NEWS FETCH — September 5, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Premium Wine Sales Decelerating: 2015-2017 Data Show
• US wine consumption increased from 2004 to 2015
• Unmasking Gallo’s New Amazon-exclusive Stealth Wine Launch
• Inside 2017 California wine harvest: Grapes look great, labor crisis looms
• California farmers say they don’t have enough workers – but it’s not because of Trump
• End of summer? US West shrouded in heat, wildfire smoke
• Deals Were Done and Business was Written at IBWSS. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• California Harvest for Still Wine Begins
• Europe: Poor harvest to push up price of a bottle of plo
• Canada: P.E.I. winemakers say cheers to dry summer
• USA world’s most ‘attractive’ export market
• Which parts of Bordeaux have been most badly hit by spring frosts?

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa wineries streamline shipping as alcohol regulations ease
• Mystery group challenges Napa’s winery environmental reviews
• Napa County’s corporation yard on Oxbow is back on the market
• Last call stays the same, as lawmakers turn off the taps on keeping California bars open until 4 a.m.
• Wonderful Nurseries Lives Up to Its “Growers First” Reputation *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• CA: Except for Oroville, north state dams said to be in satisfactory condition
• Stockton: Why are we still using groundwater?
• Reasons for optimism about California Water Fix from a fish perspective
• California Division of Safety of Dams releases updated information on state’s dams
• The Little Shasta River: A model for sustaining our national heritage
• Can wine be damaged when submerged in stormwaters?

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Dear Massachusetts Wine Lovers….30 Seconds Is All It Takes

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Bordeaux: Château Phélan Ségur sold to Belgian investor
• South Africa: Distell sells off wine brands
• China just banned initial coin offerings, calling them illegal fundraising
• A cryptocurrency insider explains a devastating truth about digital coin offerings

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Classic car prices skid but diamonds and wine shine
• Liv-ex 1000 gains 1.5% in August led by Burgundy 150
• Liv-ex 100 gains 0.5% in August
• Talking Trade: Liv-ex 50 reaches new high
• Bonhams announces San Francisco line-up
• Whisky Auctioneer in bid to attract wine buyers

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cannabis business series launched by Sonoma State University

HEALTH

• Canada: Nunavut’s Capital Aims To Curb Alcoholism By Liberalizing Access

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• As you age does your taste in wine change?

MARKETING & SALES

• Four Effective ways to Increase Sales
• Secrets to Sorting Out Price and Cutting Costs
• Pernod Ricard takes more ad buying in-house — and sees the benefits
• Wine’s colour of money

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Boxed wine or ‘Cardboardeaux’ enjoys renaissance
• Winery creates first chromed-glass wine bottle for petrol heads

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Once a Running Joke, LinkedIn Is Suddenly a Hot Social Network. Here’s What Changed
• Ignoring These Website Fundamentals Is Sinking Your Social Media Efforts
• A guide to five Facebook ad types that will reach your marketing objectives

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Building Software = Building a House

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Trump is expected to announce plans to end DACA today

MEDIA MATTERS

• New film ‘Back to Burgundy’ explores problems of inheritance
• Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2018

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Vintage Champagne: a Dying Breed?
• What you need to know about sangiovese, Italy’s biggest-selling grape

WHY IS THIS STILL A THING?

• Blue wine sets sights on US launch

WINE PEOPLE

• 40 Under 40: Chris & Andrea Mullineux

WINE PLACES

• From Sex and Drugs Education to Zinfandel: The Peachy Canyon Story
• Blaye-Côtes de Bordeaux – Value On Bordeaux’s Right Bank
• Golf Ball Terroir ~ Welcome to Karibu

WINE EDUCATION

• 14 new Masters of Wine announced

WINE TOURISM

• Does wine tourism boost sales?

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• And You Were Expecting What, Exactly? (Thoughts On The PA Pay-To-Play Scandal)

EUROPE & THE UK

• Britain’s Brexit hangover
• UK: Armit Wines acquired by InVivo Group
• UK: Out-of-home drinks sales slow down
• Brits are spending more but drinking less
• Irish wine sales booming again

DOWN UNDER

• AWRI & Wine Australia enter eight-year strategic partnership
• OZ: Linfox acquires full control of BevChain
• OZ: New wine drinkers still moving on from Chardonnay
• NZ: Wine company’s demise blamed on change in Chinese importing policy

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China Wine Country…?
• Israeli Firm in Talks to Build Winery in China

LATIN AMERICA

• Market briefing: Brazil

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Chromatography Reveals Ancient Scandinavians Liked a Drink
• Sicilians the First Italian Wine Drinkers

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Americans are buying beer and a beach vacation at the same time
• UK: Beer trade marks rise 19%, thanks to craft beer boom
• The Long, Strange Connection Between Craft Beer and Jam Bands
• Rain saves German hop harvest