FEBRUARY 5, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• When wine grape oversupply hands you financial lemons, making lemonade comes in handy
• Wonderful Citrus Secures 846 Acre Bianchi Big Bench in Salinas Valley to grow “New” Non-GMO Naturally Seedless Lemons
• Epic Wines & Spirits Expands with Acquisition of Pacific Wine Distributors
• Nation’s Largest Wine and Grape Industry Gathering Kicks Off 26th Year in Sacramento
• Direct-To-Consumer Captures 10% Wine Retail Share-While Wine Marketing Needs Upgrading
• Reaching Out to Wine’s Lost Generations
• The Revolutionary New Therapy Helping Depressed Farmworkers
• 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)

• Coronavirus hits China wine trade: spending down, quarantines impeding travel
• Kunde, Vintage Wine Estates Continue Smoke Taint Insurance complaints as individual cases in Federal court
• Attend USA Trade Tasting to discover the fastest growing and upcoming wines, beers and spirits brands for your portfolio. Register your visitor pass here. (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• New Zealand wine exports up 8%
• Oz exports close in on pre-GFC levels, with shift to higher value
• Average value of Aussie bottled exports reaches new record

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sen. Dodd introduces UC Davis wine sales bill
• It’s Pliny Time! 10 Things You Need to Know About Russian River Brewing Company’s Most Famous Beer
• Why attend USA Trade Tasting 2020 (Sponsored)

CORONAVIRUS

• Australia’s wine exports could take a hit from coronavirus
• Coronavirus Is Bad but US Flu’s New Numbers Still Far Worse
• The Chengdu fair is postponed in another blow to the Chinese wine trade

HEALTH

• Flavonols Found in Wine Linked to Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
• This Pin Is a Quiet Way to Say You’re Not Drinking

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Depletion: Why and How To Build Your Brand Around It (Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• Taps, Toilets, and Good Hygiene: Critical Ingredients for Resilient Agriculture

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Australian winemakers testing new grapes to deal with global warming
• CSWA’s Certified Sustainable 2019 Report
• UK: Organic wine ‘big winner’ in 2019
• Sustainable wines gaining popularity in Asia

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Retailer Association Applauds Introduction of Bill to Allow Rhode Island Wine Shipments
• Strategies to help you grow your Sales: Grow Your Beverage Business with Sid Patel *(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• LVMH in takeover talks with Castello Banfi
• Majestic reports surge in no/low sales

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Record-High Optimism on Personal Finances in U.S.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Wine tariffs update: importers employ “mitigation” strategies to counteract fallout as threat to Italian wine grows

BREXIT

• French port town dreams of becoming post-Brexit duty-free haven

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 1000 dips 0.59% in January
• Fine wine investment: Risk-weighting

MARKETING & SALES

• 21 Generational differences between Boomers and Millennials that you MUST use when selling wine
• Creating A Successful Brand Launch In The US *(Sponsored)

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Jameson ‘deepens connection’ with shoppers with smart-tech bottles for St Patrick’s Day

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexpo NY schedule to cover Cognac and cannabis

MEDIA MATTERS

• Where Is America’s Great Wine Show?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How much terroir expression do you really want in your wine?
• Terroir as Talisman

WINE PEOPLE

• A Childhood Chemistry Set Helped Make Tara Gomez a Winemaker
• Unfiltered: Gaetano Giangaspero, City Social
• Interview with Sadie Drury, General Manager, North Slope Management
• Making serious Sangiovese at Sean O’Callaghan’s Tenuta di Carleone

WINE EDUCATION

• Wine Business Education Is Now Very Convenient, Thanks to Tim Hanni

WINE TOURISM

• California Wine Tours continues to drive business in Napa

WINE HISTORY

• Wine bottle hoard unearthed in Worcestershire going to auction

ACADEMIA

• TX: Palo Alto College is now offering a wine-making degree

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Wildfires, water insecurity and gophers
• Space satellites also good for grapes

EUROPE & THE UK

• Chablis risks losing ‘Bourgogne’ AOC in INAO shake up
• UK: Booze retail sales down 20% in Dry January compared to a ‘normal’ month
• Bibendum recruits Mouton Rothschild, Cos d’Estournel for UK restaurant project
• Drug-Dealer Wine-Stealers Busted for Alleged Theft of Royal Wine

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Former whistle-blower fails to convince ERA that Yealands Wines dismissed him due to complaint
• Alcohol exposure in NZ supermarkets ‘like advertising candy’ to children, researcher says