MAY 30, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Global wine consumption down 1.6% in 2018. Spirits up, beer falls
• Fire, smoke damages Notre Vue Estate Winery
• Mid-Year State of the Wine Industry Video Update
• Wine industry poised for opportunity amid climate change, big M&A deals: Rabobank
• The world’s top 10 premium wine-consuming countries will surprise you. Here’s the stunning chart.
• Announcing the Launch of To Kalon Vineyard Company
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Boisset, Eisele, Vin-Go, Icon Wines among top creditors in Montesquieu Chapt 11 & yacht debacle
• NABI Mourns the Passing of TTB Administrator John J. Manfreda – A Visionary and A Friend
• Serious flaws found in Lancet study “debunking myth” of healthy moderate alcohol consumption
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Bloom in eastern Washington
• UK wine exports pouring into overseas markets
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Calistoga vineyard owner fights PG&E over liquid natural gas facility
• North Coast Brewing co-founder retires from Mendocino County brewery

WILDFIRES

• The West has many wildfires, but too few prescribed burns

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Wine or weed: Why you don’t need to choose
• Weed, Wine, Evolution
• With Precision Dosing Cannabis Will Become Like Coffee
• Why the Trend of Pot Companies Going Public in Canada May be Ending
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Federal bill includes $14 million to boost water storage for Central Valley, Nor Cal
• Update on Delta conveyance
• Water and the Future of the San Joaquin Valley

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• How climate change is affecting Minnesota’s apples and wine grapes (podcast)
• UK wine: the risks and opportunities of a changing climate

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Rémy Cointreau to buy the Maison de Cognac JR Brillet

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• California Wine Producers Could Lose Ground In China Market With Another Tariff Hike
• US targets EU spirits with retaliatory tariffs
• U.S.-EU Talks Struggle, Threatening a New Front in Trade War
• What Trade War? Africa Sidesteps Tariffs, Starts Free-Trade Pact

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BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• Bordeaux 2018 releases: Lynch-Bages gets strong backing
• Beausejour Duffau 2018 released

DATA & TRENDS

• Five Wine Trends You Need To Know

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• People who prefer white wine may spend money differently than red wine drinkers
• How to Create the Ultimate Chardonnay Wine Flights

MARKETING & SALES

• How Wineries Can Better Market to Millennials

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine isn’t always a luxury, but writing about it is
• Finding, Collecting, Drinking And… Marketing! – Book Review round-up

MATTERS OF TASTE

• This Wine was Brought to You by Bugs
• The Wines of Baux de Provence

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet the women turning male-dominated vineyard management on its heels

WINE EDUCATION

• The Dangers of Wine Education
• WSET launches wine education week

WINE TOURISM

• Inside Croatia’s Amazing New Luxury Wine Resort

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• What’s in Walla Walla’s Wallet?
• ‘Up and coming’ Okanagan Valley gains two new sub-GIs
• Asimov on Texas wine: Not quite right
• What Makes Wine 100% Texan
• Southwest by Southwest: Washington wineries organize for official appellation status
• Jadot’s Oregon brand officially opens to public

EUROPE & THE UK

• How France is fighting to save its struggling wine industry
• UK: Chapel Down reports strong sales growth but gross profit down on 2017
• Bacchus symposium de-codes potential of English wine’s “flag bearer”
• Bollinger champagne firm invests in Michael Spencer-backed wine merchant
• Can Ruffino Winery Stay True To Its Roots As It Invests In The Future?
• 31 Dover-owner DMD Ventures hires ex Diageo director as finance boss

DOWN UNDER

• How climatic patterns in the Indian and Pacific Oceans affect Australian wines

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Growing a business in China: How Australian businesses cracked the Chinese market

SOUTH AFRICA

• How a Klein Karoo wine and fruit farm became a tourist mecca
• Where wine is cheapest – and most expensive – in South Africa

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Ancient bust of Bacchus discovered in Rome
• Recycled Wine Corks, Pineapple Fibers And Beeswax: Plastic Alternatives For 2019

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Craft Beer Culture is Soaring Across France