NOVEMBER 6, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• To Make the Wine Industry Less Toxic, We Need to Get Loud
• New Wine Market Reports May Not Provide Exact Clarity
• Europe’s Elite Wineries Try to Make Chinese Drink Their Own Wine
• The % of US adults who drink has not varied much for the past 80 years
• 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)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• OZ: Barossa records $211m in annual bottled wine exports for the first time
• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)
• 5 Wineries Using Cutting-Edge Technologies (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• ‘It’s active agriculture’: Yountville alerts residents to manure smell from vineyards
• How 19 Crimes and Augmented Reality Helped Revolutionize the Wine Label (Sponsored)

HEALTH

• Eelgrass acid and resveratrol produced by cell factories for the first time

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Are Weed-Infused Drinks The Future?
• Marijuana and Environment: Green Rush Not So Green After All
• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• Water scarcity: A catch phrase of convenience
• Odds of Reaching 100% of Normal Water Year Precipitation

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Should We Care if a Warming Climate Changes the Taste of Wine?
• Miguel Torres: why we have to work together to tackle climate change
• Climate Change Is Disrupting Centuries-Old Methods Of Winemaking In France

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Marlborough trademarks new appellation internationally
• One Less Circuit Court Case Reviewing State Alcohol Laws – 10th Circuit Appeal Withdrawn
• Congressional Support for Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act Hits New Milestone
• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

• Napa’s last untouched ghost winery remains on the market
• Legacy vineyard estate, Willamette Valley, $6.5 Million. Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• OZ: Warren Randall buys four more McLaren Vale vineyards

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Bolsters Commercial Leadership Team with Three New Senior Executive Appointments
• Get Actionable Insights For Your Import and Distribution Business Here. (Sponsored)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine prices fall in October

DATA & TRENDS

• 7 consumer drinks trends to watch in 2020
• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• This is the most popular wine in America

MARKETING & SALES

• How Market Research And Data Can Help You

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Pour at Your Own Risk: America Warms to a Spill-Prone Wine Jug
• How 19 Crimes and Augmented Reality Helped Revolutionize the Wine Label (Sponsored)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Visitor Registration For 2020 Future Wine Expo Is Now Open (Sponsored)

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• 5 Wineries Using Cutting-Edge Technologies (Sponsored)

MEDIA MATTERS

• A book review of “The wines of northern Spain”
• Spirited magazine wins three Folio Awards For editorial and design excellence

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Is wine innovation up to the ‘Marshmallow Challenge’?
• Pick a Side in the Great Red Wine Wars: Bordeaux or Burgundy?
• Sherry and Asti: Two stars of the 70’s making a comeback

WINE PEOPLE

• Zelma Long on The Taste with Doug Shafer (podcast)
• Q&A: Dr Laura Catena

WINE PLACES

• Switzerland Is The Next Hot Wine Destination You Need To Visit

WINE EDUCATION

• New MWs get officially welcomed

WINE HISTORY

• How Stalin and the Soviet Union Created a Champagne for the Working Class

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• What will restaurants look like in 2030?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Bee Free! How Growers Can Pollinate with Drones

EUROPE & THE UK

• Carnuntum Is Austria’s Latest Region to Earn Appellation Recognition
• Languedoc co-operatives asked to maintain wine prices, at the very least
• Consorzio Tutela Lugana DOC appoints new director

DOWN UNDER

• New Zealand Winegrower’s Board implements changes

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Don’t expect much from China unless you have money to market
• Selling wine in China outside the top-tier cities

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Creative freedom gives Canadian whisky competitive edge