NEWS FETCH — June 30, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Constellation Brands revenue rises 3 percent on beer boost despite declining wine sales
• Right-wing website’s wine club may be violating U.S. law
• Is Treasury Wine a potential new Domino’s?
• Napa County receives $250,000 from state for farmworker housing
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• The mysterious magic behind Napa’s mountain-grown wine
• Sonoma generations
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Fishing and Conservation Groups Sue to Block Delta Tunnels Project

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Blue Apron shares make bland debut

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Vineyard sale reported by Santa Rosa firm

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Sonoma County opens its doors for cannabis business applications July 5

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• North Carolina Legislature Passes ABC Omnibus Legislation
• Texas Wine Industry Debates Labeling Laws

MARKETING & SALES

• Mobile product research and purchasing are growing, but desktop still rules

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Ten Takeaways from the Lodi Vineyard and Wines Symposium

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook Introduced Two Resources for Brands, Developers on Messenger Platform

MEDIA MATTERS

• Two Critical Tools For Wine Writers and Bloggers

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Five Myths of Winemaking

WINE PEOPLE

• How This Australian Is Changing The French, and World, Wine Scene
• Grapegrower Chris Hill’s essential contribution to Virginia wine
• Meet Burgundy’s Most Powerful Woman In Wine, Madame Lalou Bize-Leroy
• David Korb: His wine hobby turned into a winery

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• FDA extends deadline for menu-labeling comments
• Meal Kits Deliver More Than You Expect. That’s Not Necessarily A Good Thing.

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Where will B.C. wine be in 150 years?
• Felicia Darwen joins Great Northwest Wine team

ACADEMIA

• Cornell Graduate Student Earns Grape Disease Research

EUROPE & THE UK

• Spain’s food and drinks industry has record-breaking year in 2016
• Four Men Convicted of Assaulting French Wine Collector in Attempted Cellar Robbery
• Albiera to become Antinori’s first female CEO
• Following the wine renaissance in Poland
• Moldova gets first ‘wine airport’

SOUTH AFRICA

• Project to safeguard old vines in South Africa bursts onto the scene

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• US Firsts in Wine
• Last Supper wine: Researchers piece together clues about popular styles