NEWS FETCH — December 21, 2017

TOP NEWS

• Southern Glazer’s nailed with $3.5 million “Pay for Play” fine by NY State
• Food & beverage ecommerce sales growth set to outpace most other categories
• UC Davis Creates Wine Price Database With Crowdsourcing, Famed Catalogs
• Brexit will hike wine prices by 20% and have Brits all drinking a lot less
• Thomas Fire Reveals the Rise of Privatized Firefighting
• Here’s how to avoid costly mistakes by managing your barrel inventory with bar codes – Click now to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Vincent Indelicato Dies At 84
• ProWein 2018 is unique: Three days of concentrated business with over 6,500 international exhibitors, 500+ tasting sessions and seminars, plus fresh ideas for packaging – it’s the No. 1 meeting place for the sector. Click to find out how you can profit! *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Is Now The Best Time for Tax Reductions for Napa Wineries?
• End-of-the-year wit and wisdom from some of California’s most renowned winemakers
• Michael Otto joins Rombauer as Pacific Southwest Sales
• Winery donates over $24,000 to Templeton High School Band
• Alcoholic Beverage Importers and Distributors Conference To Happen With USA Trade Tasting*Sponsored Link*

CA WILDFIRES

• Gov. Jerry Brown requests a major disaster declaration for SoCal wildfires
• Paso Robles Wine Country Donates Fire Relief Funds to North Coast Charities
• Facing wine country fire damages, PG&E suspends shareholder dividend

AMAZON

• Ad buyers find Amazon an impossible pain in the ass
• Amazon filed for ‘AmazonTube’ trademark after Google pulled YouTube from the Echo Show

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Wine Wholesaler Pay To Play Scheme Shows Double Standard On Retailer Wine Shipping

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

• A winery in the Texas Hill Country can be yours for just $10 million

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Walmart is developing a personal-shopper service for rich moms — and a store with no cashiers

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• UK: Farr Vintners reports strong trading

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Canda’s top court considers inter-provincial free trade of alcohol

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex: 2017 Power 100: Burgundy’s year

DATA & TRENDS

• 2 Key Wine Themes For 2018: Indigenous Grapes And Women In Wine

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Texas among last states to OK medical marijuana — but just barely
• Will California heed other states’ lessons in opening recreational marijuana sales?

HEALTH

• How Does Alcohol Affect Your Sleep?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• US Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act passes in Congress
• WineAmerica Applauds Passage of Federal Alcohol Excise Tax Reform
• The Tax Cut And Jobs Act Benefits Alcohol Producers Big Time
• Is the Champagne in your Sorbet? Prove it.

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Underdog Varieties – Wines that deserve a second chance *Sponsored link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Moet is pushing champagne on Snapchat through a game
• Twitter will tell users if content was blocked to comply with local laws or legal demands
• The Secrets of Pinterest ‘SEO’ for Brands
• Twitter Is Tweaking Its Direct Message Features for Businesses

PAYMENTS

• Cryptocurrencies have an everything problem

MEDIA MATTERS

• Enjoy Oz Clarke’s World of Wine

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sancerre and Pouilly – some further reflections
• The Busy Wine Lover’s Guide to Vietti
• Orange is the new white? Unique amber wine creates buzz

WINE PLACES

• Sparkling sustainability: discovering Ferrari Wine in Northern Italy

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Oregon’s newest AVA attracting development
• Beer May Rule in Colorado, But State’s Winemakers Are Setting Their Sights High (podcast)

DOWN UNDER

• New Zealand region trials beer glass asphalt on roads

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Asahi’s Tsingtao Beer Goes Flat

LATIN AMERICA

• Bolivian Wine: A New Voice in South America

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Chill your wine while you drive because multitasking is important

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Export Sales up in 2017 for American Spirits
• Spirits are One of the Top 10 Things Shoppers Have Abandoned Most In Online Shopping Carts This Holiday Season
• Kentucky is neither the birthplace nor apex of American Whiskey