NEWS FETCH — November 7, 2016

TOP NEWS

• CA Law supported by Wine Institute & Southern W&S kills some consumer wine discounts. Takes Effect Jan 2017.
• Tesco Bank halts online banking after weekend hacker fraud
• Record fine for winemaker guilty of selling fake Bordeaux wines
• Charles Banks’ wire fraud trial date set by federal court. Napa paper plays old story as sensational news.
• Weed or Wine? Alcohol Sellers Question If Voters Can Handle Both
• U.S. Consumer Spending Steady in October, at $93
• Jean-Henri Schÿler, Bordeaux Négociant and Owner of Château Kirwan, Dies at 85
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Bordeaux ’16 Looking Good to Berry’s Jago, Growers After Harvest
• PA: Lehigh Valley wineries see hardy yields
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Truett-Hurst Net Sales, margins, profits down for Q1 FY20176
• Napa Growers Rootstock tomorrow
• High Priced Napa Wine and the Promise of Quality
• Napa winemaker’s complaint leads to wine buyer’s arrest (ALERT: Obnoxious surveys ahead)
• More wine and tech could rev up a slow SLO County economy
• Wine Women Wonderland fundraiser to be held Dec. 7th
• 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

• There’s a shady alliance fighting to keep marijuana illegal

REAL ESTATE

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

DROUGHT/WATER

• The North Delta Habitat Arc: an Ecosystem Strategy for Saving Fish
• California’s drought divide: Rainy north, dry south
• Drought impacting one in three Americans this fall
• We have lots of common ground when it comes to water
• Two opposing views on desalination project
• On the Colorado River, Climate Change is Water Change

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• South Australian trade delegation to spruik state to Japan, Korea and Taiwan

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Sainsbury’s poaches CEO of Poundland for CFO role

DISTRIBUTORS

• Jackson Family Wines launches new international distribution strategy
• Top 10 Tips To Present Your Wines to US Importers *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 25th Annual Rusty Staub Wine Auction Tops $1.5 Million
• An Expert’s Guide to Wine Investment
• Fine Wine 50 continued to climb last week
• Bollinger’s Inaugural Auction To Be Hosted By Sotheby’s New York
• Mouton vertical withdrawn from sale
• The Wine Cellar Business Is Flourishing

HEALTH

• Will Drinking Through A Straw Get You More Drunk?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• French Laundry lawsuit – Why you always should put agreements in writing
• Legal alcohol causes crime according to these U of Oregon researchers

DATA & TRENDS

• Modern wine vintage charts: pro or con?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine 30% off at Whole Foods is sort of, but not always a good deal
• Brand familiarity, quality and the mac and cheese metaphor
• If you want to give a wine club membership, go straight to the source

MARKETING & SALES

• Word of mouth – the ultimate weapon in the wine world?
• How chatbots help with your marketing efforts

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• Building a Brand Through Customer Support

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Terre-WA! Craft Beverage Yakima
• Vintaly Hong Kong Focuses on Italian Native Grapes and a New Wine Business Forum

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook wants to start selling TV ads — on TVs — via Apple TV and Roku boxes
• How publishers are trying to monetize Instagram

PAYMENTS

• Mobile Payments in the US Growing Fast, but Still Far from Mass Adoption

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• WA: Farmworker housing schedule slips

MEDIA MATTERS

• The First 40 Years of the Golden Age in Wine
• “The Inside Story of a Wine Label,” Is Now Free on Amazon for 5 Days
• Jamie and Treve’s Sekt Tape, the start of a new collaboration

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Red Wine Bias? More Thoughts and Questions
• A crash course on ice wine
• Getting down to earth with minerality
• The Combination of Booze and Desserts, Do We Love It Or Hate It?
• Call it grenache or garnacha, but order this wine when you want big flavor
• Does Prosecco Improve With Age?
• Why do pH levels matter in wine?
• The Best Wines to Try From Chile

WINE PEOPLE

• Wine-Pop + Paul Kimmage Defense Fund: response from Aaron Timmer Brown/ Tim Brown
• Aaron Timmer Brown – the fraudster involved in Wine.Pop
• The S.B. Questionnaire: Tyler Tomblin
• Profile: Winemaker Mark Herold (ALERT: Obnoxious surveys ahead)
• Felipe Tosso Winemaker at Ventisquero in Chile
• Sommelier Talk: An Independent Streak in Philadelphia
• Vittorio Fiore of Poggio Scalette (podcast)
• Ben Howkins of the Royal Tokaji Wine Company (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• The Ultimate Travel Guide To Umbria, Italy

WINE EDUCATION

• WSET expands into the Czech Republic

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Restaurant job growth is slowing

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: ‘What’s in a Bottle of Wine?’ $4.8 Billion
• WA: Roundtable discussion with next generation of women winemakers
• WineAmerica Board Meets with Local Industry and Congressional Leaders in Oregon
• Neb: Grape expert tries to flip wine and whiskey barrels

ACADEMIA

• Turning around at Napa Valley College

EUROPE & THE UK

• WSTA chief Jago pledges to meet Brexit challenges ‘head on’
• Berry Bros back in the black
• Georgia exports 38m bottles of wine, earns $88m

DOWN UNDER

• Nordic opportunities for Aussie wine

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Drinking Wine in Ancient China
• Wine’s Japanese fling

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile’s terrior needs more recognition says Chief Winemaker at Errazuriz

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African Wineries Accused of “Slavery”

AROUND THE GLOBE

• In Damascus, The Bars Are Packed And The Wine Is Flowing

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Your Election Night Drinking Guide
• Tips for enjoying natural wines at home (satire)
• US entrepreneur develops revolutionary wine-preserving bottle stopper (video)

SO, THIS IS A THING…

• Tesco launches mulled wine loo roll

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

• The Next Craft Beer Trend: Make It Into Whiskey
• Why American Single-Malt Whiskey Is the Ultimate Blank Canvas for Craft Distillers
• Beer could go extinct thanks to climate change
• Some drinks leave a sour taste in your mouth. And that can be a good thing.
• The first studio album ever released on a beer can

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