NEWS FETCH — January 25, 2016

TOP NEWS

• More than 100 vineyards decimated in Chile’s worst forest disaster in history
• Sonoma County extends local emergency due to January rains, flooding
• Paso Robles fined nearly $500,000 for wastewater plant violations
• USDA scrambles to ease concerns after researchers were ordered to stop publishing news releases
• North America Winery Count Is Now 9,872
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• NZ winegrowers upbeat about upcoming harvest
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• North Bay employers mostly pay above minimum wage, but tough choices are ahead
• Winery Compliance Class in Napa: February 8th
• Wine Buyers: Bid Online for Rare Napa Valley Selections for Your Best Customers
• Who Really Won Wine’s Most Famous Tasting?
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DROUGHT/WATER

• When will soggy California drop water restrictions?
• CVP remains cautious on water allocation
• Five things to know about California’s drought after big storms
• Leasing water – a novel idea to combat ‘buy and dry’ in Colorado
• “Unraveling the Knot” Water Movement in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – Tidal Forces (video)
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Valley farmers disappointed with Trump pulling out of Trans Pacific Partnership
• OZ: As Trump US pulls out of Trans-Pacific Partnership, Ciobo says hope not lost among agricultural sectors
• NZ wine exports face major blow after US TPP withdrawal
• South Africa Seeks Agriculture Boost in Post-Brexit Trade Deal

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Perfect Pavie 2009 hits new high

DATA & TRENDS

• Thoughts On The 2017 SVB Wine Report

HEALTH

• Wine and healing — not so perfect together?
• What Is Wine Doing to Your Waistline?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Mexico Has Right to Police Use of Tequila Name in U.S.

MARKETING & SALES

• Millennials are driving Premiumization. This is what they look for.
• Millennial Wine Consumers in The United States

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Liqui-Box Designs Liqui-Top™ for Growing Bag-in-Box Wine

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 5 Ways to Be More Mobile-Friendly in 2017
• Instagram is making Stories more appealing for brands
• How to Become a Social Media Marketing Superstar
• The Trump bump: Twitter is getting a second look from brands

PAYMENTS

• Target plans to introduce its own smartphone payment service in stores later this year

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Tips for Engaging Boomers: Don’t Overlook Your Hardest-Working Employees

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Make American Wine Plonk Again
• Do expensive wines actually taste better?

WINE PEOPLE

• Burgundy’s New Generation Rising to the Challenge

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• BC: Filling a wine industry need
• In Maryland, 117 acres of slate and promise

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Napa’s Rombauer Vineyards to install clean energy-producing wastewater treatment

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China: Feeding of the 1.5 billion – with wine
• China now Australia’s great wine hope