JUNE 17, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Wine’s “new normal” nose dive likely a permanent loss
• Wine industry fails to respond to the serious flaws found in Lancet study “debunking myth” of healthy moderate alcohol consumption
• Total U.S. BevAlc consumption has been in decline for more than a decade now
• Misleading Move to Monetize Historic To Kalon Legacy in the Famed Napa Valley
• Bordeaux Court Convicts Wine Merchant of Fraud
• Women Own Half the Farmland in America. They Don’t Earn Half the Profits.
• Sotheby’s Announces Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Patrick Drahi
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WINE & ALCBEV KEEP ON SCORING OWN-GOALS

• The New Sobriety
• Why wine is being rebranded as the hot new health drink (hard when junk science says otherwise)
• UK: Portman Group slams large producers for lack of support

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• The RNDC-Young’s Deal Creates A New Landscape Within The Middle Tier
• Small retailers’ sales take a hit from tariff hikes, but most will not raise prices
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Looming insect invasion threatens California wine and avocados
• The Rise of English Bubbles
• Can premium Prosecco put the sparkle back into sales?
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Climate action plan heads to Napa County’s Planning Commission for comments

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Pot Peeves: 10 Things That Dissuade Cannabis Reporters From Writing About You – And How To Avoid Them
• Seeking Acceptance From The Greater Community, Cannabis Edibles Aim To Grow Up
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AMAZON

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DROUGHT/WATER

• Flood Mapping in California: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
• The U.S. Isn’t Nearly As Dry As It Was a Year Ago
• NZ: Dam – not enough water

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate Change Is Coming for the $3.6 Billion Cognac Business
• Does your county recycle wine bottles? The answer might surprise you.
• Taking the Parking Lot Back to Paradise

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Indiana and Three Different Amici File in Support of Indiana Prohibited Interest Law Against Federal Preemption Claim
• Who will write the opinion in the Tennessee Wine Case and how will it influence the outcome?

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Majestic Wine Plc Posts Respectable FY’19 Results And Dangles The Possibility Of A Special Dividend

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Nicolas Feuillatte acquires Henri Abelé

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• EU concerns mount as Trump targets French wine for tariff hikes
• An increase in US taxes on French wines rejected across-the-board

DISTRIBUTORS

• US Wines and Spirits Importer BCI Announces New Equity Stake Holder, Groupe Chevrillon
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BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• Bordeaux 2018: Gallop to the finish
• Bordeaux 2018: VCC signs off
• Vieux Chateau Certan 2018 released

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine investment: When gold sneezes…
• iDealwine launches authentication tool

DATA & TRENDS

• What’s on Tap for the Alcoholic Beverage Industry? (Nielsen podcast)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Vintage Wine Estates to launch range of wine-based cocktails
• Is wine falling behind in low and non-alcoholic drinks?
• The beating heart of developing and evolving a wine list

MARKETING & SALES

• 6 Key Things to Know Before You Begin Marketing to the Ultra Rich
• Customer Clairvoyance: I Never Knew I Always Wanted This

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Two major sponsors to support Wine Media Conference in Australia

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Federal law changes call for more small-business tax planning, experts say
• How these father/daughter wine teams hold it together

MEDIA MATTERS

• Happy [Belated] 8th Blogiversary, The Academic Wino!

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Island of discoveries
• The backyard Côte d’Or

WINE PEOPLE

• Trade bids fond farewell to Gerard Basset
• Meet wine scion Julia Jackson, founder of Grounded
• Former tobacco executive is making his mark at Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
• Frasca’s Bobby Stuckey elevates Boulder dining with mastery, hospitality
• The Native Grapes of Umbria: Luca Baccarelli of Roccofiore
• Keeping App with Julia

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Lasers, nanoparticles and wine: white wine identification with SERS

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Marlborough estimated to reach end of viable vineyard land by 2025
• Mapping an entire continent’s vineyards
• The foul-smelling bugs threatening NZ wine

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China to become world’s biggest grocery market by 2023

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa Struggles for Survival

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Scotch whisky regulations to allow greater range of casks
• Oldest Macallan bottling could sell for US$125,000 at auction
• Spirits: Examining Evolving M&A Strategies
• The alcohol brands that are typically the ‘well’ when you order at bars