JUNE 14, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• The RNDC-Young’s Deal Creates A New Landscape Within The Middle Tier
• Will Vinexpo’s decline drag down other European trade shows?
• Small retailers’ sales take a hit from tariff hikes, but most will not raise prices
• Fire destroys Moyer Winery in Ohio
• Five Times Robert Parker Moved the Bordeaux Market
• Does Majestic’s move online spell the end for high street wine?
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• FedEx, UPS still not shipping wines to states that allow it
• Americans’ One-Sided Love for European Wines
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Harvest delayed for some Calif vineyards due to unseasonably wet weather
• New Zealand declares ‘small but stunning’ vintage
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• The Unanchoring of Anchor Brewing

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• What the U.S. Can Learn From Weed Legalization in Canada
• PA: Lebanon County man trades wine for hemp farming
• Will CBD Be cutting Into Wine Sales?
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AMAZON

• The ‘blame Amazon’ era of bad retail is over
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Farmers Need New Water Rule, Farm Bureau Tells Senate
• Interview with Susan Tatayon, Chair of the Delta Stewardship Council
• Santa Rosa Plain groundwater fees OK’d, but residents and businesses won’t pay for 3 years

HEALTH

• Elderly drinkers of wine show higher cognitive skills
• Dry Farm Wine Says You Won’t Get A Hangover-Is This Really A Thing?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate change at the tipping point

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Connecticut Will Permit Direct Shipping of Wine by Retailers in July

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Weaker than expected Q1 sales for Tesco
• Majestic retail boss buoyant as he promises ‘We’re here to stay’

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Grands Chais de France purchases another organic winery in Terrasses du Larzac

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Silver Oak CEO: Trade War Making Fine Wine Expensive (video)

DISTRIBUTORS

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BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• Bordeaux 2018: ‘The most obvious buys of the campaign’
• Cheval Blanc 2018 released
• Conseillante 2018 released
• Figeac 2018 released
• Carruades Lafite 2018 released
• Lafite Rothschild 2018 released

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – Lafite Rothschild 2016 most active

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Dustin Wilson on Taking Risks and Growing a Bicoastal Retail Operation
• 8 Service Basics For Somms

MARKETING & SALES

• Ethical consumerism bringing changes to wine category

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Strong exhibitor response to Prowein online registration

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Ads From Influencers You Don’t Follow: What Marketers Need To Know About Instagram’s New Update
• Facebook Agrees To Settle Suit Over Inflated Video Ad Metrics

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• NY Farmworker Wage Fight Exposes Rural-Urban Disconnect
• Santa Maria is close to passing an H-2A housing ordinance, but the issue isn’t settled yet

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Women Radio debuts on Radio Misfits Podcast Network
• Valerie Kathawala Joins The Cork Report as a Correspondent-at-Large

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sub-appellation confusion
• What exactly is minerality? An emerging understanding
• A natural wine glossary: from organic to ‘minimal intervention’

WINE PEOPLE

• How Beth Liston has been key to E&J Gallo’s Dark Horse story
• Decisive Times for Vietti’s Luca Currado

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Funding boost given to the Okanagan wine industry

ACADEMIA

• Enology Faculty Hired at Iowa State University

EUROPE & THE UK

• The Struggling Vineyards That Helped Inspire Karl Marx’s Communism
• Spain: Vallegarcía obtains own PDO

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine industry toasts technology behind new national vineyard scan

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Younger Chinese consumers key drivers of emerging trends
• China’s wine market: ‘The latest data is starting to show us what China will look like as a mature market’

AROUND THE GLOBE

• The Renaissance of Armenia’s Ancient Vinelands
• Rumors swirl that Saudi Arabia’s alcohol ban may come to an end

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Oregon’s craft brewers have a problem: ‘There’s just too much beer out there’
• Kellogg’s launches beer made from rejected Rice Krispies