NEWS FETCH — June 4, 2018

TOP NEWS

• Napa Valley Wine Auction raises $13.6+ million for community health & children’s nonprofits
• TTB Levies Largest Fine Ever on beer company
• 5 ways new personal data restrictions can negatively impact your marketing, sales, and brand
• Winery Lawyers Up Over Fake Reviews
• U.S. consumer spending up 0.6 percent, best in 5 months
• 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)

• Wine could rescue supermarkets if they could stop fumbling how they sell it: Billions at risk
• Vivino surfs to online prominence atop a wave of Euro Cash
• 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

• Napa planners advance hotel-winery plan, despite housing concerns
• Myth Busting—Napa Wine Is All About Small, Not Corporate
• Agoston Haraszthy & The Story of Buena Vista
• Contentious Ballot Measure Stokes Fight Over Napa Valley’s Agricultural Future
• California Lawmakers Consider Wildfire Relief Fund
• The Opportunities Continue from the RCD for Help in (Not Mentioned) California
• 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*

AMAZON

• It’s time to treat Amazon like Walmart

DROUGHT/WATER

• These fish are at the heart of California’s water debate. But extinction could be close
• California will have water consumption limits for the first time after ‘landmark’ legislation passed
• Heat is driving off clouds that dampen California wildfires

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Recycled Wastewater Now Flowing to San Joaquin Valley Farms, Wildlife

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Accolade appoints account manager for Fine Wine Partners
• Accolade invests £1 million in Hardys and bolsters fine wine team

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• One weird trick B.C. uses to keep out Washington wine
• Trade War Is Already Hurting American Whiskey Distillers
• Are Canadian Sales Regulations Hurting U.S. Wine?

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

• Forensic Tagging Will Allow Brands And Consumers To Verify Product Authenticity
• Liv-ex 100 gains 0.5% in May
• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – Manic May
• Last ex-cellar consignment of Jayer to go on sale in Geneva

DATA & TRENDS

• Most in U.S. Say Consuming Alcohol, Marijuana Morally OK

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• What is a “most admired” wine brand?
• How to tell if your prosecco is fake
• The best wine advice: Three things everyone should know

MARKETING & SALES

• Keynote Presentation – Effective Advertising – International Bulk Wine & Spirits Symposium – Lewis Perdue
• A Guide to Improving Your Winery Website to Sell More Wine *Sponsored Link*

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• How Instagram’s algorithm works
• Facebook finally killed its controversial Trending section, which no one was using
• A Guide to Improving Your Winery Website to Sell More Wine *Sponsored Link*

MATTERS OF TASTE

• My Journey To Terroir: Randall Grahm
• Roll out the barrels. And the brett.
• Fine, fresh wines
• Getting All Caught Up in the Tangle of this Grape Thing

WINE PEOPLE

• In Memoriam: Stephen Cary
• Interview with Luca and Nicolò de Ferrari of Boscarelli
• Riccardo Baldi wants to put the Marche on your wine map
• Meet your maker: winemaker Adam Carnaby
• Meet The Vineyard Managers Who Pair Skills With Winemakers

WINE PLACES

• The Wine from This Vineyard is Unlike Any Other in Napa
• Why wine tasting in Spain is different from California

WINE TOURISM

• Minority-owned wine tour company aims to diversify viticultural tourism

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• First Restaurant ‘Instagram Table’ In U.S. Opens

ACADEMIA

• Preserving Oregon’s Wine Legacy One Interview at a Time

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Sea level rise is pushing coastal property owners to move to higher ground

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Indigenous wine colloids – a challenging analytical and functional chemistry for oenology

EUROPE & THE UK

• Château Angélus determined to tighten distribution

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Mallya barred from holding position with a listed company
• Japan Is Drinking Less, So Brewers Are Upping Alcohol Content

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa: Distell shareholder wants state’s help in China’s wine market

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• This new Scandi lifestyle trend involves drinking wine alone in your underwear and bingeing on Netflix