NEWS FETCH — November 28, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Cameron Hughes Wine Co. being sold by court-ordered receiver
• CA ABC Issues Warning About Potential Scam
• Gruppo Campari exits Italian still wines business
• Napa Valley Vintners Donates $6M to Build OLE Health’s South Napa Campus
• BC wine industry mourns Wild Goose founder Adolf Kruger
• Black Friday sets new online sales record with $3.34 billion
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Quality California Winegrape Crop This Year
• Port harvest surprisingly good
• Georgia pledges largest-ever wine export to China
• Mas de Daumas Gassac reports rush on 2015 wine
• Figeac’s Faye Is Very Happy With 2016 Vintage After Wet June
• 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

• How influential can one vintner be? Two famous wineries get to find out.
• Pomo tribe restoring creek close to home
• In a California Valley, Healthy Food Everywhere but on the Table
• Wineries move into old San Francisco military installations
• Higher elevations and soil add the extra touch to Napa Valley mountain vineyard wine (PDF)
• 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*

REAL ESTATE

• OZ: Adelaide Hills vineyard bought by wine exporter
• Secluded Carmel Valley Estate Winery & Vineyard, $1.3 million. Contact Katie Somple, WineryX Real Estate *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• The Coming Droughts of California in 2017
• To save the San Francisco Bay and its dying Delta, the State aims to re-plumb California
• Biologists see slight rise in juvenile Delta smelt numbers, though still below 2012 estimates

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
• 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*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Remy Cointreau re-bounds with 7% sales growth
• Diageo pledges to continue blazing a trail of innovation
• Willamette Valley Vineyards Announces Annual Cash Dividend for Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Talking Trade 25/11: Bordeaux slows; Sassicaia moves
• New system claims best protection yet against wine fraud
• Alsace Premiers Crus: What you need to know
• Burgundy Auction Signals Price Hike
• Chambertin 1966 Rousseau Burgundy Fetches $58,800 at Sotheby’s
• Hart Davis Hart announces three-day sale

HEALTH

• Good news – wine may indeed slow the ageing process

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TTB Issues Proposed Rule on Wine Treating Materials and Related Regulations

DATA & TRENDS

• Summarizing multi-dimensional wine data as graphs, Part 1: ordinations

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why I Hate Female Sommeliers and So Should You
• Here’s what wine you should be drinking, according to how you take your coffee
• Wine critics’ language turns obscure terms into vivid reality
• Why do people prefer some wines over others?
• Merlot Sees Its Stock Rise After Years In The Shadow Of Cabernet And Pinot
• My mind is made up, please don’t confuse me with the facts
• How to Choose Champagne

MARKETING & SALES

• Nearly 1/3 of Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping was done on mobile
• 10 Ways for Small Businesses to Dominate Local Markets
• Utah sets alcohol-sales record ahead of Thanksgiving holiday

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Amcor unveils anti-counterfeit smart capsule
• Cross-over innovation: What beverage packaging can learn from other industries

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinitech 2016 Is Opening In Bordeaux
• Regional wine and the wine tourism conference
• Women in Wine Leadership Symposium NYC 2016 (video)

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• A Glimmer of Hope in the Ad Blocking Battle

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• How machine learning can make humans better managers

MEDIA MATTERS

• Top 6 Must-Have Wine Reading

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Organic, Biodynamic, Sustainable: Lady-Like Words
• 14 science-backed answers to your biggest questions about wine
• When Wine Imitates Art
• Recantina: The grape Napoleon didn’t like
• A Port Wine Primer
• The Truth About Petit Chablis
• Sparkling Wine and Champagne: Adapting to consumer tastes
• Flint Vineyard reveals Bacchus study results
• Champagne’s pretenders to the throne
• Fathers and Sons

WINE PEOPLE

• Liv-ex interview with Michel Rolland, part two
• Roger Beery: At Last, Becoming a Winemaker
• Andrew Weeber: Building A Sparkling Future for English Wine
• ‘Extreme’ Japanese winemaker is a natural
• Mark Oldman, Wine Writer, on His Favorite Destinations
• Boutique Riverland winery operator a champion for women in wine industry

WINE PLACES

• The Fine Art of Making Natural Wine in Quebec
• On a Pilgrimage to Parras, Mexico’s Underrated Wine Region
• How Italian-American brothers boosted Montalcino’s production of Brunello wines

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Has a Start-Up Found the Secret to Farming the Elusive Truffle?

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• USDA Awards Grants to 34 Eastern Wineries
• Jackson Family Wines makes a big move in Oregon
• NC Gets New Federally Approved Wine District
• Canadian wines get short shrift in Quebec
• WA: Sager Small set to take College Cellars education back to Woodward Canyon

ACADEMIA

• Yakima Valley College students can teach professional vintners a thing or two

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Pesticides: Farmers testify that current rules protect schools

EUROPE & THE UK

• DEFRA approves application for Sussex wine PDO
• Rioja adjusts growth limit for 2017 following new vine planting rules
• How Stephen Leroux rescued one of the world’s most iconic champagne houses from extinction
• UK wine industry needs to wake up to new drinking occasions
• The last ten years: France

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Damage bill from devastating Mildura hail storm passes $100 million
• Wine makers looking overseas as Aussies drinking less
• The last ten years: Australia

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s Dynasty Fine Wines Sells Off Vast Stocks Of Top Bordeaux
• Ningxia: The Next Big Thing In China?

AFRICA

• Out of Africa – the Next Big Wine Market?
• The Wine Tram: The best wine route in South Africa?

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What Your Drink of Choice Says About Your Parenting Style

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

• Venezuela’s ‘beer war’ mirrors hostile politics
• The Real Reason It Feels Tragic When Your Favorite Brand ‘Sells Out’
• Boston Beer Continues to Underperform: Time to Dump it?
• Legislation Would Create Tax Break For Small Distilleries In Michigan

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