NEWS FETCH — May 23, 2018

TOP NEWS

• AlcBev customers want same day delivery. Promotions with Drizly & similar services could boost your DtC
• Measure C Has Fiercely Divided Napa’s Wine Industry. Here’s What’s At Stake
• 10 Numbers That Show How Much Farmland We’re Losing to Development
• Can Trade War Between U.S. and China Be Avoided?
• U.S. Dollar Strength Continues To Point To A Stronger Economy
• Here’s a worthy ethnic studies requirement: Make students pick grapes to graduate
• 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)

• NIH halts ethically challenged alcohol consumption study first revealed by Wine Industry Insight 4 years ago
• Napa Valley Wine Region Secures Name Protection in United Kingdom
• Submissions now open for 2018 USA Wine Ratings: Where wines are judged by Quality, Value and Package *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Is France really heading for a rosé wine shortage this summer?
• 2016 Port: ‘Classic’ but tiny
• This Year’s IBWSS San Francisco Theme Is “Bulk Up Your Bottom Line” *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Divisive referendum seeks to limit vineyard growth in storied Napa Valley
• Napa’s Ag Preserve, 50 years later
• Winery Mechanical Systems Launches on Central Coast
• If California’s foie gras ban survives, it could have major implications about who chooses what you can eat
• Napa Valley Wine Train joins BottleRock festivities
• Napa in talks with partner, hotel chains on revamping City Hall block
• A Guide to Improving Your Winery Website to Sell More Wine *Sponsored Link*

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• 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

• Farmers must work together to solve water problems
• The high hurdles to California water storage
• California Legislature Moves Toward More Efficient Water Use

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Amazon Prime Now delivering beer and wine to South Florida doorsteps
• UK: Deliveroo to expand own brand restaurants with £5M fund

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?




PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands Promotes Jim Sabia to Newly Created Role of Chief Marketing Officer
• High online marketing costs blamed for Tesco Direct downfall

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• China says handling Australian wine imports as normal amid delay complaints
• China Blames Australia for Strained Relations

DISTRIBUTORS

• 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

• HDH sale brings in US$9M
• Vintage bottles of French wine from 1774 are set to go under the hammer
• ‘Stunning’ results for Ponsot in concluding Perenchio sale

BORDEAUX 2017 EN PRIMEUR

• Beau Sejour Becot 2017 released
• Lascombes 2017 released
• Grand Puy Ducasse 2017 released
• Lagrange Saint Julien 2017 released
• Quinault l’Enclos 2017 released
• Lynch Bages 2017 released

DATA & TRENDS

• America’s graying population in 3 maps

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Federal Excise Tax Reform Updates: Imports and Wine Transferred In Bond

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• 5 Descriptors Wine Professionals Avoid
• Should Wine Criticism Strive For Objectivity?
• The Wine Cellar You Always Wanted Is in . . . Maui?

MARKETING & SALES

• Innovation essential if wine to curb falling consumer base
• A Guide to Improving Your Winery Website to Sell More Wine *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Registration Opens for North Coast Wine & Weed Symposium

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• A Guide to Improving Your Winery Website to Sell More Wine *Sponsored Link*

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Yelp to revive antitrust complaint against Google over search results
• GDPR goes live this week. What happens next?

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Supreme Court Upholds Arbitration Class Action Waivers

MEDIA MATTERS

• Why Wine-Searcher has gone mobile first, and why you should too
• This Daily Source for Wine Biz Info Is a Must Read
• The Daily Devil’s Dictionary: “Study” of Clickbait

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Millennial Wine Smell Test: Do Grapes Matter?
• Non-interventionism should not mean non-winemaking
• Sparkling Wines around the World – A Primer
• Why the new Comtes de Champagne 2007 is “not for billionaires”

WINE PEOPLE

• An Interview with Gallo’s VP of Premium Wine
• John Anthony Truchard Podcast
• Joshua Arnold carries on family’s winemaking legacy

WINE EDUCATION

• The WSET forms alliance with Women of the Vine & Spirits

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• The upside of fast casual’s identity crisis

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Importance of diversity in Northwest vineyards
• Domaine Serene Opens a Branded Wine Bar in Portland, Oregon

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Faster genome evolution methods to transform yeast

EUROPE & THE UK

• France needs to call for copper to be re-registered
• Brexit warning from the Comité Champagne

DOWN UNDER

• $2m boost for South Australia wine tourism
• OZ: Titanium filters strengthen winery production

SOUTH AFRICA

• How the internet is set to change South African wine culture

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• UK deficit would be 3% worse off without Scotch