DECEMBER 6, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• N. Coast wine slump may foretell recession + Grape Prices hit the wall
• Total Wine Appeals To U.S. Supreme Court In Connecticut Minimum Pricing Case
• B. Wise buys Amapola Creek from legendary vintner
• Hard seltzer category to triple in US by 2023
• Vinous Acquires Cellar Watch From Liv-Ex
• UPDATE: Agenda set for Calif Ag Dept to hold Dec. 17 workshop on Suisun Valley Vintners and Growers changes to grape pricing districts
• Is this the end of no/low premium?
• UPDATE on Kunde, Vintage Wine Estates smoke taint insurance lawsuit
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Millennials & GenZ looking to buy rely first on social media posts from influencers, friends & family
• 7 proven ways to boost wine restaurant sales (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• California North Coast wine grape growers should recognize shift in winery demand, broker says
• First ever Indian bulk wine shipped to UK to meet demand from Indian restaurant sector
• Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +8.00% By Value Over Last Twelve Months through October 2019, Packaged Exports Decline -8.60%

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Portola Valley: Planning Commission looks at zoning compliance for Neely Wine tasting room
• Unlikely Ballast Point brewery sale executed with help of unidentified wine industry magnate
• Honoring Longtime U.C. Davis Researcher and Professor David Smart
• Conservation group paying $29 million to protect sprawling ranch along Eel River
• This insider look at distributor Friday meetings can spotlight your wine (Sponsored)

WILDFIRES

• Making farms more climate resilient might protect California from wildfire damage

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• My Journey from Wine to Weed: Restoring Balance with Cannabinoids

DROUGHT/WATER

• ‘Atmospheric rivers’ cause $1 billion in damage a year, study shows, and are getting worse
• Standing too close to the elephant: addressing scales in restoration and fisheries conservation

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Circular solution reduces plastic waste in Australian wine industry
• World’s first carbon-negative vodka says the spirits sector is ‘ripe for disruption’

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Kroger Launches Online Wine Promo

REAL ESTATE

• Calif: Point Reyes Vineyards and tasting room on the market

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• LVMH: Where do wine & spirits orbit in its galaxy of bling?
• Brown-Forman delivers mid-single-digit growth in H1
• Treasury Wine Estates appoints Aussie marketer and leader to president of Americas

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Who Suffers from Tariffs on Wine? You Do
• US tariffs on EU wines ‘deplorable’, says French wine body

DISTRIBUTORS

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

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine Shops’ Biggest Mistake

MARKETING & SALES

• Why marketing only to millennials is a waste of money

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• How to make and sell canned wine, according to the experts

MEDIA MATTERS

• Natural Wine For The People, By Alice Feiring (Book Review)
• Local documentary takes a look at Tin City, SLO County’s fastest growing food and wine borough

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The critical factor in terroir
• Oxygen — friend and foe
• Discovering the Autochthonous Grapes of Piedmont’s Monferrato

WINE PEOPLE

• The Taste with Doug Shafer: Shari and Shannon Staglin (podcast)
• Thailand’s first and only female winemaker makes wine using local grapes

WINE EDUCATION

• American Wine School classes to start in 2 NE Ohio locations in 2020

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Is The Burgundy Comparison Good For Oregon Wine?

EUROPE & THE UK

• EU becomes member of Geneva Act to protect GIs

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Interim determination to recognise new wine region of Wilyabrup

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• A 6,000-year-old fruit fly gave the world modern cheeses and yogurts

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Home Brewing Is Hard. Space Brewing Is Harder.