SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Heitz Cellar Owner Buys Napa Valley’s Haynes Vineyard
• Wine Institute gets almost $1 million increase from U.S. Market Assistance Program (falls one place overall); Northwest wine finally included
• Does sober-curiosity deserve the hype?
• PG&E to shut off power to about 48,000 customers, including 1,400 in Sonoma, Napa county
• Internet customers would rather have free delivery than pay for next day
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)
• Visitor Registration For 2020 Future Wine Expo Is Now Open (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Napa County winery visits appear to exceed legal use permit allowances
• Jeff Hill likely to escape punishment for major wine scam
• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Small harvest in Sicily promises high-quality wine
• The Champagne market – before the festivities
• 5 Wineries Using Cutting-Edge Technologies (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma County has officially been named 2019 Wine Region of the Year by Wine Enthusiast
• How 19 Crimes and Augmented Reality Helped Revolutionize the Wine Label (Sponsored)

HEALTH

• #MommyNeedsWine: Growing trend shows more women are dependent on alcohol
• How to Modernize Your Wine Club (Sponsored)

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• California farmers face ‘catastrophic’ water restrictions. Can they adapt to survive?
• Voluntary Agreements are the Future of California’s Water and Environmental Management

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• One answer to climate change is information sharing

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Direct-To-Consumer Selling Is Coming To Retail Categories You Couldn’t Have Even Imagined
• Wine Buyer’s Expectations and How to Exceed Them (Sponsored)

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

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

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• OZ: Moppity Vineyards acquisition completes the ‘Holy Trinity’

DISTRIBUTORS

• Get Actionable Insights For Your Import and Distribution Business Here. (Sponsored)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liber Pater’s Life Raft for Bordeaux
• Profiting From the Wine Experts

DATA & TRENDS

• Six Takeaways from Emetry’s Data Summit
• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• In Defense Of Wine Critics
• How To Get The Most Out Of A Wine Club

MARKETING & SALES

• Bartles & Jaymes Disappeared After the ’80s. Now, It’s Making Wine Coolers…Cool Again.
• Bordeaux wines harder hit on special offer
• UK: McQueen Gin ad banned for linking hiking and drinking
• In an age of abundant choice, why is brand more important than ever?
• How to Modernize Your Wine Club (Sponsored)

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• How 19 Crimes and Augmented Reality Helped Revolutionize the Wine Label (Sponsored)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWine China 2019 returns for its seventh edition
• Visitor Registration For 2020 Future Wine Expo Is Now Open (Sponsored)

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• 5 Wineries Using Cutting-Edge Technologies (Sponsored)

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Wages could increase under H-2A rule change
• Getting into the Wine Industry: 2019 Redux

MEDIA MATTERS

• Slow Food celebrates 10 years of the Slow Wine Guide (and U.S. Slow Wine tour dates 2020)
• George Rose’s Vine-Art Photography

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The mysterious and not fully understandable wine defect popping up in natural wines: mouse
• Commodity versus terroir wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Tony Jordan: Australian sparkling wine pioneer
• Radio Milano’s young sommelier was basically born into his wine passion

WINE PLACES

• How Georgia’s wine industry came back from oblivion

WII WINE OF THE DAY

• 2018 Le Cigare Volant from Bonny Doon Vineyard (Monterey County, CA)
• Preston 2018 Dry Creek Valley Vin Gris – Quaffable but over-priced
• 2018 Vavasour Sauvignon Blanc (Awatere Valley, New Zealand)

WINE EDUCATION

• WSET in new partnership with IOH

EUROPE & THE UK

• Spanish government transfers vine planting decisions
• Henriot cellar master moves to Champagne Mumm
• UK: Gloves are off as WSTA’s Miles Beale takes fight to government
• UK: Wine importer strikes rescue deal for counterpart
• Irish people pay more beer and wine tax than almost any other EU country
• UK: New Israeli listing for Oddbins

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: ACCC releases final report for Winegrape Market Study
• OZ: Two Hands Wines introduces sap flow sensor technology to manage vine health and monitor water use
• OZ: Geolocation project puts visitors on McLaren Vale map in real-time

SOUTH AFRICA

• Where Are Your Ethical Standards, South African Farm Workers Ask European Wine Monopolies