NEWS FETCH — July 24, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Duarte Opens Two New Legal Assaults In Federal Court Battle With Corps of Engineers
• Bordeaux Wine Estate Chateau Fauchey Sold to Chinese Investor
• Little-Known Grapevine Disease Uncovered
• Massive Detwiler fire near Yosemite National Park is 40 percent contained
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Smoke from wildfires worries winemakers
• Paso Robles: Veraison 2017 suggests an early, but likely not record-breaking, harvest
• Frost Costs French Winemakers Dear

CALIFORNIA BURNING

• Major California wildfire slows as residents try to recover
• Wildfire leaves “complete devastation” in rural community

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• All in the family: wineries pass to the next generation
• Are Temecula Valley Wine Country tourists driving too slow?
• Lodi Wine Laboratory certified for standards
• Napa planners applaud new airport warehouses for having flair
• Wonderful Nurseries Lives Up to Its “Growers First” Reputation *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• California’s searing summer to continue; active East Pacific could bring tropical “slingshot”
• Let the lawsuits begin: Delta tunnels get official state green light
• Marijuana farms tap into Carrizo Plain’s scarce water – and San Luis Obispo County is worried

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Lidl: Prices that Walmart Can’t Touch
• AmazonFresh concerns overplayed by food industry
• Blue Apron just got a flood of bullish ratings from Wall Street, and its shares are flying

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Goldman downgrades beer stocks because millennials like wine better
• VinCompass 1Q Report FY 2018

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• NAFTA negotiations to begin in August

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Talking Trade: off-vintage volume, Champagne high

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Sonoma Wine Country Scores A New Pot Of Gold
• Thousands apply for cannabis permits in Emerald Triangle, but few in Sonoma County

HEALTH

• The “Health Benefits” of Wine

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine tastings: the winning wine is often the least-worst wine
• An etiquette refresher for wine tasting rooms — and tasters
• Follow-up: John Cleese/Fawlty Towers guide to restaurant wine service

MARKETING & SALES

• Telling your story: Letting consumers know why your brand is unique

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• We compared Snapchat and Instagram to find out which app is better — here’s the winner
• Personal Branding 101: Social Media Matters—Know How to Fix Yours
• Google is having trouble pushing its Facebook-like newsfeed to Android devices

PAYMENTS

• What to know about Amazon Pay

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• How to Make a Good Chatbot

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Wine Dinner Advocate
• This New Guide Deciphers Wineries and Wine Bars In Lisbon

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Winemaking’s Urban Sprawl
• The secret life of airline wines
• Insights into Life and Wine ~ While Hiking Among the Old Growths

WINE PEOPLE

• Remembering Barolo’s Domenico Clerico

WINE TOURISM

• The Four Successful Types Of Wine Tourism

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Labor department to rescind tip-pooling restrictions
• Will technology kill fine dining?

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• New York restaurant’s controversial alcoholic drink limit on customers with kids has everyone talking
• TX: Childress winery owner recovering from mysterious poisoning

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• What Would A Farmer Need From A Satellite Company?

EUROPE & THE UK

• Ditch the ‘glass of bubbly’ euphemism and be proud to serve English sparkling wine
• Ireland: Call to reduce ‘excessive’ excise duty on sparkling wines
• European Wine Can Now Be Shipped To China By Rail
• UK: SWA appeal against minimum unit pricing underway
• UK: Online wine retailer appoints new CEO after on-trade acquisition

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Thriving South West wine industry held back by ‘unjust’ alcohol tax

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Ningxia to pull out vines planted in nature reserve