NEWS FETCH — May 18, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Constellation acquiring Ste. Michelle Wine Estates?
• New industry data resource: Industry Infographic Profiles. First up: Family Winemakers of Calif.
• Lidl USA Invasion Begins With 20 Stores, Will Trigger Price Competition
• You could fill Shasta Lake 7 times with farm groundwater lost during Calif drought
• SomeWine has some fun with some humor on some multiple labels in each case
• 2017 USA Trade Tasting Is Here. Join The Industry In New York City On May 16-17. Get Your Tickets Here*Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Wonderful Nurseries Moves to 100% Root Socks for All Potted Vines! *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California Teroldego Acreage Trending Up
• Another Record California Almond Crop Forecast
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Oroville crisis triggers rethinking of California dam management
• Farmers look back at range of impacts from drought
• Critical deadline in groundwater law approaches
• Retail point-of-sale materials don’t need to be expensive! Click now to learn more about high-quality, affordable displays and ads. *Sponsored Link

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• LA wine store partners with Amazon Prime for 1-hour delivery
• Binge watching tonight? Send Uber to get dinner for you
• Grow Your Private Label, Contract Winemaking, Contract Bottling and Bulk Wine Business Today. Only 10 Exhibitor Spots Left For IBWSS San Francisco! *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands: Is The Party Over?
• Winemaker Concha y Toro’s earnings hit by Brexit, poor harvest
• Alibaba beats on revenue, thanks to strong online shopping in China
• Target looks to capture more business from bankrupt retailers

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Investing in fine wine
• Fine wine investment: don’t fear the dip
• 3 tips to protect your wine collection
• Sotheby’s sale tops £1m

BORDEAUX 2016

• 2016 Bordeaux: Wine Futures Prices and Analysis
• Carruades Lafite 2016 released
• Quinault l’Enclos 2016 released- Friendly or clinical?

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Tracking America’s Cannabis Industry Through Big Data

HEALTH

• I drank alcohol throughout my three pregnancies – but should I have?
• Half a pint less beer daily can slash obesity risk by a fifth

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How we buy wine
• Think wine connoisseurship is nonsense? Blind-tasting data suggest otherwise
• Has some jerk wineshamed you? Let us help you fight back

MARKETING & SALES

• 1 in 3 Internet Users Has Made a Purchase Based on Sponsored Content

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Coors Light develops new can packaging with sun-activated ink

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Napa Valley Wine Region Takes the World Stage at Vinexpo Bordeaux

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• How to see what interests Twitter thinks you have, and all the advertisers targeting you
• Facebook is trying yet again to cut clickbait headlines from your News Feed

PAYMENTS

• Google will now let users pay with any card they have on file, not just those saved in Android Pay

MEDIA MATTERS

• How to Get Media Attention for Your Business, Brand, Book or Product

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Search for Greatness in Saint-Joseph Syrah
• What Do The World’s Best Sommeliers Think of Australian Wine?
• What’s in a name?: Pinot Gris/Grigio
• Sparkling Wine and Confessions in Paris
• Women are vital to survival, and to wine

WINE PEOPLE

• 40 Under 40 : Emul Ross

WINE PLACES

• Portugal’s Douro River flows like liquid gold

WINE TOURISM

• Wine Tourism in the United States: Profiling the American Wine Tourist and Wine Tour Operators

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Beverage experts share their biggest career lessons
• Is restaurant reviewing a road to alcoholism?

EUROPE & THE UK

• New Bordeaux wineries to watch
• A Japanese Wine Community Has Taken Root in the Heart of Burgundy

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Marlborough is ‘the region to watch’ for Pinot

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine MOOC satisfies China’s thirst for wine education

LATIN AMERICA

• South America’s march on the future
• Further division ‘next step’ for Argentina

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Whiskey growth continues on-premise, but not without challenges
• With this growth, it’s no surprise big brewers are buying into craft
• Traditionally wine-drinking Switzerland brews up a craft beer movement with ties to Texas
• Is craft beer the new wine? (podcast)