SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Napa, Sonoma wineries on an opening binge
• Treasury Wines volume up 1.4% despite declines in top 2 brands
• What Happened to U.S. Inflation? Look at These Quirky Categories
• 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)

• Pioneer Mexican-American Vintner Ulises Valdez Dies
• $15 million in new funding elevates DRINKS into Wine Tech Funding Top 10
• 10 Things to Remember When Creating Your own Private Label Brand *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Finger Lakes Wines and Grapes: Season ahead of schedule

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Martinelli Winery & Vineyards Continues Family Farming Legacy by Securing Full Ownership of Two Key Sonoma County Vineyards
• Wine Speak Paso Robles Returns on January 7-10
• Palumbo Family Vineyards & Winery has endured struggle to find its place in Temecula wine country

WILDFIRES

• Napa County’s Snell fire is now 85 percent contained

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cannabis operators say Napa’s policy of medical marijuana sales too limiting
• Canada’s Cannabis Future Attracts U.S. Alcohol Companies
• 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

• A permanent solution to California’s water woes — seawater

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands to Report Second Quarter Fiscal 2019 Financial Results; Host Conference Call October 4, 2018
• If You Want Canopy Growth Corp., Invest In Constellation Brands
• Stock analysis: Constellation and Canopy join forces
• TWE explores new wine drinking occasions

DISTRIBUTORS

• Piper Sonoma Joins Folio Fine Wine Partners
• Discover new and exciting products at the 2018 USA Trade Tasting. Get your visitor pass today and avoid $40 gate fee. *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• Wine tasting can work the brain more than math, according to neuroscience
• Anti-inflammatory diet linked to reduced risk of early death

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Deadline Approaching for New Liquor License Applications in California

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine Club Leaves A Bad Taste For A New Britain Man

MARKETING & SALES

• UK: Prosecco continues to lead sparkling wine category

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Willamette Valley winemakers propose major labeling changes

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Appreciating volcanic wines

WINE PEOPLE

• Jacques Lassaigne: Making Great Grower Champagne in Montgueux, the edge of the known (Côte des Blancs) universe
• Nic Peterkin takes a path unknown with L.A.S Vino in Margaret River
• For this winemaker, it’s also about bees
• Andrew Stover, Siema Wines (podcast)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Time to double down on Washington Cab
• Drinking in the New Wine Culture in Arizona

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• The Good Sh*t (Biodynamic Preparations At Troon Vineyard)

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Pest Management Recommendations for Spotted Lanternfly

EUROPE & THE UK

• France: Wine growing to be significantly affected by the end of tax exemptions
• WSTA lobbies against UK’s ‘grossly unfair’ alcohol tax

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s most popular by the glass wine is from Australia
• China wine retail: CHEERS sees change at the top

LATIN AMERICA

• Bad times in Buenos Aires

SOUTH AFRICA

• DGB releases documentary on the “inconvenient” state of South African wine prices
• South Africa: Ansela; the Slave, the Love Story and the Wine Farm

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Wine Writers of Penzance
• Ig Nobel Prize in Biology awarded: wine experts can reliably identify, by smell, the presence of a fly in a glass of wine

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Hopped Up On Regulations: 5 Ongoing Concerns for Brewers