JUNE 21, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Casella confirms buyer approaches
• Oregon Solidarity Wines settles trademark dispute with California winemaker
• It’s Time To Rethink Wine Criticism (But Not Like That)
• Is the clock ticking down on cult wines?
• A surprising number of people are on social Media more than 10 times per day
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• How the Wine Institute fumbled the moderate consumption fight & aided NeoProhibition
• Bryant Estate legal fight offers glimpse into ‘cult’ wineries’ secretive world
• Bryant Family Vineyards facing serious financial accusations in federal court
• Wine industry fails to respond to the serious flaws found in Lancet study “debunking myth” of healthy moderate alcohol consumption
• Wonderful Company aims for 100% renewable power *Sponsored Link*

NEOPROHIBITION

• Beyond Mocktails: Nonalcoholic Cocktails Get Serious
• Why Alcohol Companies Are Betting on Non-Alcoholic ‘Booze’
• Craft Beers Without The Buzz: Brewing New Options For The ‘Sober Curious’
• As Sober Curious and Alcohol Free Trend Gains Popularity in the US, Buonafide 0.0 Alcohol Free Italian Wines Makes its US Debut

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• El Dorado Wine Grape Price Forecast
• Ciatti Global Market Report for June (pdf)
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Heitz Wine Cellars purchases 50-acre vineyard in Rutherford
• Calistoga winery, city spar over what constitutes an ‘event’
• Letter: The wine industry in Paso Robles is not a ‘one-trick pony’

WILDFIRES

• After Camp Fire, PG&E found hundreds of ‘immediate safety risk’ problems on equipment

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Unfair Marketing Restrictions Are Stunting the Growth of Cannabis Brands
• US cannabis companies get creative to raise capital while still federally outlawed
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Calif State Water Project allocations increase to 75 Percent
• Lead Scientist Dr. Callaway updates the State Water Board on science efforts in the Delta

HEALTH

• A Personal Account of Caring for A Loved One Struggling with Alcoholism
• Why Scientists Think a Glass of Wine During Pregnancy Isn’t So Bad
• Does the colour of your alcoholic drink affect your hangover?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate Change in CA: successful adaptive transformation
• New Consumer Research Presented at First U.S. Sustainable Winegrowing Summit Shows Strong Interest in Sustainable Wine
• Australia’s organic wine opportunity

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Your Cheat Sheet to the Upcoming Supreme Court Decision on Wine
• NCSLA 2019 Louisville, Part I: Is Temperance Dead or Dormant?
• Beach Bill to Increase Revenue to ‘New Jersey Wine Promotion Account’ Passes Senate

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands CEO Bill Newlands Signs CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion Pledge
• Kroger reports 42% growth in digital sales

DISTRIBUTORS

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BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• Bordeaux 2018 release prices: expectations vs reality

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine investment: Natural selection

DATA & TRENDS

• The Role of Big Data in Successful Innovation: A Perspective from Spain

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Forget bottles, cans and boxes: Kegged wine is what’s next
• The Power of a Well Crafted Label

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• How world’s wine fairs are best placed to spot the next big thing

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• 80 Wineries Rush to Augmented Reality Platform by Third Aurora

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The French sommelier profession must continue to attract newcomers

WINE HISTORY

• Dom Pérignon: Fact & Fiction
• Greek influence on early Celtic wine drinking examined
• Drinking to Forget: Wine and the Foreign Legion
• 1415: Wine and the Agincourt campaign

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Do consumers need to start worrying about flat sparkling wine?
• How Hybrid Barrels are Changing Your Wine, Beer and Spirits
• Sicilian Wine: A New Quality Standard?
• Past prime time
• Field blends and their overriding influence
• Five Ways Not to be a Wine Wanker

WINE PEOPLE

• The big interview: Nyetimber’s Eric Heerema (slideshow)
• Anthony King – King Wine Consulting and Ratio Wines (podcast)
• Views from a French winery executive: Commanderie de Peyrassol’s Alban Cacaret
• Stephanie Watine Arnault: Mastering The Art Of French Living, Traveling And Drinking

WINE PLACES

• Seven Things You Should Know About Chateau Montelena

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Wineries: Are They Getting Bigger In Texas?
• Former Wolf chief of staff, campaign aide confirmed to Pa. Liquor Control Board

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• PD/GWSS Board Votes to Reduce Assessment Rate to $1.00 for 2019 Harvest

EUROPE & THE UK

• The Bonds that Built Biondi Santi
• France: Marie Brizard commercial plan threatens 51 jobs
• Dreaming with Gini

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine industry wage increase above national average
• OZ: Labour Hire Licensing: Potential for huge fine or imprisonment

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Russia bans public sector from using imported wine

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• How Distillers Use Yeast to Influence Character in Spirits