NEWS FETCH — February 3, 2016

TOP NEWS

• The federal hiring freeze & what it means for US wineries
• Instagram driving success of rosé
• California at heaviest snowpack in 22 years
• Should You Still Offer Health Insurance as a Benefit?
• Wal-Mart spent more than $4.8 million on Oklahoma’s alcohol ballot measure
• How FSMA Will Impact the Wine Industry
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• OZ: Wet season for vintage 2017
• Chinese wine region harvest report (Part I)
• South Africa: Simonsig sees lighter grape yield, but superb quality in harvest 2017’s early days
• de Villaine hails ‘terroir-driven’ 2014 vintage
• 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

• The Carneros Wine Alliance Elects A New Board of Directors
• Heitz: California with restraint
• Pope Valley hires Bryan Avila as winemaker
• The evolution of Krupp
• “Women Winemakers – Then & Now” Panel Discussion and Dinner
• 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

• Snowpack shows big one-month gain – CA statewide 173 percent of the February 2 average
• Storms filled 37% of California’s snow-water deficit
• Water, water everywhere in California – and not enough reservoir space to store it
• La Nina, did you orchestrate this?
• Does California need more water infrastructure?
• Looking for wines to import into the U.S.? Find international producers on “Route USA” at ProWein 2017 trade fair. Click to lean more. *Sponsored Link*

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Snap files to raise $3 billion in much-hyped IPO
• Snap’s IPO numbers look a lot more like Twitter’s than Facebook’s

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• When wine collection becomes a provident fund

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Sonoma State University to offer medical cannabis course

HEALTH

• Big Alcohol Dodges Regulations by Trying to Delegitimize Science
• Send text messages to solve problem drinking

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• How a 20% border tax could set off an international food fight
• Trump’s immigration ban and how it will affect Italian wine in the U.S.

MARKETING & SALES

• What’s needed for wine trade growth
• These 4 things will cause online customers to drop you like a hot rock
• Is That Super Bowl Ad Still Worth It? If Not, What Is?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Manufacturing Wine from the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The social media marketing checklist your business needs for 2017
• Snapchat growth slowed 82% after Instagram Stories launched
• How to build your own Twitter bot in less than 30 minutes
• Social media can be a waste of time and money
• Facebook’s AI now lets you search for photos by their content
• Why Instagram Live Could Be the QVC of Social Media
• Why Snap’s Spectacles are the best social content investment brands can make right now

PAYMENTS

• Why retailers struggle to adopt mobile payments
• Google is killing its experimental Hands Free payment app

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Do we need a natural wine alternative?

WINE PEOPLE

• Success and biodynamics: a conversation with Gérard Bertrand

WINE PLACES

• OR: Holmes Gap Vineyard hitches wagon to history

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Al Copp, founder of Md.’s Woodhall Wine Cellars, dies
• Wine Business Monthly profiles Fujishin Family Cellars in Idaho as Hot Brand

ACADEMIA

• Johns Hopkins class delves into science of wine, beer, cheese and other fermented delicacies

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Are you considering deficit irrigation with saline water?

EUROPE & THE UK

• Cava producers take a pop at champagne with top-end classification
• Spain’s White Wine Revolution
• Resurrected Western Wines concept focuses on post-referendum opportunities for UK bottling
• Change of subsidiary ownership consolidates Hallgarten’s B2B wine focus
• Nyetimber banned at The Savoy
• How Bordeaux became ‘the only seller’s market in France’

DOWN UNDER

• Australia’s new crop of urban wineries

LATIN AMERICA

• From the frontline of Chile’s fires

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Does Shiraz wine come from Iran?

THIS KID IS ALL OF US.

• Baby Throws A Tantrum Until She Gets Her Red Wine