NEWS FETCH — August 25, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Boomers still dominating restaurant dollars & traffic
• Drinking water, tampons and diapers: New Calif legislation would put them all in same taxable category
• PA Liquor Board Reels From Pay-to-Play Bribery Scandal
• Amazon Lays Out Its Whole Foods Strategy And Shakes Up Wall Street Anew
• Deals Were Done and Business was Written at IBWSS. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• So Far, an Average Wine Harvest in Central Coast
• French wine production set to plummet by a fifth this year
• Italy: As harvest progresses in Maremma, the mystery of the vines thickens

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Carneros: Hyde Estate Winery opens
• Oakville Winegrowers elect a new president
• Wonderful Nurseries Lives Up to Its “Growers First” Reputation *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Brown’s tunnels could start in 2018 and farmers say they’ll be devastated
• Water Deeply Talks: Water and Cannabis in California

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Amazon swallows more of the market
• Blue Apron’s Struggles Show Why It’s Tough to Make It With E-Commerce Subscriptions

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Sauternes – split success

HEALTH

• Mindfulness – Not Relaxing – Will Stop Heavy Boozing

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• OK: Judge tosses liquor store owners’ challenge to sale of wine in grocery stores

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• NY Restaurant to Roll Out All-Female Wine List

MARKETING & SALES

• How to make money in the wine business

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Chinese wine lovers snub screwcap, for now
• Closure encounters: What’s driving the wine stopper market?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• California wine industry to descend on Westminster Abbey for trade tasting

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The ROI of Data Quality in Your Digital Advertising
• Facebook Is Pulling Several Little-Used Boost Post Options

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Thriving While Sober in the Booze Industry
• This tech company is offering staff free ‘hangover days’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• War of the Noses
• Wine and the Seduction of Drinkers
• Brett — playing with fire?
• Wine and music: a magical mix
• Sexual Confusion Is Good for Wine, and the World

WINE PEOPLE

• Manuel Moraga has Chilean Malbec Vines that predate America
• Barolo Producer Umberto Fracassi Ratti Mentone (podcast)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Arizona Wine Growers Association (AWGA) Elected New Board Members

ACADEMIA

• $35M Invested in Specialty Crop Research

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Alcoholic beverages are central to greener future

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Effects of temperature on grapevine growth
• Rise of the Machines: Mechanization Comes to the Vineyards
• Inside Wine: Putting the Machines to Work

EUROPE & THE UK

• World’s oldest Italian wine just discovered: Ancient pottery tests positive for wine
• Durello’s sparkling makeover

DOWN UNDER

• The Australian Wine Revolution
• OZ: Phylloxera boundary extended

LATIN AMERICA

• Advice on exporting wine to Colombia

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• 9 Sonoma Brewers Who Swapped Wine for Beer
• It’s August, and pumpkin beers are flooding stores. Why can’t you find one on tap?
• Beer Institute Releases July 2017 Domestic Tax Paid Estimate