NEWS FETCH — May 19, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Jackson Family Buys California Pinot Star Brewer-Clifton
• 2017 Secrets to Growing Direct-to-Consumer Wine Sales (video)
• Wine Wholesalers Announced that YOU Are the Enemy
• These heavy-drinking countries have pushed growth down by cutting back
• What is NAFTA, and what would happen to U.S. trade without it?
• Americans’ Financial Anxieties Ease in 2017
• 2017 USA Trade Tasting Is Here. Join The Industry In New York City On May 16-17. Get Your Tickets Here*Sponsored Link*

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• First in series of new data features! Family Winemakers of California Organization Profile Infographic

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Grape Data Tool 2017 v0.1
• A solution for Champagne’s Chardonnay shortage?
• Millennials drive consumption of premium wines in Australia and overseas
• Wonderful Nurseries Moves to 100% Root Socks for All Potted Vines! *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Uncovering the Forgotten History of Chinese Laborers in California Wine Country
• Sonoma County zoning board backs freeze on Freestone commercial development
• California Tree Crops: Bugs Subside In Almonds – How Come?
• Charter Oak Winery doubled its production without doubling its costs. You can too. Click to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Lobbyist for big ag gets ready to regulate his past clients
• UCLA-led researchers track groundwater loss during drought in Central Valley
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CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• 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

• Treasury Wine Estates employees take to the hills

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Commodity group leaders weigh in on NAFTA renegotiation announcement
• Trade trip chance to boost OZ-Azerbaijan ties

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• DRC Faker Offers to Name Names
• Champagne Taittinger donates rare collection to charity The Benevolent

BORDEAUX 2016

• Gloria 2016 released
• Saint Pierre 2016 released
• Palmer 2016 released – Intellectual, introverted and expensive?
• Grand Puy Ducasse 2016: equal and higher

HEALTH

• Real Facts about Wine & Health
• Drink Whisky All Day. Stay Healthy. Here’s How.

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The death of the experts

MARKETING & SALES

• Douro table wine sales are on upward curve where Port sales have plateaued

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWine Asia 2017 makes debut in Hong Kong

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Instagram gives brands and celebrities up to 400% more engagement than Facebook

PAYMENTS

• Bitcoin surges past $1,900 for the first time

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• A US labour shortage looms
• Does It Pay to Hire Consultants? Evidence from the Bordeaux Wine Industry

DBAG EMPLOYER WARNING

• Jumping To Conclusions Can Cost You: Rescinded Offer to Pregnant Applicant Costs Employer 6-Figure Settlement

MEDIA MATTERS

• Drinks Retailing News: evolution of a trade champion

MATTERS OF TASTE

• So “Industrial” wine is “bad” but what about “International” wine?
• Terroir. Not just the soil

WINE PEOPLE

• Robin Lail continues a family legacy
• Bringing Big Data to Wine: Interview with Cathy Huyghe
• Wine & Spirits Digest interview with James Miles (PDF)
• Carbondale native ventures into Napa Valley wine industry at Red Mare Wines

WINE PLACES

• Which Wine Regions Are the Most Underrated?

WINE EDUCATION

• TX: El Centro wine class 2017

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Washington Wine Industry Pursues Ambitious Goals

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Champagne industry adapts to climate change

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Early season grapevine canopy management, Part I: Shoot thinning

EUROPE & THE UK

• Sussex vineyard and winery snapped up
• How do we maintain quality as English sparkling grows?

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• The rapidly changing Chinese wine industry

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Scientists Have Figured Out How to Print Cheese

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• OZ: Independent beer makers give big brewers the boot