SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Wine’s Pyramid Of Influence & How To Make It Work For You
• Online giants open the door to China for world’s wine producers
• A Corrupt Scheme At The Middle of the American Wine Industry
• Amazon Has Nearly 50% of US Ecommerce Market (But lags big-time in food and beverages)
• Farmers thought they had 20 years to use groundwater as they wished – maybe not anymore
• 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)

• $15 million in new funding elevates DRINKS into Wine Tech Funding Top 10
• Is weed the new wine? How big is the threat?
• 10 Things to Remember When Creating Your own Private Label Brand *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• A Cool Trend is Proving Excellent for Sierra Foothill’s El Dorado Wine Region’s 2018 Harvest
• NZ: Hawke’s Bay economy given five-star rating on back of region’s latest wine vintage
• Cyprus toasts harvest of the ‘wine of gods’

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Staglin Family Announces Over $380 Million Dollars Raised to Date
• Tough market conditions greet Kern County table grape, almond harvests
• Calling the Pick in Honor of Ulises Valdez
• Russian River Brewing set to soon open its long-awaited brewery and restaurant in Windsor

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Wine or weed?
• Coca-Cola Is Eyeing the Cannabis Market
• Cannabis with your coffee? Ontario could have thousands of pot retailers
• Cannabis Drinks Expo Launched By Beverage Trade Network will bring the global Cannabis drinks industry into one roof. Get more information here. *Sponsored Link*

AMAZON

• Amazon Probes Removal Of Negative Reviews

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Agreement will pipe treated Tijuana water to Baja’s wine country

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Aussie wine startup raises $2 million

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• China Vows to Retaliate After Trump Levies Fresh Tariff Round
• Japan’s Oldest Winemaker Readies for European Grape Onslaught

DISTRIBUTORS

• 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

• Mendocino Winesong Bidding Passes $600,000
• Wine Fraud is More Common Than You Think
• Zachys HK sale realizes HK$36M

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why more Americans are choosing wine and spirits over beer (podcast)

MARKETING & SALES

• How luxury retailers are delivering personalisation at scale

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ‘Wine Speak Paso Robles’ returns Jan 7-10
• Dates for Prowein 2020 set

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• What You Need to Know About the GDPR

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Working Women: Have You Ever Had a Career Hot Streak?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Barrel alternatives provide good wood attributes without an accounting hangover
• Beverage producers are still reluctant to admit using some barrel alternatives
• The Prestige of Pre-Phylloxera Vines

WINE PEOPLE

• Uncorked: Shigekazu Misawa from Japan’s Grace Wine

WINE PLACES

• Champagne Pommery: A Pioneer In The French Region

WINE EDUCATION

• Australia’s first female Master Sommelier

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• SF Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer says goodbye after 32 years of service

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA Wine Foundation donates $15,000 to NW Immigrant Rights Project
• OK: Applications open for grape, wine production promo

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Research aims to help grapegrowers deal with climate change challenges
• Mouton Cadet to ramp up environmental certification requirements in 2019
• Biodynamics Goes Big

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Biocontrols East Offers Solutions for Spotted Lanternfly, Drosophila, and Fire Blight
• Specialty Crop Growers Take Unique Path to Precision
• Ripening period potassium deficiency

EUROPE & THE UK

• House of Townend chairman John E Townend dies
• Spain: Torres opens new Purgatori winery

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: State of Hawke’s Bay wine industry questioned after winegrowers left in lurch following Sileni sale
• NZ: Plant professor brings the science to wine research centre

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• According To History, We Can Thank Women For Beer
• Nice Haul! The Definitive Craft Beer Urban Dictionary