NEWS FETCH — May 2, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Calif Senate Bill Would Kill Due Process For Alcohol Licensees
• 2016 California Wine Sales in U.S. Hit New Record: 238 Million Cases with Retail Value of $34.1 Billion
• Ag Secretary says Trump may overlook immigrant farm workers
• China’s agribusiness investment in Australia triples
• US Consumer Spending Up in April, at $107
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Australia exports 61% of all the wine it makes!
• Wine and pig meat the highest EU exports for February 2017
• Wonderful Nurseries Moves to 100% Root Socks for All Potted Vines! *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Prepaid reservations whet appetite of Napa, Sonoma wineries, restaurants
• Half of Napa’s wine industry earns ‘green’ certification
• Napa Valley’s Elizabeth Spencer Winery names its GM
• Ron Rubin Funds Maynard Amerine Wine Label and Menu Collection at UC Davis
• Wine Women launches lunch lecture series with Adam Ivor
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Heat Wave Melting Record Snowpack in Northern California
• ‘Living river’ rejuvenates Napa, brings needed flood control
• Final Survey of 2017 Finds Water-Rich Snowpack: Statewide 196% of May 1st average
• Early Review of Delta Tunnel Project Warns of Risks to Fish
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CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• OZ: Mediation in Treasury Wine class action

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Sarah Marquis Acquires Sole Ownership of Australian Wine Darling Mollydooker
• A Sparkling Opportunity? Investments In Champagne And Beyond With Laurent-Perrier

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• TPP Nations Meet in Canada to Discuss Fate of Pact Without U.S.
• Australian wines impress Chinese trade group

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux 2016: ‘unequivocally great’ says Martin
• Penfolds Grange leads Barossa Wine Chapters Auction
• I Went to a Wine Barrel Auction. Here’s What I Learned

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• North Coast marijuana producers react to California’s draft medical marijuana rules
• “Reserve” marijuana shows weed is already using some wine-style marketing

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• WineAmerica Spring Meeting Brings New Energy to Issues and Organization
• SC Wine Wars: Deal Unraveling
• Has the ability of farmers to ‘tell their story’ promoted good agricultural policy?

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The Founder of LinkedIn Says Too Many of Us Are Using the Site All Wrong
• Twitter Users Can Now Search for Emoji in Usernames, Tweets

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Grapegrowers Ponder Labor Issues

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Tracking The Cold Reality Of Risk Taking In The Vineyard
• Self versus non-self: on wine becoming part of us
• Why You Should Be Drinking Petit Verdot
• A New Way to Taste Bordeaux Wines
• The many faces of Rioja
• Emotional Intelligence

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet Joe Wagner, the man shaking up the Sonoma County wine world
• A Chat With Patrick Bartlett—Wine Educator, Chef and Co-Owner of Mood Wine
• Podcast Interview with Ian Harris – The Stories Behind Wine

WINE PLACES

• 5 surprising wine destinations – from volcanic vineyards to Canada
• Uncorking bouquets for millennials in Mexico’s wine country

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MN: Minnetonka council votes 5-0 to allow Total Wine outlet

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate change and the wine industry
• Western Innovator: Sustainability runs in the family

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Plant cavitation controversy (chapter 5): When do vineyards really cavitate?

EUROPE & THE UK

• Blue Prosecco sparks outrage in Italy

DOWN UNDER

• Barossa Valley’s Seppeltsfield buys Chinese base at a lavish new chateau

LATIN AMERICA

• How Argentina Fermented A Wine Movement

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Azerbaijan restricting advertising of wine products

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The 5,000-Year History of Human Alcohol Consumption

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Craft brewers will keep innovating the category despite consolidating beer landscape
• Are craft brewers selling out the indies in supermarket move?