NEWS FETCH — September 1, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Employer heat warning! Pay close attention to these obligations to prevent heat illness during harvest
• Highest temperatures ever recorded around the San Francisco Bay Area
• Napa Valley vineyard asset bubble ready to pop? Not so fast, says Rabobank analyst
• Glassy-winged sharpshooter found in SLO — but grape growers shouldn’t worry yet
• IPAs Are Giving You Man Boobs
• Deals Were Done and Business was Written at IBWSS. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Pushed by hot weather, Napa wine industry accelerates grape harvest
• WA: Wildfire smoke hasn’t tainted this year’s grape harvest – yet
• Bordeaux 2017 harvest: Picking begins in weather-hit vintage
• France’s shrunken 2017 vintage – 10 considerations
• Europe’s Winemakers Face Shrinking Harvest Due to Extreme Weather
• Wine Grape Harvest Begins in Monterey County
• Virginia vineyards seeing early grape harvest
• MO: Area winemakers assessing this year’s grape harvest

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine festival canceled over heat concerns in Livermore
• E. & J. Gallo Winery Contributes $100,000 To American Red Cross Relief Efforts In Texas
• Dr. Linda Bisson Retires from UC Davis
• Terlato SrVP/General Counsel Scribner Retires after 39 Years
• Oak Ridge Winery Appoints New General Manager
• Lodi Winegrape Commission Welcomes Bob Highfill as Marketing and Communications Manager
• Neighborhood group demands environmental review of St. Helena-approved Beringer project
• 1st Hybrid Executive MBA in Wine Business Launches Fall 2018 at SSU
  
• Wonderful Nurseries Lives Up to Its “Growers First” Reputation *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• For some, the Delta tunnels are a waste of money; for others, they could be a lifesaver
• Call it the anti-drought: Water officials hope to drive up water usage
• Ninth Circuit tries to unravel Western water fight

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Here are the cities where Amazon offers 2-hour alcohol delivery

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• How Target’s $5 Wines Fit Its Strategy

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Spotlight on… Rauzan Segla
• New claret highs as trade awakens

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cannabis cocktail trend gains momentum

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Understanding FSMA: Questions about new food safety regulations and how they relate to beverage alcohol producers
• Food Safety Modernization Act: For Facilities manufacturing Alcoholic beverages regulated by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the U.S. Treasury Department (PDF)

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine Branding: Unforgettable or Unforgivable?
• Reviews and the Problem of the Defensive Local Business Owner
• Some skepticism about “influencers”

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• How Package Design Attracts Today’s Wine Consumer

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• We farm soils: Organic and Biodynamic Conference, NZ

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Snapchat’s ‘older’ users more open to brands than its core teen audience 2 hours ago

PAYMENTS

• Bitcoin hits $4,800 for the first time

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Federal judge invalidates Obama-era overtime rule
• Trump expected to halt Obama’s program but allow some Dreamers to stay temporarily

MEDIA MATTERS

• New film ‘Back to Burgundy’ explores problems of inheritance

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Winemakers’ View: Vegan wines and fining

WINE PEOPLE

• The Diversity of Alto Adige – Interview With Alois Clemens Lageder
• Unfiltered: Didier Catelo, Medlar

WINE PLACES

• Portugal: an amazing journey

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: Lake Erie Regional Grape Program celebrates 25 years
• Making sense of Michigan liquor licensing

ACADEMIA

• Cornell-led project to improve grapes gets big boost

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• X-ray vision to see ice formation inside buds
• New York-certified, virus-tested vines are on their way to growers
• Defining and Developing Management Strategies for Sour Rot (PDF)
• For Some Wine Growers to Stay Small, Scaling Up Production Is the Only Option
• Evaluating Shade Cloths on Wine Grapes

EUROPE & THE UK

• China helps drive Spain’s wine exports

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Vinehealth encouraging responsible tourism
• OZ: No stink bugs allowed
• OZ: Apparent alcohol consumption increases

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa: Distell sells venerable wine farms and brands

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Craft Liquor Nudges Craft Beer Out Of The Spotlight With Consumers
• Brewers Association heads to drinktec to expose American craft beer to ‘whole new consumer’
• Aussie drinkers want to know who makes their beer