NEWS FETCH — March 21, 2016

TOP NEWS

• How Billionaire Howard Leight Created An Internationally-Acclaimed Wine Brand Through Instagram
• Distilled Spirits & Wine Demonstrate Strong Growth While Beer Continues Reinvention
• Alexa now takes orders from Amazon’s instant Prime Now and alcohol delivery services
• Getting a Handle on China’s Imported Wine Industry
• With $569 million in winter storm damage, Governor Jerry Brown asks Trump for more federal disaster help
• 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*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Wine yields doubled in parts of Western Australia, but rain takes shine off the 2016 vintage

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Split Napa County Planning Commission approves Raymond Vineyards changes
• Napa County awaits ruling in Mishewal Wappo court case
• Wine Opportunities Ripe in Central Coast
• Sonoma County Vintners announce lots for trade barrel auction
• Concern grows in wine country as immigration clampdown looms
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• CA WATER COMMISSION: Hydrology and State Water Project operations update
• What Drives Imports and Exports of Bulk Wine *Sponsored Link*

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Shipt Expands Harris Teeter Grocery and Alcohol Delivery in North Carolina
• Don’t just list your wines online, sell them! This successful vintner shows you what works and what doesn’t. Click now. *Sponsored Link*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• US group seeks better access to China’s farm goods market

HEALTH

• Is wine healthy? How about beer, sushi or granola? Look how Americans & nutritionists disagree

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• A Rebuttal: Drink what you like. And celebrate wine’s diversity.

MARKETING & SALES

• North South puts its faith in millennials
• UK: Life beyond Prosecco
• Champagne: The price of luxury

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Two metal packaging associations merge to become Metal Packaging Europe

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• The Silver Lining of Customer Problems (Part 3)

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Older Users Are Most Influenced by Ads on Instagram
• Three Reasons Why Pinterest Is Killing It
• FourSquare steps forward with foot traffic analytics platform
• These are the most important chatbot metrics to track
• What millennials want in a chatbot
• Instagram now lets you save livestreamed videos to your phone
• Has advertising arrived on Google Home?

PAYMENTS

• Visa’s New Glasses Can Make Payments At Stores

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Trump Winery in Virginia seeks more foreign workers

MEDIA MATTERS

• Around the World in Eighty Wines: Racing to the Finish Line

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Can music really change the taste of wine?
• The Art of Practicing
• Rock n’ roll excess
• How to buy wine glasses
• Why you should choose your glass as carefully as the wine that goes in it

WINE PEOPLE

• Donnell Brown Named President of National Grape & Wine Initiative
• Talking Terroir with Pedro Parra, PhD
• Meet the next gen winemakers shaking up the Yarra Valley

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Using NDVI to make vineyard decisions
• Biologicals Gaining Acceptance Among More Growers

EUROPE & THE UK

• Fears over sommelier shortfall as Brexit looms
• Article 50 date set: What to do before Brexit
• Italy nabs criminal gang responsible for cheese and wine heists
• UK Champagne sales flow down the drain
• UK: Research shows opportunity for low/ no-alcohol

DOWN UNDER

• The Australian alcohol retail market in review
• Quality over quantity: the latest beverage trend in OZ
• Australian sparkling wine
• It’s official: Australia loves champagne

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Meantime claims market first with DNA-inspired beer