NEWS FETCH — August 2, 2016

TOP NEWS

• US craft beer growth continues to level off
• Napa and Sonoma vineyard owners uncertain who is under new rule for storm water runoff
• Bedrock Wine Co. takes over Contra Costa’s old-vine Evangelho Vineyard
• Disruptive wine app Vivino tops $40m sales
• Chatbots on Facebook Messenger linked to increased sales
• Americans’ Confidence in Economy Positive, but Near 2017 Low
• International Bulk Wine & Spirits Show Wraps Up Two-Day Event In San Francisco *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Prepare for a Safe 2017 Wine Grape Harvest
• German wine exports to China reach record high
• Millennials with a taste for prosecco drive boom in UK sparkling wine market
• WSTA wine report: UK sparkling boom

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• OC Wine Country Booms
• Monterey County, where the ocean helps make the wine
• Only in Wine Country: A glass of wine when you see the veterinarian
• Napa County supervisors honing Berryessa recreation vision
• South Napa quake yields more information for science
• Get ready to pay more for health care next year: hikes from 5 to 24 percent in Valley
• Wonderful Nurseries Lives Up to Its “Growers First” Reputation *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Rogers uses new tech to grow crops

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Direct To Trade 2.0 — Timing is Everything

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard completes mezcal acquisition
• TWE reaffirms positive growth in Asia

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Piedmont: Gianni Gagliardo buys Barbera producer in Nizza
• The End of the Startup Era: 5 Ways to Save Your Business From Acquisition

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• NAFTA battle will test Mexico-Canada ties
• Brazil-Chile shipping costs to drop with end of pact

DISTRIBUTORS

• E. & J. Gallo Winery Awarded U.S. Distribution Rights For New Zealand’s Saint Clair Family Estate

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Full set of Penfolds Grange to break Australian auction records

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Pot is the new alcohol
• Nearly Half of All American Adults Have Tried Marijuana

HEALTH

• Drinking Organic Wine Won’t Prevent a Hangover

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Scams That Target Wine Producers
• WI: GOP introduces bill to loosen booze restrictions

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Whose wine is it anyway?
• Dining with Millennials
• Keeping it simple, but not deceptively simplistic
• ‘My biggest faux pas’ – from the sommeliers

MARKETING & SALES

• If you use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS in your online ads & content web most readers will ignore you
• Is it time for a QR code comeback?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The perfect wine glass: 7 tips for matching shape to grape

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• In the Garden of Wine Economists

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Snapchat’s New Data Deal Will Equip Marketers With More Third-Party Measurement
• Influencers Are Like Rocket Launchers for Your Brand
• Instagram wants you to know people spend more time with Instagram than Snapchat
• Twitter explains why it won’t disclose the number of daily users. Kinda.
• Half of businesses on Instagram use Stories as it turns 1

PAYMENTS

• You can now use PayPal through Skype’s mobile app
• As Bitcoin splits, its clone stumbles out of the gate

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Alcohol by Virtual Reality

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Higher wages aren’t just hurting labor costs

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What Happens When Winemaking Doesn’t Go as Planned
• Is the oak trend reversing itself?
• Willamette Valley Pinot Noir as a Cultural Good

WINE PEOPLE

• Cooper Anderson of The Austin Winery Winemaker Profile

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Maryland’s wine industry grows thanks to technology and collaboration

EUROPE & THE UK

• Fake food and alcohol seizures at EU borders jump
• CIVB launches new B2B wine app
• Crafting Blaufränkisch in Austria

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Jim Chatto takes the top job for two wineries

LATIN AMERICA

• Is Chile’s Troubled Past the Reason Its Wine’s Future Is So Bright?
• Chile: ‘We would prefer God to decide,’ says Almaviva winemaker

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa Gains New Appellation with a Familiar Name: Cape Town

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wedding photographer awarded $1M in defamation lawsuit against couple who falsely attached her on social media
• What’s next after home brewing? More people are trying home winemaking

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• What beer can learn from wine
• Millennials’ Love For Wine And Weed Is Hurting The Beer Industry