NEWS FETCH — January 31, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Unravelling Global Politics & the Vineyard Mechanization Imperative
• The Impact of Immigrant Workers in the Wine, Agriculture Industries
• The Two Wine Industries: Separate and Distinct
• US Economic Confidence Index Averages +14
• These 18 attributes determine how consumers buy your wine.
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• 650 Programs, 73 Countries, And 1 Wine Educator Of The Year: Napa Valley Wine Academy
• UC Davis plans to bottle student wine for $80
• Lawmakers have doubts that the system to license marijuana sales in California will be in place by deadline
• Success Strategies offers Exec. Speaking Experience workshop
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Is SLO County manipulating average rainfall totals?
• Wet, windy weather to return to the Western US
• Farmers who lost water to fish in 2001 seek payment
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CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Business Capital Secures Expansion Capital for Promising Sierra Foothills Wine Producer

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• FL: Over $15 million raised at Naples Winter Wine Festival
• Spotlight on… Tignanello
• Fake DRC wine: Prosecutor demands prison for alleged gang member
• Olivier Uguen and offers of fine wine

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• How Cannabis Ecommerce Challenges Are Driving Web Innovation

HEALTH

• Dry January is almost over. Let’s ditch it for good next year

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Are we ready for genetically modified wine?
• Google Assistant Introduces ‘My Wine Guide,’ A Virtual Sommelier
• Plum Launches the First Appliance That Serves Wine by the Glass in Hotel Guest Rooms

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• As Boxed Wine Gains Credibility, Bota Box Growth Surges
• Which is the Best Glass for Sparkling Wine?

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Instagram Stories might be killing Snapchat Stories

MEDIA MATTERS

• Exploring Britain’s Boozy History in this new book

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine opens and frees the mind

WINE PEOPLE

• In The Cellar With Hollywood Producer Mark Tarlov And Alit Wines
• Winemaker Ehran Jordan of Failla Wines (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• The Hidden Wine Cellars Under The Brooklyn Bridge
• Underground Bordeaux Includes More Than Wine Cellars

WINE EDUCATION

• Don’t Become a Certified Sommelier (ducks)

ACADEMIA

• WA: Students in YVC’s winery program drink in the knowledge

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Unified session explores winemaking from classic to modern
• Is the Intelligent Vineyard the Future of Winegrape Growing?
• Soil health is affected by changing climate conditions

EUROPE & THE UK

• Investment in UK food and drink industry at 3-year high
• Bulgaria gets 23.6 mln euro in revenue from wine exports in Jan-Oct

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Nigel Westblade joins Peter Lehmann as chief winemaker
• OZ: Adelaide Hills’ Wineries to Receive State Government Funding Boost

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• New Wineries to Watch Fail

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• How Brandy Could Become The Next Big Thing In The Spirits World