JANUARY 27, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• 2 Whetstone Wine investors convicted in billion-dollar solar Ponzi scheme
• CA, TX, NJ lead in Amazon facilities that can legalize its wine alcbev sales. 2 charts show you where and how many.
• Cal fish & wildlife monitoring Rodney Strong wine spill
• Family Wine Affair a Risky Business
• Tactics to entice younger drinkers away from hard seltzers and pot
• 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)

• 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

• US states do not import wine from the same places
• Grow your restaurant’s visibility! Enter the Sommeliers Choice Awards. DEADLINE January 31 (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Bordeaux Owners Fall for Napa’s Charms
• Napa Valley already commands the American wine market. Now what?
• Wine Women nonprofit select new president
• Vida DeLong new VP/DTC for Far Niente
• Napa County earns top 10 spot on list of ‘best’ places for small business
• Napa County’s Paraduxx winery wins big production, visitor increases
• Napa County hotel revenue up 5.1 percent in 2019
• This insider look at distributor Friday meetings can spotlight your wine (Sponsored)

HEALTH

• Dry January Is B.S. How About Moderation March?
• Coronavirus fear could impact travel retail liquor sales

WILDFIRES

• Bushfire victims from 2014 Bangor blaze have some advice, and message of hope

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• California legalized marijuana 2 years ago. So why is the state seizing so much of it?
• BTN launches new podcast: The Wine, Whiskey and Weed Show *(Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• Realty Meets Climate Reality

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• How wine and beer bottles are going green
• Yealands Wine Group commits to reducing 50 per cent of carbon emissions by 2030
• Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Has the battle for Italian wine in high-traffic retail been lost?
• What Happened to Italian Wine in the Supermarket?
• 6 Highlights from the 2020 Direct-to-Consumer Wine Shipping Report
• Strategies to help you grow your Sales: Grow Your Beverage Business with Sid Patel *(Sponsored)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• “It’s all just arbitrary”: tariff threat continues to impact U.S. wine industry
• Trade bodies urge return to tariff-free trade
• Bourbon and Scotch Makers Find a Common Enemy in Tariffs
• Wine Merchants Are Concerned, Despite Tariff Ceasefire (podcast)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – Bordeaux Bounces Back

DATA & TRENDS

• Is lower-alcohol piquette Oregon’s next big wine craze?
• Future trends in the wine market summed up in 9 figures

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• What do the restaurant gatekeepers (sommeliers!) think of California Zinfandel today?
• In Defense of Jargon
• OenoTrade: supplying customers with their wine ‘wish list’

MARKETING & SALES

• Creating A Successful Brand Launch In The US *(Sponsored)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• WineGB backs London Wine Fair for 2020

MEDIA MATTERS

• Star Trek: Picard vineyard location revealed

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Minerality continued
• The New Burgundy: How the French Region Learned to Make Some of Its Best Wines Yet
• Clearly Bardolino
• American Heritage Variety Petite Sirah ~ When you get that call

WINE PEOPLE

• South African Wine Pioneer Chris Mullineux and the greatness of Old Vine Swartland Chenin Blanc

WINE PLACES

• One Of The Most Stunning Wineries, Grounded In Indigenous Values

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• What’s next in building diversity, inclusion in Oregon wine

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• A model to temporally compare stem water potentials in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: The year in review