NOVEMBER 11, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Despite fires, California wine is doing just fine – for now
• #MeToo Hits High-End Wine Industry
• Crimson Wine Group names Jennifer Locke as CEO
• Washington Vintners Look To Tap The Higher Pricing Tiers
• Why is Australian wine so successful in China?
• Hard Seltzer Craze Makes White Claw Maker a Multibillionaire
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• Gian Annibale Rossi di Medelana dies

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Bryant loses in effort to keep consultant case in Calif
• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• 5 Wineries Using Cutting-Edge Technologies (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma County studies take issue with wine industry’s expansion, scrutinizing traffic, events
• Sonoma Traffic Studies for Winery Events
• A spec winery wins approval for Napa County’s airport industrial area
• After a rough year, Bear Republic Brewing of Sonoma County looks toward a bullish 2020
• How 19 Crimes and Augmented Reality Helped Revolutionize the Wine Label (Sponsored)

HEALTH

• How efficient is resveratrol as an antioxidant of the Mediterranean diet, towards alterations during the aging process?

WILDFIRES

• Sonoma County wineries undergo losses during the Kincade fire
• Windsor winery working to reopen following Kincade Fire
• Russian River Brewing Company relaunches Sonoma Pride beer to benefit Kincade fire survivors

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Scandinavian Wine? A Warming Climate Tempts Entrepreneurs

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Wineries Fight to Keep Tax Cuts
• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Importers in the DtC Landscape: It’s Complicated

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

• Wine Country rarity: Vast southern Napa properties go on sale
• Legacy vineyard estate, Willamette Valley, $6.5 Million. Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Alibaba sets new Singles Day record with $30bn sales
• Lidl’s Slow U.S. Growth Is A Surprise

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Seppeltsfield owner continues South Australian spending spree

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Cité du Vin and Sotheby’s combine for ‘unprecedented’ sale

DATA & TRENDS

• The Next Step To A Virtual Winery (Sponsored)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Saving Your Wine Cellar from the Plebs
• This Sparkling Wine Survived Nationalization And Privatization To Become Germany’s Favorite

MARKETING & SALES

• Why Customer Stories Are More Valuable Than Marketing Alone
• Marketing An 8,000-Year-Old Wine Story By The Black Sea
• How to Close Deals in Wine Sales
• Brands must find more articulate definition than ‘craft’

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• BYO refillable wine bottles could become the norm claims UK supermarket
• UK: New recycling service launches for corks and cartons
• How 19 Crimes and Augmented Reality Helped Revolutionize the Wine Label (Sponsored)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• 12th HKTDC wine fair concludes
• What you need to know about Prowein 2020
• Visitor Registration For 2020 Future Wine Expo Is Now Open (Sponsored)

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• People use social networks primarily to get news, not to be social
• Instagram will now hide like counts in the United States

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Taking the mystery out of designing an effective website
• 5 Wineries Using Cutting-Edge Technologies (Sponsored)

MEDIA MATTERS

• The wine world keeps changing. This essential reference book shows how.
• You may (not) be surprised which Wine Gourd posts are least popular

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How Volcanic Soils Halted A Winemaking Scourge On Sicily’s Mount Etna
• Has the Debate Between Terroir vs. Varietal Been Settled?
• Pinot Blanc – no poor relation
• The Oldest “New” Fine Wine Grape

WINE PEOPLE

• Paula Kornell revives a family legacy
• Young French professionals take the lead in the wine trade
• I’ll Drink to That: Barolo Legend Giacomo Oddero (podcast)
• DRC Man’s Aligoté Adventure

WINE PLACES

• What You Should Know About Ornellaia and DOC Bolgheri

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• How Red Mountain grew into Washington’s premier wine region

EUROPE & THE UK

• Denmark: A wine industry in startup mode

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: ‘Catastrophic’ fire danger forecast for Hunter Valley

LATIN AMERICA

• Geographic Indication approved for high altitude Mendoza sub-region

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa: Chief Winemaker, Wim Truter, bids KWV farewell to join Meerlust Estate

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Whiskey and the Divided States of America
• It’s Just Complexity: A Conversation With Teddy Weber Of Tin Hat Cider
• This US startup is making vodka from CO2
• Auchentoshan Sauvignon Blanc is Amazon-exclusive