NEWS FETCH — May 10, 2018

TOP NEWS

• Gallo Buys Historic Santa Maria Valley Vineyard, Second Large Purchase in Two Weeks
• Dueling data, Part 1: Overall alcohol e-commerce % sales & $ growth sluggish – Nielsen
• Dueling data, Part 2: Online alcohol delivery grew 32.7 percent in 2017
• Millennials’ love of wine leaves beer sales flat
• How are fake service animals and the New Napa Hillside Initiative alike?
• 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)

• List of top 50 wine business venture funding + Coravin #1 in total financing
• Submissions now open for 2018 USA Wine Ratings: Where wines are judged by Quality, Value and Package *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• This Year’s IBWSS San Francisco Theme Is “Bulk Up Your Bottom Line” *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Former Napa Ag Commissioner Whitmer joins Napa County Planning Commission
• Westwood Names Victoria Ash For National Sales
• How to Design Your Winery Website to Connect and Keep Customers *Sponsored Link*

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• California flower town wrestles with odor amid shift to pot
• Michigan Senate panel wants to ban marijuana-infused beer, wine
• Cannabis Country: Weed, wine, trees and the law
• Report: legal marijuana boosts government revenue — a little
• Cheech Marin Is Still Smokin’ After All These Years — As An Entrepreneur
• 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

• Experts help Central Valley growers navigate the waters

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• A Tale of Gangsters Taking Over Wine Regulation
• New Hampshire Lowers the Boom on Wine Shipping

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?




PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Do not underestimate Walmart: Indian Flipkart deal will transform e-commerce and create jobs

DISTRIBUTORS

• Nekter Wines’ Jonothan Davey: what it’s like starting new wine importers
• Inverarity Morton partnership to bring New York wines to the UK
• Discover new and exciting products at the 2018 USA Trade Tasting. Get your visitor pass today and avoid $40 gate fee. *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 2017 Bordeaux Wine Futures Prices and Analysis

MARKETING & SALES

• How Multi-Sensory Experiences Enhance The Drinking Game
• Competition accolades can attract consumers to your brand
• Trust but verify: Heineken plans to in-house ad verification

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Treat yourself to the charms of a half-bottle of wine
• The maddening minutiae of wine
• Innovative cask for beverages & liquid products
• The Return of the Refillable Beer Bottle

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• May 16, 17: Wine microbiology marks focus of Ravenholt Lecture Series at Washington State University

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Google Maps goes beyond directions
• Congress will vote on whether or not to bring back net neutrality

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Chenin blanc: the not so neutral, “neutral” variety
• Not All Wines Are Created Vegan–And Why You Should Care
• Is Wine Vegetarian, Vegan or Neither?

IN MEMORIAM

• The Generosity of Wine Entrepreneur Leslie Rudd

WINE PEOPLE

• What Does Wine Mean to You? Mac McDonald of Vision Cellars Interview: Part Four
• How Sommelier and Rosé Expert Victoria James Got Where She Is Today

WINE PLACES

• Makkas Winery reviving Cyprus’ fine wine traditions

WINE TOURISM

• NY: Cayuga Wine Trail uncorks 35 years of grapey good times

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Online grocery sales on the upswing, but sector needs to improve

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• 6 charts from new report show how much California’s climate has already changed

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• High impact vineyard practices can promote sustainability
• Whatever type grapes you grow, heat’s not always their friend
• The pedoclimatic conditions impact the Yeast Assimilable Nitrogen concentration in the grapevine must and the valorisation of foliar-nitrogen fertilisation (PDF)

EUROPE & THE UK

• What You Need to Know About Rioja’s New Regulations
• Mallya loses high court battle in Britain

SOUTH AFRICA

• Cape Drought Makes South African Wine Pricier But Tastier
• South Africa: Fewer fires (so far) mean less smoke taint in our 2018 wines

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• From landfill to lipstick: Grape waste as a cosmetic and food ingredient

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Santa Rosa may or may not be the US craft beer capital
• The states that drink the most beer in America
• FDA calorie counters can’t stop, won’t stop craft beer
• Low calorie, vegan and gluten-free beers win favor with millennial consumers