NEWS FETCH — July 19, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Wine preference declines, spirits soar, beer remains favorite alcbev In U.S.
• CA Gov. Brown signs law raising farmworker housing assessment cap
• Vintage Wine Estates pours $30M into Mendocino expansion
• Hail and High Winds Devastate Parts of Beaujolais’ Best Vineyards
• Export value of Australian wine grows by 10% to reach $1.83bn, led by China and the US
• The New Normal: California Forest Fires Have Doubled in Size
• How To Make Your Online Advertising Pay Off * Sponsored link*

CALIFORNIA BURNING

• Wildfire near Mountain Winery 75 percent contained
• Whittier Fire Officials Look to Winter
• Strong winds and steep terrain making Detwiler Fire difficult to contain
• Detwiler fire moves closer to town of Mariposa

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• New Napa Valley wine fulfillment center takes cues from Amazon
• E. & J. Gallo deploys data-driven app to harvest a better grape
• Santa Rosa may rethink use of chemical sprays such as Roundup in parks
• Unearthing California’s Pre-Prohibition Wine Roots
• How Did Napa Wines Get So Expensive ~~And What Are We Going To Do About It
• Wonderful Nurseries Lives Up to Its “Growers First” Reputation *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Making Sense of Impact Reports on California’s Delta Tunnels Project

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Wineries Can Avoid UPS Holiday Surcharge With Early Direct-to-Consumer Sales

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Amazon has launched a shoppable social network called Spark — here’s how it works

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• U.S. Trade Representative releases NAFTA objectives
• Canada: Tories, NDP want NAFTA priorities outlined by Liberals

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The Case of the Counterfeit Krug Champagne
• Latour trade plummets while Solaia’s rises

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Wine and weed leaders collaborate on biodynamic Sonoma Valley pot farm

HEALTH

• Common drugs help reverse signs of fetal alcohol syndrome in rats
• How to Day Drink Without Getting Trashed, Sleepy or Sick
• ‘Red Wine Headache’: what triggers the migraine?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• You can tell the price of wine by where the grapes came from
• How rosé became the booze of choice for millennials
• Alternative whites for millennial tasters

MARKETING & SALES

• What to Do When Your Ideal Customer Isn’t Who You Expected

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Google is escalating its war with Facebook with its own version of the news feed
• What Marketers Should Know About Facebook and Native Advertising
• Facebook may begin testing a paywall for selected media stories as soon as October

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Your Customer Files Bankruptcy….Now What?

MEDIA MATTERS

• The HoseMaster of Wine™ Has Left the Building
• New Coffee-Table Book, Napa Valley Entertaining
• NBC has 30 employees working on a daily news show exclusively for Snapchat

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Is Sauvignon Blanc the World’s Most Reliably Good White Wine?
• We lack a universal vocabulary when it comes to wine
• Cask strength
• Wine, Coffee and Chocolate: More Similarities Than You May Think

WINE PEOPLE

• Japanese wine maker’s unique impact

WINE PLACES

• Domaine Tariquet’s Ripping Yarn

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: Shinn Estate Vineyards Brought Sustainable Winemaking to the Mainstream. So Why Did Its Owners Just Sell It?
• The Washington Wine Shadow

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• This is What Sustainable Wine Certification in California Really Means

EUROPE & THE UK

• Slovenia takes EU to court in grape dispute
• New Cava classification dispels ‘myth’ that small wineries own artisan credentials

AFRICA

• Trading Tractors for Camels in Morocco

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Archaeologist finds traces of Biblical vineyard of Naboth in Jezreel Valley