NEWS FETCH — December 14, 2016

TOP NEWS

• North Coast wineries spar over Davis surname trademark
• Avero Acquires social media and reputation management software VinTank
• Premier Cru owner who stole $45 million sentenced to 6.5 years in prison
• 40% Of Alcohol Beverage Buyers Make Their Decisions In-Store
• Restaurant sales turn positive
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Inside the bulk wine business
• 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

• Executive Speaking Experience workshop to be held in Napa
• Boutique winery with permits in place! Stunning views from this 40-acre parcel in the up-and-coming Carmel Valley. 7 acres of vineyard and a residence for the winemaker or as office/entertainment space. Contact Katie Somple, WineryX Real Estate *Sponsored Link*

REAL ESTATE

• Millionaire Bernard Magrez buys vines in St-Estèphe
• 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*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Warm winter storms melting Sierra snowpack
• Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
• The Drought-Busting Bill Congress Just Passed Might Screw the Endangered Species Act
• Odds of Reaching 100% of Normal Precipitation for Water Year 2017
• California’s drought divergence: Wetter in the north, still bone dry in the south
• How California Is Doing at Managing Its Groundwater

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Japan, EU in talks seeking free-trade deal by year-end
• Visit ProWein 2017 for 300+ tasting sessions and seminars, plus fresh ideas for wine production, marketing & packaging – Click now to find out how you can profit! *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Amazon can revolutionize grocery stores, but it still can’t sell wine
• NZ: Constellation transforms Wairau Valley farm into large vineyard
• UK: Diageo signs up with Deliveroo

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• The Ins and Outs of Microfinancing Your Small Business

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine investment: fundamental narratives
• Power 100: Bordeaux dominates top price performers
• Sotheby’s Dominates Global Wine Auctions In 2016
• 300-year-old bottle of Madeira sells for $39k
• The science and art of cellaring and cellar design

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Ohio wineries ‘just say no’ to free-samples legislation

DATA & TRENDS

• Craft beer and Prosecco in 2017: Will their bark be worse than their bite?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine List Economics: Familiarity Breeds Innovation (PDF)
• Wine/beer/spirits sales ratios vary widely among the top 3 ethnic restaurant types

MARKETING & SALES

• Why Messaging Apps Are Issuing In A New Era Of Retail

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• How Authentic Customer Service And Hospitality Can Grow A Great Brand

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Yahoo Discloses Another Breach, Compromising 1 Billion Accounts
• Instagram just rolled out a ‘save for later’ button
• You can now broadcast to Periscope directly from Twitter’s app

WINE PEOPLE

• Never Gonna Give You Up: Reflections from Paul Mabray
• Tim Brown (aka Aaron Timmer Brown) sacked by Wine.Pop

WINE PLACES

• Discovering Brazil’s historical wine region: Vale dos Vinhedos

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Falling commodity prices aren’t offsetting rising labor costs
• Food delivery giant Just Eat acquires U.K.’s Hungryhouse and Canada’s SkipTheDishes for up to $383 million
• Ynsect raises $15.2 million to turn worms into dinner for your pets, and maybe one day for you!

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Aeration Industries Welcomes Josh Sablan

ACADEMIA

• Italy: Master’s in Italian wine and food culture to be offered in English at The University of Gastronomic Sciences

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Vineyard mechanization – Is grape quality impacted?
• A pulsating new idea in winemaking

EUROPE & THE UK

• Spanish wine set to grow by value over the next five years
• UK: Pre-loading charge denied by multiples
• Berry Bros appoints Abi Hirshfeld as new buying director
• UK: Pierre Mansour named head of buying at Wine Society

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Virtual fence to protect wine industry
• Kiwi wine producers branch out
• OZ: Exploring export opportunity

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• The Chinese Wine Market – highlights from Rabobank’s report

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• UPS Debuts A Delivery e-Bike In Portland

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

• Survey shows hard cider industry maturing in supply, price
• ‘Bad Beer’ Battle Threatens to Pull Apart Boston’s Biggest Craft Brew Chain
• Is Sour the New Hoppy?
• AB InBev to sell stake in South Africa’s Distell to state fund
• Brewer offers tailored DNA beer for £25,000

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