OCTOBER 9, 2018 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Seasonal trends holding steady for wine categories in delivery channel
• ‘Smoke taint’ worries rile Northern California growers as wine grapes rejected after summer wildfires
• Kern Secret Witness offers reward for information in killing of grape grower
• Monterey County Wines Subject to New Conjunctive Labeling Requirements
• 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)

• MailChimp could cancel you for violating this “Catch 22” rule that every marketer ignores
• 2018 Holiday retail growth projected to decline from 2017
• What Makes a Good Sommelier? *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Australian wine export grants increase to $1.5 million
• Bumper harvest gives English winemakers extra fizz
• Why this year’s boiling summer is good news for English sparkling wine
• Is the Prosecco Boom Sustainable?

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• How To Build a Wine Program That Creates A Loyal Clientele *Sponsored Link*

WILDFIRES

• A year later, majority of North Bay fire victims still await reimbursements from home insurers to rebuild
• Sonoma County Winegrowers exec loses house and some hair in wildfire, but finds love — and a Porsche
• Wine Country Wildfires Leave Questions for Vintners (podcast)

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• 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

• Figuring on Climate Change: Model Outputs Vary, but Worries Are Real
• CA: Statewide water saving sliding; at half of local conservation rate

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• AB InBev opens ‘robo-warehouse’ to reduce carbon footprint
• Constellation’s investment in marijuana pays off

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Montrose owners buy into Burgundian estate

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Wine Institute cheers market access gains in new pact
• Free trade lives on in North America under NAFTA 2.0

DISTRIBUTORS

• Pernod Ricard Renews Distribution Agreement with Republic National Distributing Company
• 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

• Buying Wine? Invest Outside the Box

DATA & TRENDS

• How to use online customer reviews to inform data

HEALTH

• If I was a 3 glasses of wine a week person, I wouldn’t stop in the face of recent scare stories
• Alcohol consumption may prompt adverse cardiac remodeling

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Management Genius of Andy Fortgang

MARKETING & SALES

• For Wineries, Competition Boosts Profits From Sustainability
• How Rioja got smart with ‘love in the vines’ US TV stealth marketing

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• South Africa: Big names to talk big data at Business of Wine & Food Conference

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Google+ social network to be closed by Google following data scandal
• Facebook debuts Portal and Portal+ with AI-enhanced Messenger video calls and Amazon’s Alexa
• Facebook’s security is so bad it’s surprising Zuckerberg hasn’t deleted his account

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• How new technologies are revolutionising wine distribution

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Examining the Science Behind Wineglass Shapes
• Variety focus: Optimizing Merlot
• Sowing seeds of change
• Pinot Noir’s Sleeping Giant
• The Wine Industry’s Reckoning With Millennials
• A Modest Proposal: Let’s Call Wine What It Is (or What We Want It to Be)

WINE PEOPLE

• A Chat With Graham Tatomer, Riesling Champion

WINE EDUCATION

• The Wine Scholar Guild adds Spanish programme to scholarship portfolio

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• A Template for Growth in the Restaurant Industry

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Willamette Valley wineries mobilize to help Rogue Valley growers who lost grape contracts
• VA: Wine peddler branches out with NoVA acquisition
• PA: Wine industry concerned about spotted lanternfly
• NY: Vineyard owners eye ‘cold climate wine’ market

ACADEMIA

• Sonoma State Wine MBA Students Get it Done

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• ‘Tipping points’ could exacerbate climate crisis, scientists fear
• Biodynamic Wine: What Is It and Why Is It Becoming So Popular?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Viticulture: Should We Use Biofertilizers?

EUROPE & THE UK

• Montepulciano steps out of the shadows of Montalcino
• Bordeaux: Restaurants with no local wine denounced

DOWN UNDER

• Alcohol floor price may breach Australian Constitution
• NZ: ‘Shortage’ of Marlborough land touted in vineyard investment offer
• OZ: Winery’s average annual rainfall drops to 10 per cent

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• How to cultivate vines in Japan (slideshow)

SOUTH AFRICA

• What to look for in South Africa (slideshow)

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Craft brewers to establish a pan-European trade association
• US mass beers threatened by craft lagers