NEWS FETCH — March 17, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Wine & Trump budget: Trouble for industry and the Wine Institute
• Trump WOTUS Rule Rollback: Temporary relief, but no solution for growers, ag & private property owners
• Is the US wine boom over?
• Judge dismisses Empire/Breakthru fraud case
• Trump budget proposal will be DOA but concerns ag interests
• 3,000 acres in Washington’s Horse Heaven Hills AVA! Long-term lease. Organic possible. Bids due April 6. Click this link or Contact Rick at Washington State Department of Natural Resources. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• GA: Freezing temps could impact wine production
• 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

• Overview of the 2016 Sonoma Vintage Report Conference
• Introducing Wendy Brannen
• Clarksburg AVA the little wine-growing region that could
• Lodi-area grape grower faces daunting cleanup, repairs from massive floods
• Grapegrowers Applaud WOTUS Rollback
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Merced Irrigation District: Water for 2017 irrigation system now available to deliver and order
• Farmers and Environmentalists: Old Enemies Conserving Water Together
• Emergency repairs for facility used to ship water to Southern California
• Can California repair damaged Delta reservoir within 45 days?
• Cuyama water district formed; still needs county approval
• Could leftover heat from the last El Nino fuel the next one?
• What Drives Imports and Exports of Bulk Wine *Sponsored Link*

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Phil Markert, Key Buyer for Safeway, on Retail Trends in Wine
• Don’t just list your wines online, sell them! This successful vintner shows you what works and what doesn’t. Click now. *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard: Nutritional information for biggest brands

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• U.S. presence ‘welcome’ at TPP talks despite Trump withdrawing from trade deal

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux Unveils the 2016 Vintage
• Super Tuscans: Tignanello off peak
• Mixed reaction to Latour release

DATA & TRENDS

• Rigged data! Check out these 9 ways to spin charts

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• SLO begins talks on new marijuana rules

HEALTH

• Study Finds Red Wine Compound Slows Aging in Muscles and Neurons
• Tapping the potential: allergen awareness in drinks

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Lack of Oxford Comma Could Cost Maine Company Millions in Overtime Dispute
• IL proposal would allow minors to drink alcohol with supervision

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Australian wine wallowing at the bottom of the price chart

MARKETING & SALES

• Prosecco will shore up ailing wine sales for years to come
• Stop Targeting ‘Millennials’ — They’re Not a Single Demographic
• 6 Ways Food and Beverage Brands Can Maximize Their Influencer Marketing
• Guinness plans to be ‘the most popular beer in the world’ but it can’t rely on TV to get there

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• Customer Service Complaints: The Best Practice (Sometimes) Is Inaction
• A Day in the Life of a Wine Publicist

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWein at a glance
• International versus indigenous varietals: ProWein

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Analyst: Snapchat is more like AOL and Yahoo than Instagram
• Optimizing Facebook ads for success and better ROI in 2017
• Here’s How to Add Stickers to Posts on Instagram Stories

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• A New Twist On Succession Planning In Alto Adige: Make Better Quality Wine
• More Than Half of Small-Business Owners Don’t Want to Retire

MEDIA MATTERS

• 10 Factors in Your Press Release That Will Catch the Media Attention
• The Best Drink Books of Spring and Summer 2017
• Burgundy: Hearts or Minds? (movie review)
• A Glass With: a new wine podcast

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Burgundy’s other white grape
• When wine throws a sediment
• One wine glass to rule them all
• The science behind herbicides and pesticides

WINE PEOPLE

• Heidi Barrett: Napa Valley’s queen of cabernet
• 5 minutes with Nick Stamford, director of MW Wines

WINE PLACES

• OZ: In the vineyard with Lambrook Wines
• Your Guide to Bicycling Through Wine Country
• Concannon Vineyard ~ where St. Patrick’s Day means so much

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• How Two Women Founded the Culinary Institute of America

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Organic producers should use renewable energy
• Ensuring wine is climate in a bottle
• Weersing: I thought biodynamics was witchcraft

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Trump administration plans 21-percent cut in USDA budget

EUROPE & THE UK

• Prosecco DOC chief to ban Glyphosate chemical spray
• 10 injured by volcanic explosion on Italy’s Mount Etna
• The EU debate: So much more than a cost-benefit analysis
• Château Durfort-Vivens gets Demeter certification
• Beaune wine museum reopens

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: State government to work in close consultation with booming wine industry

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s Dynasty Fine Wines reports financial loss for fifth year

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Judean Hills: In the footsteps of the prophets