SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• U.S. Supreme Court May Open the Door (Or Slam it Shut!) On Retailer DTC Shipping
• Napa Valley’s 2018 Winegrape Harvest Builds Balance at a Steady Pace
• Ten Ways Wine Can Combat the Threat of Cannabis
• Craft Distilleries Growth Continues
• Here’s how to avoid costly mistakes by managing your barrel inventory with bar codes – Click now to learn how. *Sponsored Link*

SUPREME COURT RETAILER DTC SHIPPING BACKGROUND

• Supreme Court Has Chance to Decide if States Can Discriminate Against Wine Retailer Shipping?
• Is Granholm II Coming to the Wine Industry?

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• WX Brands – Winetech funding #10: Edges out DRINKS. Probably ranks higher but the data is too hazy to know
• USDA projects 2018 farm income will decline to 2016 levels
• 10 Things to Remember When Creating Your own Private Label Brand *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Challenging Growing Season in New York
• The 2018 Vintage in Virginia, “It’s not 2017”
• 2018 vintage in Sonoma ‘world-class’, says Christopher Jackson
• Yakima Valley’s wine grape harvest underway
• Champagne heading for rare vintage year after ‘exceptional’ harvest

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Everything That Matters To Us “Out There” Can Be Found In A Glass Of Wine: The Gut Check Of Sonoma
• Napa County scrutinizing surge of wineries off the beaten track

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Why millennials prefer cannabis to booze: ‘Zero enjoyment out of drinking’ (and it’s cheaper)
• Hemp arises: Pot’s non-psychoactive cousin soars as legal cannabis spreads
• Unraveling California’s complex cannabis banking, employee-rights, other regulations
• A New Cannabis Infusion Bubbles Its Way Into The Non-Alcohol Wine Category
• LAX allows pot in airport but TSA says it’s still a crime
• 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

• Jury reaches verdict in trial over Paso Robles Groundwater Basin rights

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• New Zealand’s Mahana Estates Winery goes into receivership

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine investment: The Barton Scale
• Identifying wine with fingerprint technology

HEALTH

• Grape Skin Extract Has Beneficial Effect on Mitochondria in Flies With Parkinson’s

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Yet another observation on sighted/blind tasting
• Master Sommeliers to open private members club for the trade

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Dark side of wine labeling: A California winemaker’s Oregon controversy

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Cape Wine 2018 pulls in record visitor numbers

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Why Snap will get acquired before 2020, probably by Amazon
• How Facebook could screw up Instagram

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Digital remains untapped by drinks firms

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Urban Wineries Are on the Rise: Here’s Why Winemakers Have Traded Vineyards for the Big City

WINE PEOPLE

• Obituary: Nicholas Faith
• Unfiltered: Melanie Brown, The Providores and NZ Wine Cellar
• El corazón y el alma del viñedo Tablas Creek, David Maduena
• Dr. Dave Block – Dept. of Viticulture and Enology, UCDavis (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Burgeoning Southern Oregon
• Rising American Wine Regions to Know
• OR: Former plum orchard turned wine country treasure
• Why Moldova Is a Wine Destination Worth Knowing Now

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Sparkling bewitches Oregon industry
• Could Ontario privatise LCBO?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• What Becoming a Benefit Corporation Means for Fetzer Vineyards

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Under vine cover crops
• Innovations in wine and vine
• Scientists Set to Save Grape, Garlic, and Onion Crops Under Attack
• Cellar hygiene über alles
• Snapshot of the black skinned Portuguese grapes of Lodi’s Silvaspoons Vineyards
• Using lasers to protect Idaho wine grapes? The idea is being tested, and yes, it’s working

EUROPE & THE UK

• New classification for Crus Bourgeois du Medoc to launch
• Venice considering alcohol ban

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: WFA and ACCC to study the wine grape industry

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• India: In the wine category HoReCa comprises a majority share

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• At a winery in Italy, a tank exploded with sparkling wine (video)