NEWS FETCH — August 30, 2016

TOP NEWS

• 2016 Oregon Vineyard & Winery Census Report shows robust momentum for state wine
• Southern Glazer’s Prevails in Retailer Fraud Suit
• Thieves bore into cellar from Paris catacombs to steal €250,000 of wine
• Once thought dead, banner ads get big-time new respect from a web giant
• Calif legalized pot. Are magic mushrooms next?
• Deals Were Done and Business was Written at IBWSS. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Italy faces one of smallest wine harvests for 60 years
• Navigating France’s Recent Hard-Hit Vintages
• Italy: Piacenza Wine Region Sees Drop In Production, But Rise In Quality
• Harvest updates from vineyards around Texas

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa County considers clampdown on rule-breakers, including wineries
• Sonoma County Wine Auction continues to evolve
• California Tightens Restrictions on Controversial Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
• ASEV Confirmed Enologist Harbertson as President
• Dutcher Crossing Winery Promotes Nick Briggs to Winemaker
• Linda Trotta Joins Jamieson Ranch Vineyards As New Winemaker
• Napa County supervisors rule former rural school site may have lodging
• Wonderful Nurseries Lives Up to Its “Growers First” Reputation *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Last winter’s rains require a $2 million Napa River re-dredging
• 5-2 vote stalls decision on Delta tunnels project, citing need for more information
• California Achieves Major Milestone Toward Sustainable Groundwater Management
• The Delta Is Sinking: Scientists Think Planting Rice Will Help

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• UK’s ABS adds first Oregon wineries to its menu

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Auction of Washington Wines Raises $4.1 Million

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Pot pivots to video

HEALTH

• Forget about ‘Prosecco smile’, here’s why the Italian bubbly is actually good for you

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The high price of restaurant wines
• British Airways confirms September 1 launch for “restaurant style dining” in Club World

MARKETING & SALES

• Social Advertising Isn’t Really Driving Conversions

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• World’s largest gathering of Australian Women in Wine to descend on London

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Untangling Facebook Metrics: What Advertisers Need to Know

MATTERS OF TASTE

• When brett gives Bordeaux a barnyard aroma
• Italy’s prosecco takes on Champagne
• Purdue grad devises way to keep opened bottles of wine fresh

WINE PEOPLE

• Shinn is among the young, maverick growers in Lodi
• Decanter’s Sarah Kemp shares her wine memories
• Unfiltered: Jan Konetzki, Le Dame de Pic

WINE PLACES

• Drinking in the Yadkin Valley, N.C.’s First Designated Wine Region
• Four Islands Whose Wines Are Making Waves

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Digging Deeper in PA’s Pay-for-Play Scandal
• Podcast: Washington Wine, Then and Now

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The high-tech promise of hands-off

EUROPE & THE UK

• New head for Champagne Bollinger named
• UK retailers are worried Brexit could lead to empty shelves

DOWN UNDER

• Highlights from New Zealand Winegrowers annual report
• Changing face of Australian wine drinkers’ tastes
• Aussie millennials don’t like Chardonnay
• NZ: Water policy will have an effect on expensive cabbages and wine
• NZ: Taking it Slow in Central Otago (Part II)

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China: Ningxia adds 15 classified wineries
• Winemakers pop the cork amid funding injection for regional tourism and exports to China and US
• Azerbaijan eyes China’s wine market
• Marlborough Mayor takes trip to China to sign sister-city agreement

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile is starting to reap what it’s sowed

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• How to Successfully Pack Wine in Your Suitcase

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Anheuser-Busch & MillerCoors ship over 200,000 cans of drinking water to Hurricane Harvey victims
• Oskar Blues halts beer production in Longmont to can water to send to Houston
• BrewDog to ‘redefine industry’ with 20% yearly profit donation