NEWS FETCH — September 7, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Napa Harvest Hits Labor Crisis
• Billions are drinking water contaminated with plastic: The US is hit worst
• Treasury Wine Sells Former Lindeman’s Winery, Will Keep Brand
• Growing pains for Bordeaux’s Chinese investors?
• Bulk wine market to be hit hard by 2017 harvest
• How Instagram is driving wine trends
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• NEW REAL ESTATE COVERAGE: You’re only as far away from dirt as your next glass of wine
• The Mystery of Jeffry Hill’s Secret Federal Court Files Continues. Is Grape Fraud OK With Feds?

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Northwest Smoke Plume Shields Grapes
• CA’s winegrape harvest in full swing
• Climate change takes toll on France’s Chablis wine
• 2017 Harvest Report: Early Harvest and Promising Vintage in the Loire Valley
• Acquiesce harvests first crop of Clairette Blanche and Bourboulenc

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Templeton’s ONX Wines buys Paso vineyard
• Monterey vintners redefine by embracing obscure varietals
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DROUGHT/WATER

• DWR adopts state flood plan update
• Current Water Policies Impacting the Central Valley Create Uncertain Future for Central Valley Ag Communities
• The Delta’s history and ecology take center stage

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• New CEO for Moët-Hennessy as Navarre quits
• Amazon is planning to build another US headquarters that’s ‘equal’ in size to its Seattle campus

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine investment: missing a trick
• Sotheby’s expects £2m haul from first winter sale

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Inside the hazy business of marketing marijuana

HEALTH

• Breaking the habit
• OZ: Young drinkers say they are immune to alcohol warning labels
• J. Lohr’s Touching Lives Campaign Surpasses 5,000 Mammograms

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• In the mood for wine: Where and how you enjoy it affects what you think
• Building the World’s Best Wine List Cost Pascaline Lepeltier Her Job

MARKETING & SALES

• Building Brand Visibility
• Time on Wine Site Leads to Direct Mail Piece in My Mailbox
• How to choose a (good) Brand Psychoanalyst
• Texas winery discusses changes in wine sales to Millennials
• Here’s What Customer Experience Will Look Like In 2020

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Exploring the Future of Cork Closures

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook Claims It Reaches More People Than the U.S. Census Data Says Exist

PAYMENTS

• Cryptocurrencies have already recovered from last weekend’s crash

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• How is AR revolutionizing the in-store experience for retailers?

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Women, Wine and the Persistent Double Standard
• WA: Piece-rate details back in court

WINE PEOPLE

• The Women Working to Bring Diversity to Champagne
• Important players in NDSU’s contribution to the N.D. wine industry

WINE PLACES

• Global influences celebrated in Lodi’s vineyards
• Inside Germany’s Fairy Tale Wine Country
• Walk the Wine in Switzerland

WINE EDUCATION

• Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Expands Learning Opportunities

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Pop Up A 3D Preview Of A Dish Before You Order
• Yelp’s new cash-back program pays you for dining out — here’s how to use it
• Groupon debuts Groupon+, voucherless meal deals with Visa and Mastercard

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Experimentation Abounds in the Columbia Gorge

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Westwood Estate Earns Biodynamic Certification

EUROPE & THE UK

• EU citizens in disbelief over UK’s leaked Brexit proposals
• Champagne Bollinger Names new General Manager

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Family wineries unite to dodge big grocers with direct sales to buyers

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Mobile commerce dominates China’s online drinks sale

SOUTH AFRICA

• Getting South Africa’s finest wines on the road

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• American Spirits Export Value Rises by 10.6 Percent in First Half of 2017
• Is Vermont becoming the Napa Valley of beer?
• Australians want to know who owns the craft beer they drink
• SAB to create 10,000 jobs in South Africa through entrepreneurship campaign