NOVEMBER 7, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Is wine premiumisation a doom loop?
• Bryant loses in effort to keep consultant case in Calif
• Black Women In Wine Gather for Better Representation
• 93% of wine club members do NOT cancel their memberships after a hold
• Sonoma’s Kincade fire 100% contained
• Small-Business Optimism Strong
• Wine-Searcher expands into London
• 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)

• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• 5 Wineries Using Cutting-Edge Technologies (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• We’ve gotten it all wrong about Lodi wine
• How 19 Crimes and Augmented Reality Helped Revolutionize the Wine Label (Sponsored)

HEALTH

• The science behind what we drink — and the effects that water, milk, caffeine and alcohol have on our body

WILDFIRES

• How the Wine Industry Is Reckoning With the Impending Effects of California Wildfires
• Jordan Winery, our Grape Growers and the Kincade Fire
• Map of every wine country fire. They’re larger and more destructive than ever
• California’s wildfire crisis set to worsen, says leading climate change scientist

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• Calif: Increasingly unusual dry autumn conditions persist; fire season continues until further notice
• California Pushed to Revamp Water Plans for Increasingly Wild Weather
• The disconnect between groundwater legal systems and groundwater hydrology; Proactively managing groundwater to sustain communities and nature in an uncertain future

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Cava DO shifts to organic rules

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Federal labeling laws are complicated. Here are some tips to get through the approval process as smoothly as possible.
• Support for craft beverage act hits new milestone
• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

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

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• EU and China agree GI protection for 200 products
• Boeing-Airbus dogfight to impact the Aussie wine and dairy trade
• China eclipsing U.S. as Europe’s go-to partner

DISTRIBUTORS

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

DATA & TRENDS

• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• So Everything’s a Natural Wine Bar Now?
• Wines and spirits instrumental in creating the future’s “creative community hubs”

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Palate Meets Palette
• 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)

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• What can McDonald’s teach the wine industry?
• Foreign guestworker growth slows

MATTERS OF TASTE

• In Praise of Blended Wine
• Does Wine Have a Rhythm?
• Italy’s Indigenous Varieties – Part Five
• Let’s hear it for Sherry

WINE PEOPLE

• Women in Wine: Fiona Fenwick
• Winemaker Tony Rynders Comes Full Circle in Carlton

WINE HISTORY

• Ancient Rome and its surprisingly sophisticated wine business
• Divers rescue 900 bottles of old French liquor bound for Russian Tsar Nicholas II

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Restaurant Industry Projected To Hit $1.2 Trillion In Sales By 2030
• Nieslen launches restaurant tracking tool in US

EUROPE & THE UK

• Nizza DOCG: The New Quality Region for Barbera Wine?
• Cru Bourgeois will be reintroduced in Médoc

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Riverland growers call for help to make tough water decisions following hailstorm
• NZ: Goodbye Wellington, hello Wairarapa

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Asian Millennials Are The Dream Market The Wine Industry Has Been Waiting For