NEWS FETCH — January 26, 2018

TOP NEWS

• Wine business to remain growth-forward with strong notes of competition
• Bay Area Wine Grape Growers sue BNSF Railway alleging Illegal, Negligent Herbicide Damage
• 53.6% of users *never* make a purchase that begins on a social media platform
• Small-Business Owners Remain Upbeat Amid Improved Revenue
• 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)

• US Wine Outlook Bullish Despite Bank Warning
• Looking for wines to import into the U.S.? Find international producers on “Route USA” at the ProWein 2018 trade fair. Click to lean more. *Sponsored link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• 2017 Champagne shipments forecast to fall below 308M bottles
• Some Unsettling Texas Wine Arithmetic
• Cape Town’s water shortage crisis is threatening South Africa’s wine harvest
• Exhibitor Registration for 2018 International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show in San Francisco is now open! Register now and save $400*Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Bidding pushes sale price of Napa County’s Oxbow property to $5.3 million
• Gallo Opens Up in Public
• Wine Industry Reflects on Emerging Issues, Trends and Recent Fires Shaping Future

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Looking For Inspiring Work? Consider Cannabis Marketing. Here’s Why.
• Cannabis Drinks Expo To Launch, July 2019, San Francisco at Unified Symposium

AMAZON

• Amazon and Kroger are reportedly duking it out over the ‘Costco for millennials’ company Boxed
• Walmart unites with Rakuten in alliance against Amazon
• Target is launching same-day delivery to take on Amazon— here’s where you can try it first

DROUGHT/WATER

• One possible delta tunnels deal would give cheap water to farmers — and more expensive water to cities
• Drier and wetter: The future of precipitation variability

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Mississippi sues over mail-order shipments of wine, liquor
• 6 Trends to Watch in the Direct-to-Consumer Wine Shipping Channel

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?




PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Louis Vuitton-owner LVMH upbeat as Chinese shoppers lift sales
• Millennials are killing Costco, apparently
• Anheuser-Busch InBev buys analytics firm WeissBeerger

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s weak-dollar myopia is dangerous

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• New Zealand wine sector welcomes agreement on CPTPP
• NAFTA talks labor forward

DISTRIBUTORS

• Looking to grow your distribution in the US? Here is how USATT can help!*Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 2017 Wine Auction Totals Exceed $371 Million

HEALTH

• Giving alcohol to teens at home fuels binge drinking

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Some laws and trends of note for agricultural companies in 2018
• ICE Inspections – What Employers Need to Know After AB 450
• Brewdog wins trademark appeal over Elvis Juice IPA

MARKETING & SALES

• Success Stories from Wine and Beyond
• Virgin Wines reports record Christmas sales

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Record Participation at ProWein 2018 Special Show “Same but Different”
• Underdog Varieties – Wines that deserve a second chance *Sponsored link*

PAYMENTS

• Look out for more millennial buyers of cryptocurrency now that it’s free to purchase

MATTERS OF TASTE

• UBC study looks at how wildfire smoke affects B.C. wine
• Praising Chile’s diversity
• The Methode Ancestrale sparkling wines of France
• Wine grape study guide: Georgia
• How wines change

WINE PEOPLE

• Wine-making Canadians in Napa – Meet Ray Signarello Jr.
• Jed Steele makes magic
• Dan Petroski, Winemaker (podcast)

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Norbert Goldner, Pioneering Palm Beach Restaurateur, Dies at 77

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Winter Cold Damage Revisited
• Nutrients and their impact on healthy plant growth

EUROPE & THE UK

• Thieves steal 1,000 Brunello wines from Col D’Orcia
• Diageo is ‘very forcefully’ pushing UK government for best Brexit deal
• UK: Portman Group rebuts RSPH labelling proposals as “misrepresentative” take on research

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s leading e-commerce company JD.com opens office in Paris
• Why China can’t get enough of Australian wine

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Disneyland is getting its first-ever brewery
• Is it Time to Retire the Snifter?
• The question of hot sake
• Beer Institute Releases December 2017 Domestic Tax Paid Estimate