NEWS FETCH — May 31, 2016

TOP NEWS

• $15-19.99 wines show biggest dollar volume percent change: Nielsen
• How Will Brexit Impact World Wine Markets? A Dismal New Forecast
• Mexican migrant workers came to California to pick grapes. Now they own wineries.
• More on FDA Inspections – Breweries, Distilleries and Questions
• Downy Mildew in California Vineyards
• US Economic Confidence Index Stable at +3
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• After Fires, Chile Rebuilds Devastated Wine Regions
• Wonderful Nurseries Moves to 100% Root Socks for All Potted Vines! *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Money, Power, Reputation and the Napa Valley Wine Auction
• Burbank Ranch Vineyard and Winery going to auction
• Lake County: The unknown star
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DROUGHT/WATER

• In California Wine Country, Restoring Salmon Habitat After More Than a Century of Dams
• Three reasons why water markets may be damaging the West’s rivers
• Who pays for Oroville Dam spillway repairs?
• California’s drought is all but over, but some wells are still dry
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RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Monterey County’s innovative water recycling plant a model for the Central Coast

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• How to price your IPO

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cannabis investing attracting much interest
• Governor’s Veto Stalls Vermont Legislation to Legalize Marijuana

HEALTH

• When wine grapes are medicine, forgotten varieties deserve a second look
• Organic compound found in red wine boosts the body’s ability to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TTB Clarifies Hard Cider Definition For Lower Tax Rates
• Oklahoma Legislature passes several alcohol bills
• How Trump’s tax reform push could make American liquor great again

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Women and young consumers broadly are willing to experiment with flavored alcoholic beverages
• Powdered Alcohol is Not Dead

MARKETING & SALES

• Aldi Rose: creating a false sense of success

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Packaging food with food to reduce waste

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Why Snapchat Marketing Stinks Big Time
• Instagram Analytics: Which Metrics Really Matter?
• Is Facebook Rolling Out a Messenger Chat Bot for Page Administrators?

PAYMENTS

• The cryptocurrency universe keeps expanding

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Way The Hosemaster Love Wine
• A Good Year ~ A Great Movie

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Fruity with a note of fungus: How fungal infections change the aroma of wine
• Everything you wanted to know about natural wine
• Why Oxidized Wines Are Bad but Oxidative Wines Are So Good
• Mild-mannered Pinot Grigio inspires passion

WINE PEOPLE

• Uncorked: Jean-Claude Berrouet and Daniel Baron
• Wine Legend Steven Spurrier (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Wine and beyond in beautiful Bordeaux
• Franciacorta is Italy’s latest sparkling secret

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Restaurants aren’t winning over customers, despite strong service
• What Gets Stolen From Restaurants? Everything

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Massive Canadian snowmelt causes Washington flooding
• OH: Winery at Wolf Creek closed following explosion; owner hopes to reopen soon
• Fine wine industry in New Jersey likened to California’s

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Managing frost : impact on vine nutrition and reserves (part 2)

EUROPE & THE UK

• Wine firm Montevino Partners Ltd collapses with million-pound debts

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wineries encouraged to get involved in $50 million chardonnay export and tourism push
• OZ: Apps are changing the way horticulture producers run their businesses

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Fake Budweiser factory busted in China
• Opportunity in China huge for Australian wine

SOUTH AFRICA

• Time to overhaul the business of South African wine

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Not just ‘a promo girl’: how female brewers are shaking up the craft beer industry
• BrewDog UK sales jump 97%