind becoming a Master Sommelier

WINE TOURISM

• A wine trail in the southern Willamette Valley
• 9 New Reasons to Visit Virginia Wine Country

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Pennsylvania’s wine region lacks identity
• OR: Knudsen kids honor Cal’s culinary pursuits

ACADEMIA

• Penn State enologist supports Pennsylvania winemakers

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• The organic winemaker versus the traditionalist(podcast)

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Summary of resolutions adopted in 2016 by the 14th OIV General Assembly
• Innovative processes for juice extraction and cleaning (video)

EUROPE & THE UK

• “Biggest ever” Halloween boosts sales at Morrisons
• Raventòs Shakes off Cava’s Image Problem
• Champagne Brand Henri Giraud Replaces Steel With Oak In Production Method

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Christchurch police pour $20,000 worth of confiscated alcohol down the drain

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Will India’s second-largest winery succeed at premiumisation?

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African wine after apartheid – One man’s story
• Selling South African wine in the German wine market

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Seven Ways Somms Are Moving Past Wine

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

• Consumers looking to premium spirits to express themselves
• Craft Beer all Tapped Out?
• Here’s What Anthony Bourdain Gets Wrong About Craft Beer
• Millennials resurrecting whiskey and wine
• Empire Brewing Company Begins Distribution to China

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