FEBRUARY 18, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Supply chain ‘stuffed’ as US consumers see lowest wine prices for 20 years
• Identifying and Activating Intervention Strategies within DTC
• Navigating the Turbulence of Tariffs – Nielsen
• For Mexican farmworkers, H2A jobs come with a social cost
• 4 Specific Challenges Of Pregnancy And New Motherhood While Working In Wine
• Americans trust food & beverage companies 2X more than corporations as a whole
• 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)

• Penrose Hill/Firstleaf sued, complaint alleges civil rights violations of disabled web site access. Class action requested
• Relief! California 2019 preliminary crush: 3.89 million tons., down from 4.28 million tons in 2018
• 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

• Wine’s biggest challenge: Most AlcBev consumers don’t drink wine
• Thank you, millennials, for making wine cheaper!
• Aussie grape growers and vineyards hope to avoid further dent to yields
• OZ: Clonakilla will not produce 2020 vintage
• France and the United States fueling global consumption of rosés
• Local winemaker says Texas wines not affected by grape surplus

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine Country hoteliers reveal impact of short-term rentals on tourism business
• Wine vs. weed in Napa Valley
• Lodi Grape Day agenda announced
• Napa County Lake Berryessa resort deal reported as being ‘this close’
• Why attend USA Trade Tasting 2020 (Sponsored)

COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS)

• Couple admit wine delivered by drone to coronavirus cruise ship was a prank

HEALTH

• Yes, ‘Whiskey Dick’ Is Real (And Here’s What To Do If It Happens To You)
• The truth about drinking alcohol and asian glow
• How dry we were?

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Upstate NY hemp winery, first in U.S., closes due to federal regulations
• Depletion: Why and How To Build Your Brand Around It (Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• Napa County facing one of its driest Februaries ever

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Bidding adieu to conventional viticulture practices
• Getting your product shipped safely and in an eco-friendly manner is easier, faster, and more cost-effective than you might think.
• SOLA power: Will other ethical and sustainable trends catch on?

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Engineered yeast can remove heavy metals from wastewater

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Cased wine stored offsite at a warehouse? Here’s what wineries need to know about their TTB excise taxes

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Alcohol’s three-tier system slows ecommerce and dates the industry
• Strategies to help you grow your Sales: Grow Your Beverage Business with Sid Patel *(Sponsored)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Anticipation Builds as Global Wine Trade Professionals Arrive for Premiere Napa Valley 2020
• #LXisXX: celebrating twenty years in the fine wine market
• Bordeaux 2010 revisited: 10 years on

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Measuring Wine’s Natural Chauvinism

MARKETING & SALES

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Paris meets Vinexpo Paris

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Book Review: Adventures on the China Wine Trail
• New Illustrated Book Tells Stories Of 12 Renowned Vineyards

WINE PEOPLE

• Rebecca Flynn on the Transition from Beer to Wine
• Laura Catena Works On Two Continents – As Physician And Winemaker
• Roberta Bricolo of Cantina Gorgo Carries on Her Family’s Dream
• Michael Cervin, Writer, Author, Critic

WINE PLACES

• The World’s Best Wine Vacations Of 2020, According To Experts

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Wine category in Canada hanging on to its more engaged and higher spending consumers
• Canadians becoming more knowledgeable about wine

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Inactivated yeasts: production and technological characteristics (video)

EUROPE & THE UK

• Maremma Toscana DOC now third largest in Tuscany
• UK: Drinks industry ‘cutting corners’ on low ABV products
• UK: Higher alcohol taxes to fund NHS would benefit poor
• New direction for Piper-Heidsieck

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African wine history: The forbidden fruit that was Roodeberg

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Hazy Session IPAs on the Rise
• Heineken to power Spanish breweries with solar energy