NEWS FETCH — March 31, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Trinchero Family Estates fined $44,575 in accidental death of cellar worker
• Owners of Bordeaux’s Château Lynch Bages Buy Haut-Batailley
• Farmland values in the central San Joaquin decline in 2016 as crop prices tumble
• EPA Denies Order to Ban Chlorpyrifos Pesticide
• California snowpack is one of the biggest ever recorded, and now poses a flooding risk
• Now That Congress Has Sold You Out, here Are Ways To Keep Snooping ISPs From Seeing And Selling Your Web Browsing Data
• The Launch Of Vivino Market Could Herald A New Era In Wine Buying
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Italian winemakers scramble to add sparkling varieties amid export boom
• China becomes leading purchaser of Chilean wine
• OZ: Imported cut flowers could contaminate crops with Xylella
• OZ: Rows of vines found vandalised in Riverland ahead of vintage
• Russian wine production declines
• Exhibitor Space at USA Trade Tasting 2017 Is Now Completely Sold Out *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Lake County Capitalizes on Volcanic Wines
• Trefethen rebounds after the earthquake
• Vehicle started the Chimney Fire, investigators say
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Water Allocations in California Deemed Unfair
• The CA State Water Project Is Going Through a Classic Midlife Crisis
• Why California’s Wet Year Won’t Have Record Delta Water Exports
• As farmers pump more groundwater for crops, food prices risk surge
• How Will Consumers React to the Removal of Data Protections?

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Amazon and Walmart are in an all-out price war that is terrifying America’s biggest brands
• Tesco named brand most associated with Brexit after Heineken spat
• Changes at Diageo put focus back on Scotch

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Casella Family Brands completes Shaw Family Vintners acquisition
• Facebook Wants to Help You Raise Money With These Two New Features

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• How the weather shaped Bordeaux 2016
• Second leg of Monumental sale a triumph

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Upscale Delivery Service Points To The Future Of The Cannabis Industry

HEALTH

• The search to extend lifespan is gaining ground, but can we truly reverse the biology of ageing?
• The Truth about Alcohol and Heart Health

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Lack of cooperation proves costly for infringers
• New law to end hidden bartending for some Utah restaurants

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How tea became the new wine in restaurants
• The Rapid Rise of Spanish Superplonk

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• IBWSS comes to London in 2018

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Using Social Media to Engage with Customers
• Google’s in hot water over lousy ad placements. This graphic shows how broken the process is.
• Twitter @Usernames Will No Longer Count Toward Its 140-Character Limit in Replies
• 6 critical steps to succeeding with Facebook Canvas
• Facebook now lets all pages share branded content
• YouTube content creators could see ad revenues fall as Google imposes new controls

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• No Hugs For You: 9th Circuit Says a Supervisor’s Hugs Could Create a Sexually Hostile Work Environment
• Virginia Trump Supporters Turn A Blind Eye As Mexicans Keep The Vineyards Going

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Keep the Liebfraumilch where it belongs
• The Suave, Seductive Italian from Valpolicella: Amarone
• Fermentation — not so simple
• ‘Sweet’ Sauvignon Blanc

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet Rowan Gormley: Majestic Wine boss with sights on America
• A Conversation with Eric Baugher
• Meet Penny Grant, sommelier for the Ghanem Group
• A South Australian winemaker in Italy
• Uncorked: Adrian Garforth MW

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• After ‘classy’ N.C. restaurant bans kids, critics fume — and reservations surge

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: State working on winery wastewater permit system

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Diagnosing trunk diseases with deep DNA sequencing

EUROPE & THE UK

• French Winemakers Cap Peaceful Protest by Smashing Bottles, Setting Fires
• Corks Pop as May Triggers Brexit, But Champagne Not Cheering
• Franciacorta embraces forgotten grape to fight climate change
• Brexit will boost travel retail as duty free makes comeback
• Bordeaux is not ‘old fashioned’
• UK: Restaurant finds stash of Latour under secret trapdoor

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Government considers ‘goon tax’ proposal
• OZ: Sharing old country wine techniques with new style in central west NSW
• OZ: ACCC announces changes to the Horticulture Code of Conduct
• NZ wineries tip Albariño as the next varietal to watch

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Chinese wine company searches for Australian vineyards