NEWS FETCH — November 21, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Napa’s Walt Ranch vineyard hearings open with protest
• UC releases North Coast wine grapes cost study
• Constellation Brands boosts stock buy backs by $1 billion
• Can the California cannabis industry save the labor movement?
• ¡Salud! auction for Oregon vineyard worker healthcare sets record
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Winemakers: instantly access key wine & cellar data from anywhere to make key decisions & manage your staff better. Click now to download vintrace’s time-saving app! *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Putting The Cork In The IPOB Movement
• Lodi Winegrape Commission Celebrates 25th Anniversary
• Castle Rock Winery Builds Sales Team to Expand Growth
• Rare! Historic downtown Calistoga commercial property with restaurant and winery leases in place. This net leased investment offers income and pride of ownership. Click now to learn more. *Sponsored Link*

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• 2016 is a milestone year for sales of pot in WA state

REAL ESTATE

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

DROUGHT/WATER

• San Joaquin County officials get closer look at implications of State Water Board proposal
• Human Use of Restored and Naturalized Delta Landscapes
• Rain, at last, in Southern California yesterday; colder (and drier) pattern to come
• Why Donald Trump can’t easily revamp California water policy

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• South Dakota Introduces New Direct Shipper Report
• Grow Your Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits and Private Label Business with International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show (IBWSS). Early Bird Exhibitor Pricing Ends 30 NOV. Book Your Spot Now. *Sponsored Link

DISTRIBUTORS

• Top 10 Tips To Present Your Wines to US Importers *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 2016: one direction
• Fine Wine 50 was stable last week
• Hospices de Beaune 2016 bidders cut spending
• Rare Bollinger sparkles at NY sale

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The 100-Point Scoring System has Outlived its Usefulness

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Stora Enso expands RFID technology across wine, food and dairy markets
• Vinventions, Cork Supply Launch Next-Generation Wine Closure

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Social Customer-Service Automation: Too Good, or Too Good to Be True?

MEDIA MATTERS

• It’s about time someone guided us through Champagne

MATTERS OF TASTE

• 10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About López de Heredia
• Drink, Memory
• Adding Booze to Booze for Better Booze

WINE PEOPLE

• Catching up with Robert Parker Jr
• All about Roy Richards
• A personal reflection on Stanko Radikon
• Jacques Herviou of Château Maris
• Federica Mascheroni Stianti of Castello di Volpaia
• Meet the winemakers letting Western Australia speak for itself
• Erin Scala Proves Virginia is for Wine Lovers

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Fourth generation Idaho farmers adjust family business to meet needs of Idaho wine industry
• MD: Montgomery’s unbreakable liquor monopoly
• Wine industry in Colorado quietly takes off

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Scientists Unravel Cabernet Sauvignon’s Genome

DOWN UNDER

• Yealands Wine – A story that is every bit extraordinary
• New Zealand’s “other varieties” under-exploited in the UK

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China Aiming to Develop ‘Spaced-Out’ Varietal Wines
• Marketing policies in China paying off big time for Italian wine exporters
• Chile eyes tourism market in China

LATIN AMERICA

• Uruguay’s “clean slate” leaves field open for building quality reputation

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African Winery Documentary Sparks Action

AROUND THE GLOBE

• New life for ancient wine making traditions of Azerbaijan

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

• Craft Alcohol Is About To Become More Like The App Biz, Which Is Good News For Creators
• Beverage can design changes when beverage is chilled – and then again when drunk
• Domestic beers in China face headwinds while imported beers soar
• The $20,000 Rare Craft Beer That Comes Packaged in a Squirrel

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