NEWS FETCH — June 23, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Alibaba’s Radical Online Wine Sales Paradigm Should Frighten Everyone Else
• Drought, price slide took toll on NE California ag economy
• Calif heat wave sets extreme temperature records
• Does Über reduces Über-drunk driving? Thësë chärts säy yës!
• Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike Did Not Reduce Restaurant Jobs
• Research debunks advertising’s oldest myth, that sex sells
• Private Label Versus Brands: How Retailers Can Make The Most of Both*Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Marin County agricultural products drop 13% in value in 2016, wine grapes up 150%
• Finger Lakes Wines and Grapes: Vineyard crop size looking good so far
• This free wine grape data tool will help you make decisions faster and easier
• Grape Data Tool Tutorial (downloadable video)
• Wonderful Nurseries Lives Up to Its “Growers First” Reputation *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• New Chair Sought for Fresno State’s Viticulture Enology Research Center
• Advanced Grape Data Tool Now Available for Download
• Grape Data Tool Tutorial (downloadable video)
• Here’s how bulk wine & spirits buyers can boost profits by avoiding the usual buy/sell channels and using this new sourcing tool. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Oakdale Irrigation District Finalizes Annexation To Add 10,000-Plus Acres
• Seasonal rain and snow trigger small earthquakes on California faults
• Billion-dollar dams are making water shortages, not solving them
• 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

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• OC’s ‘toilet to tap’ drinking water a tough sell even on a hot day

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• UK heatwave sends Provence rosé sales soaring

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• What if Amazon disrupts the heavily regulated beer industry with Whole Foods?
• Does The Amazon-Whole Foods Merger Spell The End Of Grocery Shopping (As We’ve Known It)?

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux trade will shift from London
• Bordeaux 2016: Moving on (up)

HEALTH

• New Study Denies There Are Health Benefits To Moderate Drinking (annoying auto-run video)

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• FDA Begins Winery Inspections
• Trump and the wine industry

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Sending Wine Back In Restaurants ~~A Case Study or Two
• Navigating a wine list
• Meet the new, informal Champagnes

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Cork Closures Seal 89% of the World’s Top Wines

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• An update is finally bringing vertical video to YouTube
• 4 Emerging Trends Defining Social Media Advertising Today

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How Dry-Farming Can Make for More Complex Wine
• Has the move away from new oak in Chardonnay gone too far?
• How well do you know your wine myths?
• Cellaring: a question of style

WINE PEOPLE

• Viader brings winemaking full circle
• Uncorked: Benoit Bigot
• Q&A with Adam Chapman, Chief Winemaker at Sirromet Wines

WINE TOURISM

• Airbnb is reportedly creating a fancier service for people who prefer hotels

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• The sustainability of organic wine production

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Tips for controlling summer weeds in the vine rows

EUROPE & THE UK

• WSTA Aims To Keep Wine Trade Flowing After Brexit
• How will the wine trade handle Brexit?
• Restaurants, wineries and prisons: the world of Frescobaldi

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Beer Institute Releases May 2017 Domestic Tax Paid Estimate
• Heineken Brews Personalized Beers For Amsterdam Tourists
• Upstate NY brewery temporarily shuts tasting room over licensing issue