MAY 28, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Superyacht sinks High-End Calif Winery & Direct Sale Operations – Prominent vintners, suppliers left holding the bag
• NABI Mourns the Passing of TTB Administrator John J. Manfreda – A Visionary and A Friend
• TTB Slaps Constellation Brands with $420,000 Fine
• Summary of the Silicon Valley Bank’s Wine Division Direct-to Consumer Wine Sales videocast, Part 1
• André Lurton, Vintner of Choice Bordeaux, Dies at 94
• Diageo wins legal case against former United Spirits boss Vijay Mallya
• Consumers Win As Court Rules That Bud Light’s Ingredient Transparency-Focused Super Bowl Ads Can Continue To Run
• Part 2: More big problems when your ad is served up by a big programmatic site like DoubleClick
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Late-season Calif rains mask increased fire danger as lush plants turn dry explosive
• Serious flaws found in Lancet study “debunking myth” of healthy moderate alcohol consumption
• A DC wine collector’s first-hand account of how wine storage fraud put him “out of business”
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Are we heading for a Provence rosé shortage?
• Vines start to flower in Southern France
• UK wine: explosive growth in vineyard planting
• Port Houses Declare Another Vintage Year
• Grading My 2014 Napa County Cabernet Sauvignon Acreage Forecast
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Purple Wine + Spirits seeks sizable change to west Sonoma County winery
• Foley Family Wines partnering with upstart Florida spirits maker
• A look at Napa County by the numbers
• Help Wanted on California’s Working Lands
• Light Is Essential for Good Almond Yields
• Benovia Winery co-founder, pilot flying over Normandy to honor D-Day troops

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• How California female cannabis entrepreneurs are overcoming hurdles in fledgling legal industry
• Illinois: When and Why Cannabis will pass and successful Liquor bills
• This company wants to be the Bacardi of cannabis — and it has plans for an IPO
• When Did Hemp Become Posh?
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AMAZON

• Amazon Is Poised to Unleash a Long-Feared Purge of Small Suppliers
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Experts Warn 5G Could Disrupt Weather Forecasting
• Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy awards $11 million in Prop 1 grants
• A water portfolio planning report card for California

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• The potential carbon neutrality of sustainable viticulture

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Trade aid package gets mixed Calif. reviews
• Wine one of sectors to most benefit from Austalia’s free trade agreements
• Mixed results for effects of free trade agreements on Australian agriculture

BREXIT

• WSTA: Industry ‘vulnerable’ to no-deal Brexit
• Brexit: What’s next for consumer spending?

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BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• Bordeaux 2018 releases: Troplong Mondot praised for ‘smart’ price
• Léoville-Barton, Rauzan-Ségla and More: 2018 Bordeaux Wine Futures Prices and Analysis
• Clos Fourtet 2018 released
• Leoville Poyferre 2018 released
• Troplong Mondot 2018 released
• Lascombes 2018 released
• Issan 2018 released

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• EY built a blockchain for wine snobs to confirm the authenticity of their plonk
• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – Carruades Lafite 2016 most active

DATA & TRENDS

• Top five global wine industry trends of 2019
• Wine’s Next Cult Trend

HEALTH

• Alcohol study shows hangovers not health influence drinking
• Heart benefit of red wine hazy

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Federal Judge Rules in Favor of MillerCoors on Key Elements of Preliminary Injunction
• Karaoke, ax-throwing sites want to sell beer under Utah law

MARKETING & SALES

• Iconic Visual Marketing in the Willamette Valley Wine Industry
• Pessimism Increases Among Millennials, Gen Z

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Smoke Taint and Site Specificity Hot Topics at Wine Business IQ
• New Innovations in White Wine Production at Wine Business IQ
• German Pinot under the microscope at Baden’s ‘Hotspot Pinot’ conference

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Twitter Wine Chats To Follow
• eMarketer Reduces US Time Spent Estimates for Facebook and Snapchat

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Heineken uses Ultimaker 3D printing solutions at Spanish site

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Farmer Income Drops At Largest Rate in Three Years
• Farmworker housing: Golf and a good night’s sleep

MEDIA MATTERS

• Janet Fletcher’s Wine Country Table Is A Classic Compendium Of Sustainable California Food And Wine

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Chardonnay finds its perfect balance
• In search of Oregon’s first white pinot noir
• The History of Sauvignon Blanc, Plus the Musqué Muddle
• The Burgundization of Barolo

WINE PEOPLE

• The Pay It Forward Philosophy of Laura Maniec Fiorvanti
• Meet the Women Defining Quebec’s Wine Scene
• ‘I think wine is in my blood’: Lizzy Rudd
• The New York Sommelier Dedicated to Creating a Better, More Inclusive Restaurant Scene
• Meet the Wine-Searcher Team: Briana Moses
• Sam’s vintage move

WINE PLACES

• Wine USA Road Trip: Special Memorial Day Edition (Part One Of Two)

WINE TOURISM

• Wisconsin tourism is being transformed by its grape growers
• Did The Internet Kill The ‘Romance’ Of Travel?

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• UK: How the takeaway boom is impacting on the restaurant industry

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: Storage company dumped woman’s wine after credit card error: suit

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Sugar stall caused by grapevine red blotch virus

EUROPE & THE UK

• Wine GB data highlights UK as one of the world’s fastest-growing regions
• Veuve Clicquot cellar master Dominique Demarville due to leave
• Dom Pérignon’s Fearless New Leader Has a Rosé-Colored Vision for the Brand

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine Victoria welcomes state budget

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• France, Italy and Australia top Chinese wine lists

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Beer of the gods: Hong Kong craft brand evokes local culture and folklore
• Illinois Brewers say no to beer tax: Proposal is needed to fund Pritzker’s capital plan