NEWS FETCH — September 14, 2016

TOP NEWS

• Sullivan Vineyards Bankruptcy: Napa Valley’s Chapter 11 From Hell
• Farmworker union dues seized to pay off UFW lawsuit
• AB InBev Is Done Buying Craft Breweries. Is That a Good Thing?
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Napa Valley grape harvest, week 3: Cooler temperatures prevail
• Lodi growers and winemakers speak frankly about 2017 harvest thus far
• ‘Last Straw’ for Lodi Grape Growers
• North Coast grape growers scramble in rain aftermath to protect against rot
• So far, it’s a better season all around for Mendocino County grower
• Much of SW Idaho’s fruit crop decimated by January cold snap
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa supervisors agree on new winery rule-breaker policies
• Napa supervisors have affordable housing ideas
• Napa Vision 2050 holds packed town hall meeting in St. Helena
• Napa, Sonoma farmworkers get care from OLE Health, St. Joseph Health
• Wonderful Nurseries Lives Up to Its “Growers First” Reputation *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Embattled ethics watchdog to step down amid turmoil at water agency
• Whither the Fourth Water Revolution?

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Amazon, Whole Foods, and wine prices
• Lidl takes the low road

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Can you cash in on the research and development tax credit?

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine investment: the currency of wine

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Eaze is moving into recreational marijuana delivery with $27 million in new funding

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How Wine Buyers Can Be Activists
• How to buy wine directly from the vineyard using an app
• Expanding the Reach of Wine (podcast)
• Consumer Purchasing Behavior Influenced by a Complex Set of Forces

MARKETING & SALES

• Marketing Wine, Sex Toys and Cannabis — Differences and Similarities
• Ex-Googlers raised millions for a startup that replaces mom-and-pop stores with vending machines, and people are losing it

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook Is Making Its Biggest Play to Improve Brand Safety, but Is It Enough to Gain Marketers’ Trust?

PAYMENTS

• Bitcoin has tanked 11.5% since Jamie Dimon called it ‘a fraud’
• The first of China’s top bitcoin exchanges has announced it will suspend trading

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Is English Pinot Noir really getting better?

WINE PEOPLE

• Booming Va. industry sees more women at the helm
• Unfiltered: Romain Bourger, The Vineyard
• On this day in 1715: the death of Dom Perignon, master winemaker and Benedictine monk

WINE PLACES

• 3 regions in New York that produce the best wine
• Why Franciacorta Is Italy’s Best Region For Sparkling Wine
• Bordeaux’s Legendary Châteaux Are Now Open for Meals and Sleepovers

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NM: Council rejects waiver for fine-wine superstore near church
• Mexico: Wine culture maturing but road ahead is long
• A serious wine industry in Minnesota? You betcha — and it’s growing
• State Of The Wine Industry In Oregon (podcast)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• A different look at sustainable farming

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Tips for improving insecticide performance in controlling the vine mealybug

EUROPE & THE UK

• Next and Morrisons predict end to Brexit-related price rises
• Waitrose wine sales soar
• Brexit-focused WSTA Conference delivers greater clarity – on extent of uncertainty
• Plaimont permitted to reintroduce long-lost Tardif grape

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Accolade Wines cuts 35 jobs from its Berri Estates operation as demand cask wine drops

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile: Shockwaves Give Winery a Blast from the Past

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa: How the wine industry sells: affirming the buyer experience and brand positioning

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• 3 Denver breweries on tap to brew Colorado’s first beer from recycled water