NOVEMBER 2, 2018 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Alcohol And Cannabis Don’t Mix, Says Calif ABC
• Coppola jumps into cannabis industry
• Sonoma County Pot Distro Gets Two Years In Prison For Tax Fraud
• 62% of Americans spend $8 to $15 for a bottle of wine (Only 6% for $21+)
• Halter Ranch Vineyard owner will donate $1 billion to conserve land around the world
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Kuvée brings in $8.25 million before biting the dust at #16 in WineTech funding
• Vintage Wine Estates buys Leslie Rudd’s Distillery No. 209
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Mildew ravages Beaucastel Grenache crop in 2018
• Booming Chinese wine market spawns bulk specialists

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa County sees McMansions as farmland threat
• Napa County tries to work out a solution to Carneros Resort’s water saga
• ZD Winery: a goal of zero defects grew into 50 years of family winemaking
• Gary Farrell’s triumphs
• The stylistic evolution of California wine
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TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Constellation Brands’ $4B Investment in Canopy Growth Closes Following Shareholder and Canadian Government Approval
• Beverage Companies Still Taking “Wait And See” Approach With Marijuana
• Colorado jury’s pot verdict may discourage similar cases
• Wine, Weed, and Intoxication
• Molson Coors to launch cannabis drinks next year
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Oroville Dam fixed and ready to go, officials say — but at a big price
• Emerging legal issues in SGMA implementation
• Communication key to California’s water future

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Analysis finds U.S. could see decline of $7.9 billion in ag exports
• Trump Asks Cabinet to Draft Possible Trade Deal With China
• Wine industry could be next victim of US, China trade war

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 1000 dips 0.6% in October
• Liv-ex 100 Index dips 0.7% in October
• Fine wine investment: Broadening horizons

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• What do wine drinkers want?
• Prosecco Ponderings — Paying More For Less
• Wine Appreciation: connoisseurship or snobbery?
• Lessons Learned from Tasting with a MW: Part 1

MARKETING & SALES

• Keys to success selling wine in the US -What’s IN and what’s OUT?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• 100% aluminum resealable drinks can developed

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Events and speakers confirmed for Somm360 Congress in Canada

WINE PEOPLE

• When a Millennial Gets the Wine Data Bug AND Has Chutzpah? It’s a Win for Wine: Gianna DiGiovanni
• The origins of natural wine: A conversation with Camille Lapierre and Jean Foillard

WINE PLACES

• Colonnara Viticultori in Cupramontana ~ In the Castelli di Jesi region of Le Marche

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Pioneering the Willamette Valley

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Big data project explores predictability of climate conditions years in advance

EUROPE & THE UK

• It’s heating up in Burgundy
• France: Rosé purchases surge at the beginning of the buying campaign

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: “Flawed science” used to justify NT minimum floor price

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• New view on Roman text rewrites wine-making history