NEWS FETCH — February 27, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Duarte Nursery Sets Million-dollar GoFundMe Goal To Fight Plowing Lawsuit
• Napa Futures Auction Raises $4.2 Million
• Bigger Bin to Bottle wins Napa County approval
• Wine badly needs to up its marketing game
• Consumer confidence & spending indicators solidly up in Q4 2016 – Nielsen
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• After the rains, Napa County grapegrowers gauge the coming season
• Summary of 2016 European vintage
• South African bulk wine takes a tumble as exporters play up premium
• OZ: Southern Tasmanian wineries gear up for 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

• Fresno State winemaster Ken Fugelsang trained hundreds of winemakers during his long career
• Wine country growth within general plan numbers
• Napa County planners approve Fortunati winery
• SSU wine program helps first gen college students
• Grocery stores adapt as tastes evolve
• Are Sonoma County’s byways becoming inebriation highways?
• In California’s great valley, we feed the world as the world feeds us
• Success Strategies offers Public Speaking workshop
• Women Winemakers & Chefs to Celebrate Intl Women’s Day
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• California’s Floods of 2017, so far
• Jerry Brown wants to spend $450 million on flood control following dam emergency
• Has this year’s record rain finally ended California’s epic drought? Not really
• Will new water affect San Francisco’s signature food and drinks?
• Can Oroville’s badly damaged spillway hold up through the rainy season?
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CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Michigan’s Restricting Wine Shipments Again
• St. Louis airport could soon get booze-to-go policy
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DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 2009-10 Bordeaux price disparities

DATA & TRENDS

• Three centuries of Rheingau vintages — Schloss Johannisberg

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Upscale Delivery Service Points To The Future Of The Cannabis Industry
• 5 Things Donald Trump Should Know Before He Shuts Down The Legal Marijuana Industry

HEALTH

• Synopsis of WineHealth 2017
• Are women increasingly at risk of addiction?
• For men, heavy drinking may damage hearts over time
• There Are Four Types of Drunks in This World and You’re One of Them

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Hallelujah —The Texas Wine Miracle — Legal Edition
• Oklahoma bill would leave Sunday liquor decision to counties

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How to tap into the best bargains in wine today
• Initiating the uninitiated
• Movie Theaters Look to Alcoholic Beverages

MARKETING & SALES

• If Anyone Is Going to Buy Directly from a Chatbot, It’s Millennials
• Waitrose trials video tech on booze shelves

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine closures: the facts

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• NYC: 67 Wine Goes Mobile with App Powered by Drync
• Why are there no unicorns in AgTech?
• No one in San Francisco wears Snapchat Spectacles

PAYMENTS

• IBM And Visa Are Working To Embed Payments Into Cars, Watches And Appliances

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Port workers plan work stoppage to protest hiring practices
• Trump’s immigration policy may drive up farm wages

MEDIA MATTERS

• Napa Hits the Silver Screen Again

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Oak is only good for making tables
• Weird Wine Flavors and the Science Behind Them
• The History of Amphoras in Winemaking, As Seen in Alentejo, Portugal

WINE PEOPLE

• Recognizing winegrape innovators in Washington
• Q&A: Hervé Deschamps, Perrier-Jouët Cellar Master
• Unfiltered: Mathias Camilleri, The Five Fields

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Loans offered for farmers, ranchers in three states to cover losses

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Sonoma County Winegrowers See Total Sustainability in Their Sights
• Saving The Planet, One Substantial Wine Producer At A Time
• Why Is Organic Wine So Hard to Make?

EUROPE & THE UK

• Wine Tourism: Italy investing more into marketing
• Italian wine heading toward an identity crisis

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Riverland wine grape industry turns a corner after decade of hardship
• OZ: Wine expert avoids police investigation into thefts with bizarre deal
• NZ: Kaikoura earthquake in numbers
• OZ: Edupi migration launch wine industry migration division

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• French fine wines arrive in China by train

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa: Application for research funding by Winetech

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Honey Wine Brewing Underneath Parisian Streets