NEWS FETCH — June 5, 2018

TOP NEWS

• California Domestic Wine Revenue Successfully Endured A Decade Of Retail Flatness
• Foley Family Wines buys NZ wine company, sells unit stake to Kirin Holdings
• Parks Redwine, owner of NorthWest Wine Summit competition, dies in Atlanta
• 40% of Millennials use ad blockers and will never see your ad if you use animations and these other annoying tactics
• Cannabis ‘the big green elephant in the room’ for drinks sector claims report
• 46% of SF Bay area residents say they want to leave, blame housing
• 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)

• Napa Valley Wine Auction raises $13.6+ million for community health & children’s nonprofits
• 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

• French vines now at the flowering stage
• This Year’s IBWSS San Francisco Theme Is “Bulk Up Your Bottom Line” *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Rombauer memorial scheduled for TODAY in St. Helena
• The rise of the Red Hills of Lake County
• Beaulieu Vineyards ask Napa County for visitor cap boost
• Petaluma Gap Winegrowers Alliance Celebrates Designation As American Viticultural Area
• An Environmentalist Explains Why Measure C is Bad for Napa Valley
• The Underpriced Wines of Napa Valley
• Wine Women’s Career Series welcomes Roger Savy on June 27th
• PG&E’s survival hinges on Wine Country fire reports
• 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

• An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos: Use Your Resources to Protect Our Most Precious Resource

DROUGHT/WATER

• Why Emergency Drought Assistance Will Be Needed in California for Years

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Walmart raises a glass with private label wine
• Update: Monsanto no more

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• French vineyard sales up 2.8% in 2017
• NZ: Prices at a premium as wine company invests in ‘vast’ valley vineyard
• OZ: Riverland vineyard prices more than triple in value as buyers look to jump on China’s wine boom

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Aussie winemakers demand Malcolm Turnbull step in to ease China wine woes

DISTRIBUTORS

• Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery Expands Distribution with Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits in the U.S. and Canada
• 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

• VGS Chateau Potelle Sets New Barrel Record at 38th Annual Auction Napa Valley
• The Liv-ex 1000 index gains 1.1% in May
• Fine Wine Investment: The lure of the old

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR 2017

• Pichon Lalande 2017 released below expected price
• Petit Village 2017 released
• Bordeaux 2017: Count on the Countess

HEALTH

• How binging creates alcohol tolerance in flies
• What Your Social Media Posts Say About Your Drinking Habits

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Coravin Is the Tinder of Wine, And I’m Not Interested

MARKETING & SALES

• Brands need to think like entertainment companies
• A Guide to Improving Your Winery Website to Sell More Wine *Sponsored Link*

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine, Marketing & Travel Industry Experts Host Tourism-Boosting Seminar

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

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

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• GDPR Is Here – The New European Union Data Protection Regulation Goes Into Force

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Challenges and Rewards of Making Petit Verdot
• Pinot’s Search for Southern Comfort

WINE PEOPLE

• Three Faces of Languedoc Wine: Aimé Guibert, Robert Skalli & Gérard Bertrand
• Former hedge fund boss who spent £10m on vineyard toasts sparkling wine success
• Interview, tasting at Domaine Anne Gros
• Ken Helm AM : Helm Wines, Canberra

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NJ: The Winemakers’ Co-Op Debuts New Collaborative Wine Project
• OR: Archery Summit Announces New Winemaker

ACADEMIA

• MBA Wine, Sustainability & Sales

EUROPE & THE UK

• The Rebellious French Village Making Wine Banned by the E.U.
• Hitler Wine Bottles Will Remain On Shelves In Italy Despite Complaints
• Alastair Pyatt returns to Jascots as head of buying

DOWN UNDER

• Australia looks north to China
• OZ: Cellarmasters’ organic wine sales up 400 per cent

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China slated to become one of world’s largest consumer wine markets
• The India opportunity
• The six wine shifts affecting Asia
• Homemade wine adds flavor to life of Chinese farmers

LATIN AMERICA

• Brazil re-emerges

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine Water Reinventing the Near Water Category

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• The key trend in the global beer industry? ‘Drinking less, but drinking better’