JANUARY 8, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Rabobank analyst issues warning to AlcBev Industry
• Opportunity Knocks Amid Wine Tariff Chaos
• Constellation Brands’ wine and spirits sales drop 9%
• Burglary reported at Beringer Vineyards’ administrative offices in St. Helena
• Have we reached peak Instagram?
• 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.
• 7 proven ways to boost wine restaurant sales (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Thousands Of Wineries And Grapegrowers Formally Voice Concern Over Wine Tariffs (scroll down for more wine tariff news)
• India’s 2020 wine production to fall by about 20%

WINE TARIFFS

• U.S. wine industry fears ‘Armageddon of costs’ from tariffs on French imports
• Amazon, Facebook, Google & Other Tech Titans Back Trump’s Big Tariffs on French Wine and Cheese
• For Serious Wine Lovers Happy Talk about Tariffs is Thin Gruel
• When liquidation is not an option: oppose Trump’s 100 percent wine tariffs by making your voice heard!
• Why Trump’s War On European Wine Is Bad For Business

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• MillerCoors’ Irwindale brewery will shut down — unless Pabst buys it
• This insider look at distributor Friday meetings can spotlight your wine (Sponsored)

WILDFIRES

• Bushfires draw Australian wine sector closer
• The Taste of Smoke
• Fires Ravage the Australian Wine Industry

DROUGHT/WATER

• Sierra snowpack off to strong start but region needs more storms to keep momentum
• Update on the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan
• The Final Straw for Delta Smelt; Another Dagger for Longfin
• Valley land has sunk from too much water pumping. Can Fresno County fix it?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Survey seeks input on selling sustainable wine
• Barolo winery Rivetto breaks new ground with biodynamic status

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• 5th Circuit Denies One More Attempt at a Rehearing in Walmart/Texas Liquor Licensing Case

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Flat Christmas for UK off-trade

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2020 Results
• Constellation raises FY profit forecast after upbeat quarter

AGTECH

• Get a Sharp Look at Precision Ag Use Trends in Fruit

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Senate passage of USMCA faces delay, even with committee passage

DISTRIBUTORS

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

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Paul Grieco Shares His Tips for Running a Wine Bar

MARKETING & SALES

• UK: Southern Comfort Instagram ads banned by ASA

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• New Mill Capital holds online auction after acquiring Ardagh glass bottling plant
• In praise of French wine glasses

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Comexposium and Vinexpo partner to become ‘world’s leading organiser’ of wine events

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• International Wine Management Company Intervine Celebrates Their First Year with an ESOP

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Co-Fermented Wines Combine Ancient Science with Low-Intervention Ideology

WINE PEOPLE

• Going 10 Rounds with Sommelier Sidonie Rodman
• 10 Questions: Yee goes from tech to wine

ACADEMIA

• TX: Palo Alto offering wine-making associate’s degree

EUROPE & THE UK

• How Hungary produced the ‘world’s most expensive wine’

DOWN UNDER

• Australia’s McWilliams Wines goes into voluntary administration
• Significant changes at Western Australian wine maker Plan B! Wines

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• South Korea ‘most attractive’ drinks market in Asia

LATIN AMERICA

• Eduardo Chadwick: ‘Chile has entered the club of world class wines’