AUGUST 10, 2018 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Federal Court orders ban on widely used ag pesticide chlorpyrifos
• Wineries spared worst of record California wildfires (so far)
• Looking closely at how wine is losing the preference race to spirits & beer
• Exploring the Tricky Legal Aspects of Wine and Weed Events
• OZ: James Estate Wines’ ex-chief on 99 charges in $20m cheque fraud scheme
• Here’s how to avoid costly mistakes by managing your barrel inventory with bar codes – Click now to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• New BLM moves to frack Fresno, San Luis Obispo & 6 more Central Coast & SJ Valley counties
• 10 Things to Remember When Creating Your own Private Label Brand *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• TX: Wine grape yields down due to drought, but good quality expected

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• ZD Wines celebrates 50 Years of family winemaking in Napa Valley
• July 2018 warmest month in California history; unprecedented early-season wildfire activity continues
• SLO County won’t receive any new general alcohol licenses — for the 3rd straight year
• Crimson Wine Group 2Q earnings jump 30% with surge in exports
• What is the Oxbow? Napa looks toward branding emerging district

WILDFIRES

• ‘This country … chews up firefighters’: A month of death on California’s fire lines
• Is global warming really making CA Wildfires More Frequent?
• As fires rage statewide, a burned out California mining town looks to rebuild
• Eight images that reveal the scale of Calif wildfires devastation
• Inside the Mendocino Complex Fire Evacuation Zone
• Napa Keeps a Wary Eye on Monster Fire
• Napa County Fire: 41 acres burn near Lake Berryessa
• Wildfire in south Napa has burned 19 acres with 60 percent containment
• Sonoma County chokes on smoke as fires pollute air across California
• Trump tweet becomes policy after firefighters rebuffed it

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Direct-To-Consumer Access Is Important For Wine And Cannabis, Survey Shows
• Cannabis Drinks Expo Launched By Beverage Trade Network will bring the global Cannabis drinks industry into one roof. Get more information here. *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• Santa Barbara: Current Regional Drought Worst in Recorded History

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Inside Aldi’s $5 Billion Plan To Become The Third-Largest Grocer In The U.S.

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• The Cost of the Dream

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• NZ Exporter Joyce Austin admits wine exports fraud
• Wine Australia Spends More Than $4 million to Boost U.S. Sales
• Trump slammed California farmers with tariffs. Now he’s stiffing them on aid

DISTRIBUTORS

• Bolney Wine Estate Becomes First English Wine To Secure Distribution In China
• Discover new and exciting products at the 2018 USA Trade Tasting. Get your visitor pass today and avoid $40 gate fee. *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – Trade hit highs as pound slides
• Rare and sought-after wines going under the hammer at SA’s oldest wine auction
• Brands without an active anti-counterfeit strategy are leaving themselves vulnerable

HEALTH

• Higher alcohol taxes are cost-effective in reducing alcohol harms
• Even light drinking may make fatty liver disease worse
• UK: How much do you drink? Whatever you say, your GP will double it

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Dessert wine will be the new scotch if sommeliers have their way

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• How Cork-Taint-Free Wine Will Change The Wine World

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Executive Speaking Experience registration extended

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Inside the Hyper-Targeted World of Alcohol Influencers

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Small-Business Owners Not Fazed by E-Commerce, Technology

MEDIA MATTERS

• Davis Taylor named interim publisher of Napa Valley Publishing
• Tasting the Past With Author Kevin Begos (podcast)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Will this be orange wine’s breakthrough moment?
• Wine and Life: Both Serving up Challenges and The Quest for The Great Vintage
• Why being passionate about wine means nothing
• The generic varietal
• Hypnotic music ages this wine to perfection

WINE PEOPLE

• Four artisanal winemakers to know from the Garagiste Wine Festival
• Francesco Cirelli is walking on the wild side in Abruzzo
• Unfiltered: Konrad Tadeusz Lassota, Duddell’s
• August Deimel – Keuka Spring Vineyards (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Is the Douro Europe’s most underrated wine region?
• Alto Adige: Italy’s most northerly wine region – with Europe’s fastest-growing reputation

ACADEMIA

• WA Wine Industry Foundation awards $38,000 to students (PDF)

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The roles of soil minerals and cation exchange capability (CEC) in meeting the nutrient requirements of the grapevine
• Chemistry and photochemistry inspired by the colors of grapes and red wines
• OZ: Digital age yield forecasting may be as simple as a quick ‘tag and scan’
• Bioprospecting gains traction as a way to influence wine style
• To be precise, it’s all viticulture

DOWN UNDER

• Western Australia growers equipped to send in the clones

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Drunk, Belligerent Wasps Are Terrorizing Beer Gardens