AUGUST 22, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Tougher North Coast wine grape market noted in Atlas-Bowland merger
• Near-perfect conditions quicken wine grape harvest in Sonoma and Napa
• Sonoma County surpasses $1 billion in annual agricultural production for first time
• Napa Valley preps for wildfires, next-gen wine marketing
• Bordeaux Classification Pair Face Criminal Charges
• Trouble looms for the 78% of businesses who are clueless about Calif’s Consumer Privacy Act
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! *Sponsored Link*
• How To Get Your Wines Placed Into Major Restaurant Chains *Sponsored Link*

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Liquor preference soars 19%, wine declines. Both now tied in 2nd place to beer as favorite U.S. Alc Bev
• Bryant Vineyards Counter-Sues Financial Consultant over Non-Disclosure
• Wonderful Company aims for 100% renewable power *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Prosecco’s Sitting Pretty. Right? Here Are Two Challenges Dogging Their Success.
• 2019/2020 wine season is good news for Argentina
• Harvest begins in Washington
• Harvest begins for Calistoga’s Schramsberg Vineyards
• Volume of Azerbaijani wine exports revealed
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• To save cabernet from climate change, UC studies rootstock and clone combinations
• Where to find some of the marked heritage vineyards of Lodi
• California Table Grape Commission awards $123,500 in college scholarships
• How Wineries Can Work With The New Breed Of Wine Shops *Sponsored Link*
• Wine Buyer’s Expectations and How to Exceed Them *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• Low- and no-alcohol serves can help curb peer-pressure drinking
• Can One Beer a Day Increase Your Cancer Risk? The Science Says Yes

WILDFIRES

• Number of California Wildfires Way Down in 2019 – but Fall’s Coming
• California wildfire damage down by 95 percent this year
• Is California too rich to get help from FEMA? New guidelines worry emergency planners

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cannabis farmers argue their crop is compatible with other crops, despite winemakers’ concerns
• Mexican marijuana traffickers are poisoning California forests with a banned pesticide, officials say
• Graham Farrar: From Tech Geek to Santa Barbara Cannabis King
• Pot farms in Wine Country? Napa measure will go to a vote
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Reactivating our floodplains: A new way forward
• You Can No Longer Buy Bottled Water At SFO

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Can Israeli Expertise Save Europe’s Warming Wineries?
• Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change
• Shift to more intense rains threatens historic Italian winery

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Wine Buyer’s Expectations and How to Exceed Them *Sponsored Link*

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

• Legacy vineyard estate, Willamette Valley, $6.5 Million. Click now to learn more! *Sponsored Link*

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• OZ: Accolade confirms sale of another winery
• AXA acquires second Douro property
• NZ: Prized Nelson wine brands on the market

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Trade visit to bolster U.S. wine sales in Europe
• Chinese trade war a mixed bag for California nut producers

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Pichon Lalande – leading the Left Bank
• Spotlight on… Palmer
• Fine wine releases this September

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Underestimate The Consumer? Only At Your Own Risk, Especially When It Comes to Sparkling Wines
• Your Wine List Is A Treasure

MARKETING & SALES

• Social Selling = Wine Sales
• Follow-up: Paul Tincknell and the woes of wine marketing

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Why Wine Label Design Matters So Much

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Tips to Lowering Email Bounces

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Ancient grape emerges from obscurity in Sicily
• Metaphor and the Meaning of Aroma
• Georgian wine on my mind
• Orange wines are now a thing, but who invented the term?

WINE PEOPLE

• Deborah Parker Wong, Wine Opinion-leading Communicator, Journalist and Author
• Looking ahead: Talya Roberson, MD, Roberson Wine

WINE PLACES

• Is Washington The Most Underrated Wine Region In The World?
• A Top to Bottom Tour of Croatia’s Wine-Soaked Coastline

WII WINE OF THE DAY

• Ravenswood 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Vintners Blend. Basic. Best for Cooking
• 2017 Ventisquero Reserva Carménère (Colchagua Valley, Chile)
• Robledo Family Winery, 2017 Napa Valley Tempranillo, “The Seven Brothers”
• 2018 Cline Viognier (North Coast, California)

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Restaurant spending set to hit high in 2019 as consumers spend more of their budget on dining out

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Can Anyone Stop the Sticky, Sap-Sucking Invader Attacking American Vineyards?

EUROPE & THE UK

• New MD for Louis Latour Chablis vineyards
• UK shoppers trade up to higher priced wine

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Knappstein Winery production to continue under new ownership
• OZ: New platform boosts productivity in the wine industry

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Tracking Bourbon’s Modern-Day Revival