JANUARY 24, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Rodney Strong spills 96,000 gallons of wine into Russian River
• Million-liter Italian wine fraud uncovered
• Alcohol-related deaths are climbing, especially for women.
• U.S. Economic Confidence at Highest Point Since 2000
• Why California is banning chlorpyrifos
• How A New Breed Of PR Firms Is Selling Lies Online
• 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)

• Wine DTC Hits Record $3.2 Billion in 2019 Amid Slowing Growth
• These are all the other things holding wine back
• Mailchimp can be a privacy black hole
• 7 proven ways to boost wine restaurant sales

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• ‘The best vintage I have experienced in Virginia’: Weather in 2019 made for wonderful wine
• OZ: Smoke taint ruins vineyard crops
• Aussie growers urged to seek better grape prices
• Grow your restaurant’s visibility! Enter the Sommeliers Choice Awards. DEADLINE January 31 (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Victor Hill Wines tasting room closes in downtown Sonoma
• Some Santa Barbara County Vintners Cold to Wine Fee
• Napa County Planning Commission grants Coombsville winery some of what it wanted
• Cultured Vine Announces Judgment Of Napa 2020 With Special Guests Steven Spurrier And George Taber
• This insider look at distributor Friday meetings can spotlight your wine (Sponsored)

WILDFIRES

• Australia’s Fires and the American Response
• Wine Australia thanks trade’s support over ‘devastating’ fires
• OZ: Wine institute central to bushfire clean-up strategy
• California bill would make utilities pay some blackout costs
• PG&E reaches deal with bondholders, ending takeover attempt

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• BTN launches new podcast: The Wine, Whiskey and Weed Show *(Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• Water regulators seek $4M fine for millions of gallons discharged at Healdsburg hotel, housing project
• Calif: Groundwater Sustainability Plan evaluation and State Water Board intervention
• Trump administration replaces clean water rules with weaker ones

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Wine Market Stats Vary By Method, But The Outcome May Be The Same
• Strategies to help you grow your Sales: Grow Your Beverage Business with Sid Patel *(Sponsored)

AGRIFOODTECH

• Agreenculture unveils its robot Céol

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• French wineries hit hard by US wine tariffs

BREXIT

• Fine wine trading post-Brexit: the implications and opportunities

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine 2019: Predictions vs reality

DATA & TRENDS

• How to Start a Data Project of Your Own

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine etiquette –real or imagined

MARKETING & SALES

• Luxury Department Stores Are Betting on Booze to Boost Retail
• Creating A Successful Brand Launch In The US *(Sponsored)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Hints of jade stone? Bordeaux barrel maker launches new technique
• The La Morra Style Guide – Barolo Sophistication (Part Three)

WINE PEOPLE

• These are the women leading China’s wine revolution
• Unfiltered: Beatrice Bessi, Chiltern Firehouse

WINE PLACES

• The story of a grape, of a family and a wine told through a label and a one-woman show
• Treasure Island

WINE HISTORY

• Lead in His Red: Wine Killed Beethoven, Suggests Provocative New Research
• Lists of Oil, Wine Shipments in Ancient Kingdom of Jeroboam Discovered

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Idaho wineries want to store extra wine in the state
• Washington’s Growing Wine Industry Pt 1

EUROPE & THE UK

• Silicon Valley entrepreneur to double capacity at Burgundy’s largest monopole

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• 2019, the year that China’s wine market encountered a bottle shock

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Vernon Kruger breaks 1997 record by sitting in a wine barrel 25m above the ground for two months