JANUARY 6, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Wine grape growers felt the squeeze in 2019, and 2020 looks no friendlier
• European Tariffs Threaten the Entire American Wine Industry
• Beaujolais Wine Legend Georges Duboeuf Dies at 86
• Alcohol Consumers’ Interest In Health And Wellness Will Continue To Increase, Says Nielsen
• Wine prices 2020
• Calif’s strict consumer privacy act is here. Are you one of the non-compliant companies?
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• William “Van” Ballentine, Ballentine Vineyards, Passed Away on December 17, 2019
• Remembering a True Aussie Battler

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Breaking the doom loop: Wine desperately needs AgTech to get out of its slump.
• 7 proven ways to boost wine restaurant sales (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Which countries export most of their wine production?
• Extreme heat + drought and its bitter results @time of celebration
• The bw166 TBA Serving index increased +1.4% to 123.3 through November 2019

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa’s growers ahead of state-wide ban on harmful pesticide chlorpyrifos
• Sonoma County vintners, grape growers to hold joint meeting
• Sonoma County gaining attention for natural wines as popularity grows
• Jimtown Store, a historic Wine Country landmark, closes after withstanding years of wildfires
• A New Year’s Letter from Vintage 2019
• Judgement of Paris to be recreated in Napa with Steven Spurrier
• What is Daou planning for its oceanview wine property in Cambria? Here are some hints
• This insider look at distributor Friday meetings can spotlight your wine (Sponsored)

HEALTH

• How White Wine Affects Your Body, According To Experts
• Mediterranean Diet is the No. 1 ‘best’ diet for 2020, according to a panel of 25 health professionals

WILDFIRES

• Human-caused ignitions spark California’s worst wildfires but get little state focus

DROUGHT/WATER

• Midwinter dry spells like this are not unusual in California, even in wet years
• Biochar offers possible solution to cut ag water usage
• A Change of Plans

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Sustainable Wine? Or Just Greenwashing?
• Mapping Chlorpyrifos on California Wine Grapes: Where Are the 5 Percent?
• How to effectively communicate winemaker credentials: organic, sustainable, and biodynamic

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo Tests The Non-Alcohol Sector Again With Stake In Chicago-Based Ritual Zero Proof
• Ste. Michelle Wine Estates announces appointment of Peter Click as Vice President of International Sales
• Aldi UK’s Christmas sales growth fueled by alcohol and premium ranges

AGTECH

• Specialty Crops: Autonomous Orchard Sprayer Drives Itself Off of the Assembly Line

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Prohibition’s 100-year Anniversary and the Disastrous 100% Tariffs – Analysis and Strategies
• Louis-Fabrice Latour talks US tariffs, Brexit, Beaujolais and new vintages

DISTRIBUTORS

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

DATA & TRENDS

• Eight Ways Wine Will Change in 2020

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Gen Z – New Wine Consumers?
• Why Supermarket Wine is Boring
• Not Bending It Like Beckham

MARKETING & SALES

• Adapting to Change is Paramount in the Wine Industry

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexpo CEO: ‘If we don’t do anything then in five years’ time we are dead’
• University of Tennessee to Offer Wine Production Workshop

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• H-2A workers are an increasingly critical part of Napa’s agricultural workforce

MEDIA MATTERS

• Review: The World Atlas of Wine (8th Edition)
• Virtue Signaling and Nonsense in Wine
• Fermentation – Natural Wine and Irony

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Minerality in wine: Where are we now?
• In Georgia, on the qvevri trail, experiencing the living fossil of wine
• What’s all this talk about ‘yields’?
• 8 Myths about the Sherry Solera System that even Wine Geeks Believe

WINE PEOPLE

• Beholder’s Josh Mazanowski Says Chardonnay Is the ‘Joker of Wine’

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Authentication of Tokaj wines with the electronic tongue and near infrared spectroscopy
• Green tea instead of Sulphur

EUROPE & THE UK

• France’s Hybrid Wine Future
• New head of Wines of Centre-Loire named
• Europe: Non-alcoholic wine and beer market size worth $43bn by 2025

DOWN UNDER

• Devastation in the Adelaide Hills will be felt for years
• OZ: Southern Highlands producers fear vintage 2020 could be lost
• OZ: University’s help for fire affected growers and winemakers
• Public help needed for devastated Aussie wine region

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s wine imports slump as economy grinds to a halt and trade war with US takes its toll

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• This CES 2020 Gadget Cools Drinks So Fast You Won’t Need A Wine Fridge

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Brewers embrace Dry January as US beer consumption declines