FEBRUARY 19, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

BREAKING NEWS NOW: NAPA COUNTY COVID-1 (CORONA VIRUS )

• Coronavirus: Neighbors call cops, people go “bizonkers” over the quarantined girl next door
• Napa County Statement on First Confirmed Local COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Case
• Napa County information “just trust me” blunder helps promote coronavirus panic

TOP NEWS

• Are we really saying that wine can’t compete with hard seltzer on… authenticity?
• AB InBev buys Argentine winery Dante Robino
• Not a good sign: 74% of Americans trust Oprah & Tom Hanks more than scientific studies or health warnings
• Court Orders Bayer to Pay $265 Million to Farm Hit by Dicamba Drift
• 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)

• Supply chain ‘stuffed’ as US consumers see lowest wine prices for 20 years
• 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

• California export boosters aim for 37% more wine abroad by 2030
• French wine exports soared in 2019, but it wasn’t good news
• Global consumption of rosé hits record high last year
• Can US Wine Win Back Its Mojo? (podcast)
• Non-alcoholic wine market set to expand

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Renowned Viticulturist’s Papers to Be Digitized
• Mittelstaedt family takes over Somerset winery
• Larkmead Vineyards Celebrates 125th Anniversary in Napa Valley
• Winemaker Dave Phinney to open fried chicken restaurant on Mare Island
• Why attend USA Trade Tasting 2020 (Sponsored)

COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS)

• How the New Coronavirus Spreads and Progresses – And Why One Test May Not Be Enough

HEALTH

• Scientists Link Moderate Wine Consumption to a Lower Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• House Of Saka Hires Sue Bachorski As COO/CFO Cannabis Infused Beverages
• Depletion: Why and How To Build Your Brand Around It (Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• Israeli researchers develop technology producing water from air

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Sustainability for Sonoma County Now at 99 Percent
• Global warming challenges grapegrowers to find answers
• Annalisa Zorzettig On Friuli’s Native Grapes, Environment, And Biodiversity
• Moët Hennessy to end herbicide use in Champagne vineyards

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Philip James Files Defamation Suit Against Paul Mabray
• The Coast Is Not Always Clear: Mixing Trademarks for Wine, Liquor and Beer

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Strategies to help you grow your Sales: Grow Your Beverage Business with Sid Patel *(Sponsored)

REAL ESTATE

• $11.3M Sonoma Compound Comes With Cabernet Vineyard

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Walmart reports lower-than-expected Q4 earnings, despite e-commerce sales growth of 35%

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Global Wine Leaders at Export 2020 Highlight Trade Opportunities
• No 100 percent tariffs on EU wine, official says

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• South Africa: The Cape Wine Auction 2020 raises more than R17 million and brings total raised to date to R105 million

DATA & TRENDS

• Americans Prefer Red And Other Wine Facts To Toast National Wine Day

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Peculiarities of Wine Nationalism
• A New Wave of Wine Clubs Aim to Connect Likeminded Communities

MARKETING & SALES

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

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Iron Heart Canning Acquires Michigan Mobile Canning
• Augmented reality from every US wine label
• The first wine in the world with an official smiley is released

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Esteemed Wine, Food and Travel Writers and Editors Convene in Napa Valley For A One-Day Wine Writers Symposium Summit

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• What Wine Twitter Taught Me About Wine

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Soave’s Volcanic Revival
• A refreshing outlook and new ideas: an evening with Ernst Loosen

WINE PEOPLE

• Head for the Mountains: Busch Now Making Wine
• 10 Questions: Daughter and father grow Napa Valley family winery together
• Riesling Master Eva Fricke Says, “Question Everything”
• Vickery the riesling master
• Justin Rose, Rosemont of Virginia (Virginia)
• Helen McGinn on the highs and highs of being “The Knackered Mother”

WINE EDUCATION

• Court of Master Sommeliers history (podcast)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• CT wine growers protest new import law

ACADEMIA

• Bill allowing wine and beer research, tasting at universities advances to South Dakota Senate floor

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Protective effect of vegetal extracts against acidic and alcoholic stress in wine yeasts (PDF)

EUROPE & THE UK

• Liv-ex interview with the VDP: the history and the future of German wine
• Humbrecht reveals the biggest change in Alsace

SOUTH AFRICA

• How South African wineland workers used global networks to fight for their rights

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• World’s first ‘climate positive’ gin is made from peas