NOVEMBER 19, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Ailing Vintner, Art Collector Donald Bryant & Wife Face Mountains of Debt
• Chemical winefare: Pesticides in wine
• Reconciling Wine’s Eternal Sin
• Time runs short for wineries’ tax relief
• TikTok for wine? It’s reached 1 billion users faster than any other social media app
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• Obituary: Michael Druitt

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Bryant loses in effort to keep consultant case in Calif
• 7 proven ways to boost wine restaurant sales (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• What’s Up with Italian Wine in the U.S. Market?
• Piedmont declares 2019 a ‘classic and traditional’ vintage
• Azerbaijan: Wine production to see increase by 2024

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma, Napa, Marin counties face possible PG&E power shut-off; 6th of 2019
• Visit Temecula Valley Announces Wine Country Economic Impact Reaches Nearly $100 Million
• Map: Proposed PG&E power outages for Wednesday, Nov. 20
• Napa’s wineries want you to visit: by car, by plane, or on Instagram
• This insider look at distributor Friday meetings can spotlight your wine (Sponsored)

HEALTH

• Forrest: I find the idea of zero abv wines offensive

WILDFIRES

• PG&E boss says it wasn’t fully ready for California outages

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• A Quick Guide to Cannabis Appellations: What You Need to Know
• Illegal Pot Farms on California’s Public Land Are Creating an Environmental Hazard
• Viv&Oak to replace alcohol in rosé with THC and CBD

AMAZON

• Will New Stores Finally Make Amazon A Major Force In Fresh Groceries?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard USA’s Amandine Robin Joins Keep America Beautiful Board of Directors

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• U.S. stock market at record but farm bankruptcies at highest since 2011

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• The Impact Of Chinese Tariffs On U.S. Wine, As Seen At ProWine China
• Tariffs on Wine and Whiskey Are Here—Now What?
• Japan’s Lower House Passes U.S. Trade Deal

BREXIT

• UK Wine Trade Faces Brexit’s Endless Drama

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Records made at 159th Hospices de Beaune sale

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Confidence boost

MARKETING & SALES

• Chartreuse liqueur’s popularity has soared. But how do you market the elixir without offending the monks who make it?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• PBR’s 99-Pack is Back and Finally Available in the U.S.

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexpo Paris ‘will go head-to-head’ with ProWein

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Uncovering the pathway to wine’s acidity

WINE PEOPLE

• The Women Behind Some of Washington’s Best Grapevines
• At the Frontier of Winemaking, a New Talent Leads the Way
• Liv-ex interview with Miles Beale: The future of the wine industry
• 20 Minutes With: Heini Zachariassen’s Vivino Epiphany

WINE EDUCATION

• WSET expands APAC team with new role for Australia and New Zealand

WINE HISTORY

• 900 Bottles of Booze Finally Recovered from 1917 Shipwreck

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• 7 Tips To Improve Your Staff’s Wine Education

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• BC: First-of-its-kind wine village to open in South Okanagan
• Washington closes in on six new AVAs as wineries pass 1,000 mark

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The many uses and some misuses of gypsum in vineyards
• Podcast: Managing a Vineyard

EUROPE & THE UK

• Venice’s only vineyard flooded by historic high waters
• Soave launches project to tackle soil erosion
• UK: Trader banned from mulled wine sales

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• How Popping a Champagne Cork Is Similar to a Supersonic Jet Engine