NEWS FETCH — January 30, 2018

TOP NEWS

• Ex-employee sues Napa’s Cuvaison Estates for alleged age discrimination, fraud
• TTB’s new crackdown on unfair trade practices: strategies you need to know
• Specter of drought looms as California’s weather turns dry again
• How will wine fare against beer and spirits in the Super Bowl LII of adult beverages?
• The US dollar is tanking in Europe
• How to tell if a survey is credible
• 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)

• Weed is Impacting Wine Sales: Just not how you might think
• 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 was a very strong year’ says Moët director
• 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

• Napa Valley tree-removal ballot proposal brings wine business, environmentalist clash
• Deneen Brown on how her family came to run the first black-owned winery in Napa Valley
• Meet the builder of Sonoma’s industrial wine corridor warehousing
• Winery Hospitality Sales Training Workshop offered Feb. 12th
• Wine Country Channel launches in Napa and Sonoma

DROUGHT/WATER

• Why a Supreme Court Battle Over Water in the West Could Have Been Avoided
• South Africa: Dam levels drop 0.9% as Cape Town struggles to save water

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Bill Newlands on the ‘bold moves’ of Constellation Brands

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Why a daring grandpa sold his Georgia winery and golf resort

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Sixth round of NAFTA talks conclude

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine investment: There’s something about Margaux

DATA & TRENDS

• Millennials Plan to Spend More Money on Wine than Any Other Age Group
• Survey: Millennials Plan to Spend More Money on Wine than Any Other Age Group (Data caution advised)

HEALTH

• Magical microbes – how to feed your gut
• The mindful glass?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Making is legal for Iowans to bring out-of-state beer and wine into the state

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• We may be drinking less wine, but it’s better wine
• Evaluating Cabernet Wines at Different Price Points
• Making Wine for the People (and Hitting a Moving Target)
• Behind the scenes when a Brunello vintage is rated
• Do Your Genes Predict Your Wine Preference?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

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

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• For Influencers, Instagram Is the Clear-Cut Favorite
• Facebook is going to start showing you more local news in your News Feed
• The social media updates to keep from 2017

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Artificial Intelligence Changes the Wine World

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• California employers caught between federal, state immigration laws
• Munger Bros. pledges to battle Washington lawsuit
• Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan are creating a new healthcare company to tackle the ‘hungry tapeworm’ of rising costs

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Science of Orange Wines
• Several defining traits elevate a wine to ‘reserve’ status

WINE PEOPLE

• Unfiltered: Angelo Lorea, Ginza Onodera
• South Africa: CEO Charl du Plessis Brings Wealth of Agriculture Experience to Orange River Cellars
• Interview with Cyril Brun Chef de Cave of Charles Heidsieck

WINE PLACES

• Drinking in Vienna’s Wine Scene
• Three Days Of Wellness: Tuscany

WINE TOURISM

• Wine Tourism Challenge: Giving City Visitors a Taste of the Wine Country

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Michelin allows French chef to withdraw from guide

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NM: Santa Fe to reconsider Total Wine application
• OR: New owners have big plans for Troon Vineyard

ACADEMIA

• Appalachian State University, NC: Research of molds, bacteria in winemaking funded
• OSU harnesses one biochemical pathway to create new food science and technology
• Canadian biologists testing ‘tender’ grape varieties

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate changes vs. your wine
• How climate change may help Nova Scotia’s wine industry flourish

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• How well can Pinot Noir sustain drought conditions

EUROPE & THE UK

• Leaked British government analysis says UK to be worse off outside EU
• UK: Bancroft Wines appoints Jon Worsley as CEO
• UK: Conviviality half-year performance hailed by analysts
• UK: Conviviality chief executive says franchisees are reaping the benefits of soaring share price

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Wine company makes second bid to have pollution charges thrown out
• Women in Wine group launches in NZ

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Hop Vendors Swallow A Bitter Pill As They Confront An Oversaturated Market & Customers Who Can’t Pay
• The world’s first whisky investment fund is launching in Sweden – and it’s chasing 30% returns
• A Brooklyn Scientist and His Two-Headed Monster Are Turning Craft Beer into Whiskey
• Would Changing Scotch Production Regulations Irrevocably Alter The Beloved Spirit?