NEWS FETCH — August 4, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Record grape harvest helps Washington wines gain international attention
• US Cropland values continue to defy gravity
• Antinori buys Chilean winery Haras de Pirque
• At Sonoma Wine and Weed Symposium, vintners find themselves surrounded by economic opportunity
• Brits warned that 40 million bottles of wine may be fake
• OZ: Free trade agreements driving export growth
• Deals Were Done and Business was Written at IBWSS. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Italian wine harvest begins 10 days early with heat, drought
• OZ 2017 Crush: Shiraz up in tonnage and value, Chard down in tons, up in price
• Napa growers look ahead to harvest

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• It’s Official: Cannabis and Wine are a Poor Pairing
• Pot Is The New Alcohol: A Money-Making Business
• CA proposing new regulations for legal pot farming
• California regulators working on water rules for pot grows

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Decision postponed on whether to allow Windsor veterinarian to serve wine
• Wonderful Nurseries Lives Up to Its “Growers First” Reputation *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• ‘Solid growth’ for Campari as streamlining continues
• Yelp is selling Eat24 to GrubHub for $287.5M and the stock is skyrocketing

DISTRIBUTORS

• V2 Wine Group and Mercer Announce an Agreement

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 1000 gains 0.9% in July led by Bordeaux Legends 50
• 10 Developments That Will Steer The Future Of Fine Wine
• Cape winemakers make debut at Nedbank auction

HEALTH

• Flavonoids coupled with specific gut microbes may prevent severe flu

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• DNA to Define Your Wine Tastes
• How to Give Your Subscribers an Ease of Ordering
• UK supermarket appoints ‘sommeasier’

MARKETING & SALES

• How brands are tapping into consumers’ faces – and brains

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The one in a million wine label
• Wine Expert Explains Why Screw Tops Are Better Than Corks On Wine Bottles

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 11 Ways Social Media Will Evolve in the Future

PAYMENTS

• Coinbase says it will support Bitcoin Cash after all — but it isn’t committed to trading yet

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• What is it like being a women in wine?
• It’s Absurd To Think We Can Buy Millennial Workers With A Coffee Shop And A Basketball Court

MEDIA MATTERS

• 10 signs that you’ve been writing about wine too long

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Zinquest and the 20 year mystery
• Natural wine: The wine winemakers are whining about
• Meet Black Chardonnay
• New sensors can detect a compound that affects the smell of red and white wines
• What’s Wrong with Your Wine: 7 Common Problems
• Hit or myth: Should we obey the seven rules of wine?
• Fixing wines at home
• Off vintages and pleasant surprises

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet the Garagiste Winemakers of Paso Robles
• Unfiltered: Clement Robert MS, 28-50 Wine Workshop & Kitchen
• 20 years, 20 questions: Judy Chan of Grace Vineyard

WINE PLACES

• Colares, Where the Vineyards Snake Through the Sand
• Sacred land in Burgundy
• The Port wine time bomb
• Beaune: heartland of value Burgundy
• Go Way off the Beaten Path in Bolivia’s Wine Country

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Building a World-Class Beverage Staff

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• A museum devoted to beer and drinks made in NC could become a reality

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate change means more rain, more nitrogen runoff, more problems
• Trinchero goes 100 percent ‘Deep Green’

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• USDA Announces $400,000 to Support Ag Science Entrepreneurs
• Purdue Researchers Developing Tech To Streamline Vineyard Decisions

EUROPE & THE UK

• The Real Reason Why the Italian IGT Was Created? Government Money

DOWN UNDER

• The Future of New Zealand Wine
• OZ: Riverina wine grape growers selling water to stay in business
• Chinese wine tourism to Australia increased 300% in 2016

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• New BrewDog bar to straddle US Mexico border