NEWS FETCH — February 16, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Wilson Artisan Wineries Acquires Anderson Valley’s Greenwood Ridge Vineyards
• How Gallo Wines Is Maximizing Millennial Influence To Win Big
• Immigration raids send wave of distress through ag industry
• Top Wine Brands Reveal Market’s Momentum
• California raisins and table grapes are doing just fine, thank you! (A Daily Data mea culpa)
• Australia Joins WTO Challenge Over BC Grocery Wine
• California illegally allowed oil companies to inject wastewater in protected waters, audit finds
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Bulgaria eyes more wine export to China
• OZ: Disaster zone for Swan Valley grape growers
• Broadland Wineries’ Mark Lansley on challenges and opportunities for wine importers and bottlers
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• North Bay has economic strengths amid slow US, state GDP growth
• Worried about size, Napa County delays proposed Calistoga winery (annoying survey alert)
• CA: Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Workshops
• SSU: $100,000 Education Grants for Wine Industry Workers and Families
• Paso Robles wine group unveils new website for planning tastings, trips
• Women for WineSense Presents on Maximizing Career Growth
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

OROVILLE DAM

• An ‘aggressive, proactive attack’ to prevent disaster at Oroville dam
• Spillway repairs not only project underway at Oroville Dam
• Broken California dam is a sign of emergencies to come
• Oroville Dam drags California’s $65 billion infrastructure price tag out into the open
• Oroville Dam’s flood-control manual hasn’t been updated for half a century
• Big-Picture Questions Raised by the Oroville Dam

DROUGHT/WATER

• CA: State Water Board to consider climate change resolution at upcoming meeting
• Beyond Oroville crisis, record rain strains California’s flood control network
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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Wegmans Addresses Trump Wine Sales
• Pernod Ricard sales and profits up 4%
• Prosecco Sales Rise a Huge 79% at Lidl
• Snap sets valuation at up to $22.5 billion

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) may survive the US withdrawal

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux 2014: scores in bottle
• Fine wine investment: the problem with Burgundy

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• CA: Pot growers say no to taxes

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TTB wine bond cancellation applications moving through quickly
• Montana: Bill Proposes Increasing Tax on Wine

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• American Wine? Whine Not!
• Grand Michigan winery brings Italian red grape varieties, wines north

MARKETING & SALES

• The Boom in Bubbles
• Moët & Chandon’s Champagne Vending Machine Arrives in the States

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine packaging competition getting keener
• Does size really matter?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine industry members to gather in Paso Robles for region’s largest trade show

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook swipes at LinkedIn by letting brands post job openings on Pages
• An Instagram Ad Study Finds Peculiar Gender Split
• RIP: BlackBerry’s worldwide smartphone market share hits 0%

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Real Story Behind Music’s Effect on Wine
• Is DNA Research the Future Solution for Winemakers’ Woes?
• Why tempranillo is star grape of Spain, no matter what you call it
• Rugged grapes make great Wisconsin wine
• Researchers to improve the quality of aged brandy
• Does soil contribute to the flavour of a wine?
• Wine terms: Structure

WINE PEOPLE

• Q&A: Steven Spurrier, WSET honorary president
• Women in Wine

WINE PLACES

• Bolla Goes Back to Basics

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Restaurateurs back Thursday ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ protest

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CT: New Canaan liquor merchants not phased by potential elimination of minimum bottle pricing

EUROPE & THE UK

• EU fears influx of ‘British champagne’ once Brexit ends food naming rules
• Brexit won’t lead to a flood of English champagne across the Continent, no, really, it won’t
• English wine production set to double by 2020
• France: The Iconic Domaine Tempier From Founders Lulu and Lucien Peyraud To Daniel Ravier Today
• UK: Mid Devon vineyard grows thanks to Leader Real funding

DOWN UNDER

• Sustainable small-scale winery establishment and management in Australia (PDF)

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China to recognise Black Rooster emblem
• China: Novozymes wins landmark case for biotech patent in alcohol beverages

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Strange tales: Bulgars, poets and emperors’ skulls