MAY 31, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Napa County vineyard company fined $38,000 after field worker killed in grape-picking accident
• Industry Groups Speak Out Against New Proposed Tariffs On Imported Wine And Spirits, As U.S. Takes Aim At E.U., Mexico
• Thirsty Silicon Valley water agency might buy a Central Valley farm. Why agriculture is worried.
• Nutrition labels: What wine can learn from two packages of frozen onion rings
• Six Ways the EU’s GDPR Privacy Rules Has Hurt Marketer Data Usage
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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
• Global wine consumption down 1.6% in 2018. Spirits up, beer falls
• Serious flaws found in Lancet study “debunking myth” of healthy moderate alcohol consumption
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• WBWE targets fast growing thirst for bulk in China
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• SCWTG votes to join the Research Oenovation Collective as ROC-Sonoma
• Chappellet Appoints David Francke Managing Director
• Why More California Winemakers Are Embracing Varietal Diversity

WILDFIRES

• If you’re a PG&E customer, get ready for power blackouts this year to prevent wildfires

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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AMAZON

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DROUGHT/WATER

• DWR’s Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Using Data to Sell Wine DTC: The Case Study of Medlock Ames
• A Pop-Up Rosé Tasting Room Is Driving Across The East Coast This Summer

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Société Jacques Bollinger buys into fine wine merchant

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Why Californian wine will soon cost more in Beijing
• U.S., China firms scramble as new tariffs hurt business
• From Guacamole to Tequila, Trump’s Mexico Tariffs Tax Partygoers

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• E-Bidding is open for Auction Napa Valley lots
• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – Haut Brion 2005 most active
• Fine wine investment: Groundhog Day

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Modernizing: The Pure Rule

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How Airlines Are Taking In-Flight Wine Service to the Next Level
• Is Sherry­­ the New Face of By-the-Glass Wine Programs?
• How To Invest In Provençal Rosé (Moët Hennessy Style)

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• There’s something different about Rueda

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• Brands are excited about chatbots. Why aren’t consumers?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Other Cabernet You Should Care About
• What is this Stuff?

WINE PEOPLE

• Unfiltered: Wieteke Teppema, Gezellig

WINE PLACES

• Things You Never Knew About Wineries In States You’d Never Expect

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Restaurants in stores are trendy again, but their goal is as old as ever

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• The Finger Lakes needs to stop branding itself as a Riesling region

ACADEMIA

• University of Georgia to sell beer, wine to $25K donors

EUROPE & THE UK

• To Simplify or Not to Simplify: Should EU Wine-makers Simplify Denominations to Engage the Russian Market?
• The First 100% Gravity-Flow Wine Cellar In Bordeaux

DOWN UNDER

• AWRI Vineyard & Winery Practices Survey – Final Report(PDF)
• Pinot Noir in Australia

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Old world wines dominate on-trade in China, new research shows