NEWS FETCH — April 25, 2018

TOP NEWS

• Napa County winegrape value hits record $750M with big cabernet sauvignon jump
• U.S. barely holds its own in huge global drop in wine production. Italy, France, Spain tanking.
• Worker’s family sues Napa Valley winery for alleged wrongful death
• CA State Water Project allocations boosted to 30 percent
• 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)

• World wine output falls to 60-year low

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Napa County sets grape crop record amid rain, heat and fire
• Fine Wine Report 2018

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Bella Vineyards wins approval from Sonoma County to resume public events
• California Growers to Sound Off on Tariffs in Acampo
• Napa Valley Wine Train Introduces Tequila Train
• UC Berkeley doing research study on Napa wildfire evacuations
• California lawmakers take on insurance industry over wildfire coverage
• This Year’s IBWSS San Francisco Theme Is “Bulk Up Your Bottom Line” Sponsored Link*

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Wine & Weed: Concerns and Convergence
• Cannabis Drinks Expo Launched By Beverage Trade Network will bring the global Cannabis drinks industry into one roof. Get more information here. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Talks continue on bond funding for water storage
• USGS quake monitors pick up vibrations at Oroville Dam construction site
• Tensions rise at KID; Irrigators allege water mismanagement
• California’s deadly 1862 flood likely to repeat within 50 years, study says

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Kentucky Loosens a Bit for Wine DtC

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Why Walmart is partnering with everyone except Instacart for its grocery delivery service

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Pair of 1926 Macallan whiskies sold for record $1.2M

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• New study estimates En Primeur prices (PDF)
• Winning in the Place de Bordeaux
• Bordeaux 2017: A curate’s egg of a right bank
• Bordeaux 2017: Haut-Batailley aims high with sharp price rise

HEALTH

• Drinking Lesser Alcohol Could Make PMS Symptoms Better, Study Says
• Diageo Gives Consumers A First-Person Perspective Of Binge Drinking Tragedies In Virtual Reality Series

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• The Road to Prohibition Was Due North of the Gulf of Wretchedness, According to These Maps

MARKETING & SALES

• The Growth of Video Marketing and Why Your Business Needs It

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The Key to Success in the Canned Wine Market is a Single Serving Sized 187mL Sparkling Wine

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Treat Your Social Media Like the Storefront You Want Customers to See

PAYMENTS

• Bitcoin is the greatest scam in history

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Red Champagne, France’s Best Kept Secret
• The Bugs that Give Wine Its Flavor
• Wine, eros, and madness
• The New Sparkling Wines of the Northeast

WINE PEOPLE

• The inspiring and iconic women winemakers of New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay wine region
• Sake, Wine, and the Theoretical Physicist Who Brings Them Together
• Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW on being female in the old boys club

WINE PLACES

• Making the Case for Terroir in Spain Has Never Been Easy
• 10 Beautiful Travel Destinations For Wine Lovers

WINE EDUCATION

• WSET announces new qualifications

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• How the premium on-trade can survive “restau-pocalypse”

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: Grape research program in Geneva needs tech upgrade
• WA Wine Research Funding Pt2 (podcast)

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• From pruning to picking: Mannas provide ‘one-stop shopping’ for growers
• Weed worries: Herbicide-resistant species are top of mind
• Herbicide resistance pushes California grape growers to try bringing back weed control strategies such as sheep and cultivation
• Nutrients and their impact on healthy plant growth – C is for Carbon

EUROPE & THE UK

• Europe leads private label premiumisation
• Counterfeit food and beverage worth €55m seized by Europol and INTERPOL

LATIN AMERICA

• Cabernet Franc Is on the Rise in Argentina

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Jack Daniel’s sues whiskey producers for trademark infringement
• Homebrewing stars to watch as they go pro
• WSET to offer Level 3 Award in Spirits