OCTOBER 3, 2018 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• The California wine industry is a big winner in new trade deal with Canada and Mexico
• In the Age of Instant Everything, the Three-Tier System Persists, for Better or Worse
• Guarachi Wine Partners Acquires Parker Station Brand from Fess Parker Winery
• Are Millennials drinking less beer because it “makes them fat?” This chart says “yes!”
• 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)

• WX Brands – Winetech funding #10: Edges out DRINKS. Probably ranks higher but the data is too hazy to know
• Does any break from the strict traditional three-tier system mean the system is dead?
• 10 Things to Remember When Creating Your own Private Label Brand *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Beaujolais announces ‘legendary’ harvest
• 2018 harvest in New Zealand was ‘fast and furious’
• A look at the first six weeks of harvest in Washington
• Rain won’t disrupt Sonoma County grape harvest
• Concern on Santorini as Assyrtiko grape prices rocket

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Specialty Crop Block Grant from CDFA Awarded to Zinfandel Advocates & Producers for Zinfandel Stories: Preserving California’s Legendary Vineyards
• Petaluma’s Lagunitas Brewing cutting 12 percent of workforce

WILDFIRES

• October wildfires force many to leave Sonoma County

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Michigan votes to ban cannabis-infused drinks
• Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry?
• 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

• California Marks Another Dry Water Year
• So WOTUS Is Legal. Now What?
• U.S. Drought Outlook Monthly – October

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

• 5 Wine Country dream estates currently listed in Sonoma County

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• EPI buys big stake in Tardieu-Laurent
• OZ: McLaren Vale ‘Lost Buoy Wines’ sold to local South Australian company

DISTRIBUTORS

• Wine And Spirits Wholesalers Find It Hard To Glean Market Trends
• How Warehouse Automation Is Revolutionizing Alcohol Distribution
• 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

• Liv-ex 1000 gains 2.8% in September
• Rare $1.2 Million Bottle of Macallan to Lead Bonhams Auction

HEALTH

• Consistent, Moderate Drinking Linked to Lower Heart Disease Risk

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Do airports need stricter alcohol regulations?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why Ratings on Everything from Wine to Amazon Products Improve Over Time

MARKETING & SALES

• UK: Rethinking the codes and rules for alcohol marketing

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• 3 Improvements coming to Facebook’s Marketplace

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Can Virtual Reality Make Food Taste Better?

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The Intersection of Wine and the #MeToo Movement
• How your brand can tackle unconscious bias

MEDIA MATTERS

• Nat Geo uncorks new wine doc on Australian wine industry

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Pinot Gris in the Finger Lakes
• Beware the red wine blend
• The Color of Life
• Wine And Politics: A Clarification

WINE PEOPLE

• Latina winegrowers from Sonoma featured in new documentary
• Lodi ‘Newcomers’ Making Their Mark at Klinker Brick
• Mont Ventoux’s New-Wave Peasant

WINE PLACES

• Valle De Guadalupe Is The Napa Valley Of Mexico

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• The fruitful impact of Northern Michigan’s wine economy
• Regional district staff concerned about mega winery restaurant on ALR land near Oliver, B.C.

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Miguel Torres: our role in forest stewardship & climate change

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• What Do Winemakers Worry About? In Napa It’s Not Wildfires.

EUROPE & THE UK

• One of France’s top wine chateaus embroiled in inquiry into ‘rigged’ St Emilion rankings
• Rueda DO reveals new corporate identity to ‘reassert’ the brand
• Controversy in Pomerol over drainage
• Will students save the drinks industry after Brexit?

DOWN UNDER

• Driest ever September deepens Australia’s drought

SOUTH AFRICA

• Wine expert on how the drought has affected South African wine production