NEWS FETCH — September 26, 2017

TOP NEWS

• Wine, grapes have $2 billion economic impact in NC
• Lex Vini: TTB targets Illinois again in “Pay to Play” investigation
• VJ Mallya to face new charges
• Who is the Craft Beer Shopper? (PDF)
• Can legal weed solve pot’s pesticide problem?
• New London wine competition will rate wines for commercial success and consumer appeal in addition to quality. *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• After Hectic Start, Napa Winemakers Now Wait to Harvest
• Champagne 2017: did harvesting start too late?
• Champagne Harvesters Get Picky
• Burgundy ‘relieved’ as harvest returns to normal

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• There’s a multibillion-dollar hole in the Delta tunnels funding plan
• C. Mondavi & Family Names New Chief Operating Officer
• Wonderful Nurseries Lives Up to Its “Growers First” Reputation *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• History is repeating itself for Brown’s tunnel project
• Why Disappearing Sierra Nevada Meadows Are Bad News for Water

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Three-tier system think piece: Let’s steer away from post-Prohibition fears and reconsider our regulatory schemes

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Amazon-Whole Foods combination may lead to organic price war, economist says

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Falesco’s Cotarella Family Buys Le Macioche in Montalcino
• Christian Moueix Buys Bordeaux’s Clos La Madeleine and Château Magnan La Gaffelière

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Canada pushes back against U.S. copyright demands in NAFTA

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• California becoming hot spot for weed delivery, e-commerce

HEALTH

• Alcohol pill could end middle-class drinking ‘epidemic’

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Video: US wineries do you know what “produced by fermentation” means on your reports and labels?
• Panel rejects limits on full-strength beer at Colorado grocers, convenience stores

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why Natural Bottles Deserve a Place on White Tablecloths

MARKETING & SALES

• Digital advertising has turned the big broadcast networks into beggars

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWein Special Show set to feature craft

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Voice technology will change your relationship with customers

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Wine Advocate sake story, one year later

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How forest fires spoil wine
• How Can You Tell if a Young Wine Will Age?
• The Real Difference Between a $10 and $100 Bottle of Wine

WINE PEOPLE

• The Southern Winemaker Who’s Making a Name for Himself in California
• Unfiltered: Rémi Cousin, Le Gavroche
• Winemaking industry: A vine history of women in wine revealed

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• The PLCB is sabotaging Philly wine culture
• MI: St. Julian Winery appoints VP

ACADEMIA

• North Central Michigan College offers wine grape growing workshops

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate change: the next frontier

EUROPE & THE UK

• “Heroic Agriculture” At 37 Cents Per Kilo: The Economics Of Grape Growing On Pantelleria
• Trademarks for Rioja’s single vineyard sites (Part 1)
• New Cru Bourgeois classification on-track for 2020
• UK: Copestick Murray: sales rise, but Brexit bites

DOWN UNDER

• Oz wine in space export push

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Choose your words wisely: labelling advice before entering the Chinese market

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Does the Keurig of Homebrew Actually Make Good Beer?
• New device could reduce 9 million wasted pints in UK