JUNE 10, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• California lawmakers agree to health benefits for immigrants
• Sand Fire in Yolo County torches 2,200 acres, forcing evacuations
• Cowardly PG&E leaders tour Paradise in secrecy
• Meet Wine-Searcher’s Own Spider-Man
• California Wineries Now Wooing Tourists With Comedians, Pool Parties
• U.S. Life expectancy falls as medical costs soar. What’s wrong with this picture?
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• TTB Lies, Runaway Investigations & an Insider’s Look at Protocols & Procedures
• What’s the real value of a $15 minimum wage? That depends on where you live
• The Inexorable Rise of Wine Prices
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• High temps could bring largest Central Coast wine grape harvest in nearly a decade
• Taittinger expands its English vineyard
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Yolo wildfire at 1,800 acres, PG&E blackout in Paradise, Butte
• PG&E restoring power after intentional shut-offs affect 20,500 customers

WILDFIRES

• Why wildfires have gotten worse — and what we can do about it | TED Talk
• Judge rules against FERC’s jurisdiction over PG&E power contract dispute
• California Reckons With the Cost of Wildfires to Come
• At PG&E, a workforce on edge — and under attack — as fire season arrives
• Heat wave could sizzle Bay Area through Tuesday
• California Fire Map: Wildfire Tracker for Northern, Central and Southern California

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DROUGHT/WATER

• A $1 trillion economic blow? The cost of extreme weather in the U.S. is worse than we thought.

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate change is reshaping wine as we know it
• Oregon winery tries a new approach: Turning wood debris into biochar

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Relief at US-Mexico border after tariff climbdown
• Soave’s top sites upgraded to crus

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• California Wineries Now Wooing Tourists With Comedians, Pool Parties

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Old wines, new label: is Majestic about to disappear from the high street?

DISTRIBUTORS

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HEALTH

• Natural Wine, Wellness Culture, and the Power of Positive Drinking
• 6 Health and Nutrition Benefits of Red Wine Vinegar

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Bordeaux Wines: The Vintages That Almost Break Us, Help To Shape Us
• Why Mondeuse Is Gaining Popularity Among U.S. Somms
• Is Natural Wine Going Off the Deep End?
• Natural Wine, Wellness Culture, and the Power of Positive Drinking
• Uncovering the Magic of Old Vines
• Why there is so much variety within an appellation
• When is a rosé not a rosé?
• Natural wine, explained

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Irrigation for modulating wine composition