NEWS FETCH — April 17, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Suisun/Green Valley vineyards get respect from Napa, seek more distance from Solano Delta grapes
• How Gallo’s purchase of Stagecoach Vineyard has triggered a major scramble in the North Coast wine industry
• WA: Terlato buys Red Mountain’s famed Klipsun Vineyard
• The TTB is giving wineries their money back
• Entire Burgundy wine region to be covered by hi-tech ‘hail shield’ to kill storm clouds
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ICYMI

• 2016 World wine production down 3%, US up 10%, global consumption holds steady

WINE GOING TO POT

• Wine Industry Finds A Companion in a Competitor: Marijuana
• Calif cannabis: the coming glut?
• Legal Marijuana Hooks Alcohol Distributors
• Weed Looks to Piggyback on Wine

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Caves at Soda Canyon returns to Napa County Planning Commission
• Napa’s Back Room Wines to get new owner
• Was the Judgment of Paris repeatable?
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• 63 feet of snow! This chart shows just how enormous this year’s drought-busting rainy season in California compares
• How the drought changed California forever
• California hits precipitation record as spring warming commences
• One key way soggy California could save water for the next rainless days
• State will increase water deliveries to Southern California
• For some Californians, the effects of the punishing drought not over
• Dear California water officials: After Oroville Dam scare, why should we trust you?
• Accounting for Water in the San Joaquin Valley
• Water harvester can pull moisture out of the air using only power of Sun

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• San Diego’s $3 billion water recycling plan takes a step forward

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Moutai Aims for 2017 Sales Growth of 15% as Spirits Demand Rises

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux 2016 – the right bank’s waiting game
• Scoring Wines En Primeur: It Dis What it Dis

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Bigger wine bottles could be coming to Florida
• CT: Direct wine sales, beer machines among host of alcohol bills

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Counterfeit alcohol consumption not just due to low prices

MARKETING & SALES

• If Social Media Flunks Your Brand, Try Native Advertising

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• An introvert’s guide to surviving Vinitaly

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• A Guide to Social Media Customer Care
• Young Millennials Are All About Snapchat
• Snapchat is launching a self-serve platform for Snap ads

MEDIA MATTERS

• Jefford on Monday: Wine stories

MATTERS OF TASTE

• You Say Nebbiolo; They Say Spanna
• Making The Case For Kosher Wine
• Is Champagne Still Champagne if It Doesn’t Have Bubbles?
• Natural Wine, Explained

WINE PEOPLE

• You can thank an 83-year-old Frenchwoman for bringing burgundies to America
• How A NY Publisher Became A Successful Winemaker For Two Widly Different Brands
• The chef that writes wine lists
• German winemaker Nik Weis, of St Urbans-Hof
• Portraits of the Douro – António Júlio Vieira

WINE PLACES

• Wine in America, Beyond California
• Why one L.A. wine expert has Georgia on his mind. The country, that is

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• VA: Homeowners group fights proposed winery in Nokesville

EUROPE & THE UK

• Douro’s Symington Family Expands to Portugal’s Alentejo Region
• UK: Wholesalers take HMRC to court over AWRS “limbo”

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Can Prosecco help Italy unlock China wine market?
• ‘Wine City’ symbolises faltering hopes at China’s vineyards

LATIN AMERICA

• Colombia’s Wine Scene Has Come A Long Way

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Last Supper wine: Researchers piece together clues about popular styles

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• WA: Mead bill signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee