NEWS FETCH — October 20, 2017

TOP NEWS

• Calif ABC Licensees Affected by Fires Get A Bit of Relief From Gov’s Executive Order
• Fire damage at $1 Bil and will rise. Light rain and cool temps offer hopes for containment by Tuesday. Satellites see no hot spots. — Updated at 5:50 a.m. PDT 10/20/17
• California fires cause $1 billion in damages, burn 7,000 buildings
• Wine Country businesses open and pleading for regional visitors
• As U.S. Retail Shifts Continue, E-commerce Thrives
• Deadly fires hit wine regions in Spain and Portugal
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WINE COUNTRY WILD FIRES — Scroll down to bottom for special extended coverage

• No news = great news! Latest satellite data map shows no hot spots in wine country fires (Hopefully that won’t change) – Updated 4:07 a.m. PDT 10/20/17
• Cal Fire has released a powerful Interactive Sonoma County fire map goes right down to specific parcels
• Status on 113 wineries (and wine businesses): Good, bad or gone – UPDATED 6:48 a.m., Oct. 20
• Thousands of Wine Country wildfire claims jolt insurers, pose thorny challenges for homeowners
• Sonoma County Sheriff: ICE statement about recent arrest ‘misleading and inflammatory’
• Wine country lacked water-dropping aircraft in first hours of wildfire
• The Effects of Bottle Aging on Smoke Taint Characteristics in Wine
• Napa County tallies 600 damaged and destroyed structures

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• 2018 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium to Focus on Cabernet Sauvignon, Regulatory Changes, Changing AVAs and Disaster Preparedness
• Why wine lovers should take a tour of California’s Central Coast
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Much-needed fire relief in North Bay today, but new ridge and record SoCal heat on the way
• El Nino, La Nina, or neither? That’s the question this winter for Northern Californians
• CA State Water Board adopts cannabis cultivation policy
• New Online Tool Helps Growers Determine Need for Groundwater Recharge
• District OKs smaller version of Delta water tunnel plan
• Cost of Oroville dam repair nearly doubles as unexpected problems emerge

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• The Treasury Wine Estates Ltd share price just hit an all-time high
• Target’s Small Format New York City Store Marks Urban Push, Digital Battle With Amazon

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Treasury Wine Estates sells Clare winery
• Spanish giants unite: Grupo Perelada buys Chivite

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine investment: Keeping it simple

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Somersaulting Toward A Conflict Between Wine and Cannabis

HEALTH

• The positive benefits of alcohol consumption

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Majority of US Senators Support Federal Excise Tax Reform
• Beer Institute, Brewers Association, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Wine Institute and WineAmerica praise majority support in both House and Senate for Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• What determines your wine taste?
• Americans are obsessed with joining ‘wine clubs’

MARKETING & SALES

• How scans of your brain could change the future of retail
• Vineyard business identity and marketing
• How to Increase Sales and Drive Revenue for OND

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Cork fights back

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Tools and tips for calculating the ROI of social media

PAYMENTS

• You can now PayPal friends in Messenger and get help via chat

MEDIA MATTERS

• Getting the Most Out of Your Media Coverage

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The new force in wine
• A $41 Glass of 150-Year-Old Wine Is the Wild Future of Vineyards

WINE PEOPLE

• Champagne Critic Peter Liem (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Forgotten Spain: Valencia

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Low-proof spirits offer restaurants new options

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Big welcome: California winery arrives in Oregon
• A more wine-friendly climate ahead for Minnesota? (podcast)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Are you “Organic Carrots with Pesticides” or “Non-Organic Champagne without Pesticides”?

EUROPE & THE UK

• While Northern California Burned, Fires Threatened Lives, Property, Vineyards And Wine In Iberia
• Catalonia tourism slumps 15% since referendum violence
• Loire researchers arm Sauvignon wine growers
• Crimea Winemakers Look to Shed the Rot Gut Label

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Millionaire winemaker David James accused of intimidating estranged wife

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Lebanon’s Wine Industry Is Ripe With History

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• New York Pours Tax Incentives into the Craft Brewing Industry
• How Craft Brewing and Distilling Are Breathing Life Into Some Embattled Corners of America
• Craft Spirits Industry Poised for Massive Growth From Pent-Up Demand
• Rise of automated homebrewing: ‘Nano will be the next micro’
• The Quest for Artisan-Made Cinnamon Whiskey

—-NAPA/SONOMA/NORTH BAY FIRES SPECIAL SECTION—-

RECOVERY/AFTER THE FIRES

• North Bay fires are mostly contained. Next step: cleaning up
• Recouping Losses from California Wildfires
• Napa Getting Back to Business
• Napa County wildfires bring water quality challenges
• Wine Country disaster will ultimately strengthen community
• Weed to wine country: Here’s how to rebuild a community

MAPS

• Map: See the status of your Sonoma County home after the wildfires

FIRES AND WINE/TOURISM

• How the Wildfires Are Hurting California’s Wine Industry
• Smoke flavors : it’s not only about volatile phenols

FIRES AND MARIJUANA

• For cannabis farmers, rebuilding after fires is no certain task

FIRE RECOVERY BUSINESS RESOURCES — Click this link for more

ADDITIONAL RELIEF EFFORTS — Click this link for more

• HUD announces disaster help for wildfire victims
• Sonoma County Grape Growers Foundation Wildfire Relief Fund (GoFundMe)
• Local restaurant, wine bar owners rally to help North Bay fire victims
• Want to help Napa and Sonoma recover? Keep drinking wine, residents say
• How the Wine Community Is Recovering After the California Wildfires—And How You Can Help
• ‘Wine Country Women of Napa Valley’ wildfire relief efforts
• Helping the wildfire recovery

STORIES/COMMENTARY

• The triumph of wine country
• Fake fire news fans flames of ignorance

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