DECEMBER 19, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• You’ve GOT to keet an eye on these compliance issues (Or else!)
• UC Davis Releases 5 New Wine Grape Varieties
• Here’s How Build a Cult Wine Brand
• Bordeaux Negociant Fined over Labeling
• Online food delivery is a $10 billion business. Restaurants aren’t happy about it
• Don’t buy teacher a Christmas gift unless it is wine, UK survey suggests
• 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)

• Breaking the doom loop: Wine desperately needs AgTech to get out of its slump
• Despite e-Commerce’s importance, bricks & mortar still rule retail
• 7 proven ways to boost wine restaurant sales (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Top Importers, Retailers Assess Prosecco Category’s Upside
• OH: Workers set to harvest grapes for ice wine in Ashtabula County
• Chablis hails good vintage, although yields dip below average

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• LUKE Columbia Valley Joins Folio Fine Wine Partners
• Grapes of Black and Gold: Three wine veterans share a vision for Rhône varieties in Mendocino
• This insider look at distributor Friday meetings can spotlight your wine (Sponsored)

AB5 – UBER LAW INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE

• NorCal wine transport firm’s plan’ may solve trucking’s AB5 indy contractor crisis
• AB 5 implementation resources now available online

HEALTH

• A glut of hangover remedies crowd the Internet. Do any of them work?

WILDFIRES

• Balm for human and the vine: Aloe vera treatment for wildfire damage comes to California Wine Country

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Nielsen’s 2020 Forecast for the U.S. Hemp-CBD and CPG Industries
• Cannabis farm applicant presents cannabis terpenes study, Santa Barbara county looks for additional information

DROUGHT/WATER

• Central Valley, Regional Water Projects Get $14M
• DWR Completes Prioritization of Groundwater Basins Under SGMA

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Solving the “last mile” wine delivery problem

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Shopping For Wine This Holiday Season? Here’s What’s Impacting Your Experience (Whether You Realize It Or Not).

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Walmart wants you to buy more alcohol from its stores, so it’s adding more high-end options like Veuve Clicquot and Buffalo Trace

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Hillebrand acquires US warehouse and transportation business

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• How to Drink Your Way Around the New Proposed Wine Tariffs
• Zachys calls for ‘push back’ on 100% tariffs

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The 2020 Market Won’t Match 1961 Château Latour
• The best performing wines of 2019
• My Cellar is Filled with Friends

DATA & TRENDS

• The Most Important Wine Trends of the Decade (2010s)
• Fine wine predictions for 2020 (slideshow)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Buying Wine In 2020? Experts Suggest Argentina, Italy, Oregon And Portugal For Value
• It’s Time to Change How we Describe Wine

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Paris Exhibition Enters Second Year with a Focus on Sustainability
• Save the Date! Center for Alcohol Policy Law & Policy Conference Set for August 30 – September 1, 2020 in Chicago.

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• What makes a winery Twitter account worth following?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Carboniste is a California sparkling wine that doesn’t want to be like Champagne
• Is There A “Correct” Temperature For Wines?

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• The Most Important Restaurants of the Decade

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• New cost studies released for mechanical winegrape production

EUROPE & THE UK

• Alice Tétienne named as Henriot’s new chef de cave
• UK’s WSTA calls on new Government to slash duty on wine
• South of France marketing board exhibition postponed

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Digital grape picking tracker targets horticulture industry
• OZ: Wine industry pioneer fills winegrape market gap
• OZ: Austin Wines launches Rent a Vine experience

LATIN AMERICA

• New association to launch for ‘naked’ wineries of Chile

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Is ‘Rice Beer’ the New Natural Wine?