NEWS FETCH — April 21, 2016

TOP NEWS

• OR: Vineyard owners fear grape harm & loss of business from nearby pot farm
• ‘Fatal’ frost hits Champagne vineyards
• Napa Über alles? Its astronomical vineyard & land prices blitzkrieg rest of North Coast
• Silver Oak snags Ovid as wine mergers are booming
• Rabobank’s Rannekleiv on Seismic Shifts in CA Wine Industry (Bloomberg podcast)
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• NZ wine import values in US surpass Australia
• China surpasses the US as Chile’s biggest wine export market
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Amid drama, Napa planners approve changes to Soda Canyon winery
• Sonoma makes way for cannabis wine
• Promotions at Frank Family Vineyards
• 70 graduate from Farmworker program
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TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cowen downgrades Molson Coors on cannabis threat to drinking
• Marijuana’s Impact on Wine Sale — Bad or Terrible?
• States Are High On Tax Revenues But Feds Still Say No To Marijuana
• North Coast pot business prospects plentiful at CannaCon
• Survey Finds Cannabis Users Are Educated, Fit, Sociable and Surprisingly Republican
• Moms choosing weed over wine
• Wall Street Is Still Positive Increased Pot Use Will Hurt Beer Sales

DROUGHT/WATER

• Drought’s over, but lessons weren’t learned
• USGS finds vast reserves of salty water underground

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Cautious Optimism About The New In-House Wine Brand From Sam’s Club
• 5 Things Altria Group Investors Should Know About Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
• Diageo cutting jobs in Scotland ahead of Brexit-union

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Winery Valuation: The EBITDA Fallacy

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Fourth tariff cut helps sell Australian wine to Japan

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 4 Alternative Ways To Invest In Alcohol Today
• Psst, Wanna Buy A Great Bordeaux?

REAL ESTATE

• Vineyard dreams: Owning one of these elite properties has to be a ‘love affair’

HEALTH

• Frat-boy crustaceans: Crayfish may help researchers understand drunkenness
• Drinking White Wine Raises Your Risk of Developing Rosacea
• Champagne literally makes everything better
• Is wine healthy?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Indiana GOP leaders agree to close cold beer loophole
• MA: Chilmark to Decide Question on Beer and Wine Sales Again

MARKETING & SALES

• Why We Use Branding To Pull, Instead Of Sales To Push

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• 5 Trends To Watch From VinItaly International
• Vinitaly 2017: Italy and a Changing World

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Snapchat Can Now Track Foot Traffic for Its Advertisers

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The responses to “The challenges of working with wine”

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Is the Kuvee wine gadget as “ridiculous” as it seems?
• The beauty of aged vines

WINE PEOPLE

• Wink Lorch: Jura Champion Turns to the Alps

WINE PLACES

• Inside Britain’s most northerly commercial wine producer

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Drones offer the chance of real-time micro-climate information
• The cavitation controversy (chapter 2): Vineyards are cavitating all the time

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK risks 22 percent tariff on EU food imports if no Brexit deal
• Difficult conversations ahead as 1300 ‘dodgy distributors’ put out of business by AWRS
• UK own brands go a step further
• Poles drinking more wine

DOWN UNDER

• Australian wine on trade-up mission

LATIN AMERICA

• How to Get Lost in Argentina

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Great Fire of London: Wealthy buried wine to save it

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• How craft beer has helped transform West Sacramento’s image