NOVEMBER 6, 2018 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Subscription boxes are gaining favor online. Winc’s experience led to top-selling new wines.
• Domestic Sparkling Wine Finds Its Identity
• Cannabis Beer And Wine Are Here, But Are They Here To Stay?
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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 Qupé
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Made in Kern County: Sunridge Nurseries
• Wine industry advisors O’Shea, Carte & Schiavone officially open for business
• HenHouse Brewing spending $4.5 million to expand production across Bay Area
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WILDFIRES

• PG&E renews push for relief from ‘17 fire costs

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cannabis beverages could be a $3bn market in Canada
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AMAZON

• Amazon, Walmart? Farming’s Wild Scramble For Online Ag Retail

DROUGHT/WATER

• How expected CA State Water Board vote could trigger a flood of lawsuits
• October’s low rainfall increases concern for California farmers
• El Niño and what it means for the coming months

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo appoints new MD for GB as Ireland steps down

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Qupé Bought Out by Vintage

DISTRIBUTORS

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HEALTH

• Adding zinc to your diet of wine, coffee, and chocolate could make you live longer

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Alcohol industry cheers CBP rollout of CBMA claims
• Imports and the CBMA

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Princess Cruises Upgrades Wine List Across Fleet With New Partnership

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Veteran vintner to speak to Sonoma home winemakers
• HKTDC conference to examine top wine trends shaping Asia

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Social media growth is over in the U.S. — which is its most valuable market

MEDIA MATTERS

• Somm Trilogy: Revisiting an epic story of wine and winning

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Spätburgunder: Germany’s Answer to Burgundy
• The physics of champagne

WINE PEOPLE

• Who does the fictional author Peter Stafford-Bow think he is?
• Belinda Chang Blazes a New Trail
• Winegrower Gretchen Voelcker Turns Passion for Plant Science Into Career
• Elia Pellegrini of Aia Vecchia on making recognizable wines in Tuscany

WINE EDUCATION

• The IMW adds Estates and Wines to international supporters

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• How the election could impact restaurants

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• 2018 BC Wine Trends in Review
• TX: Newly renovated Dallas County property features research vineyards and orchards

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Alsace champions biodynamic wine growing, and is publicising it

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: WSTA expands board as part of strategy to support import and export

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: PM’s new backpacker changes an immediate relief ‘but not a long-term solution’
• OZ: NSW international wine tourism enriched with $2 million boost

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Uzbek President Sets Sights On Making World-Class Wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• 2,000-Year-Old Bronze Pot Containing Rice Wine Discovered in Ancient Tomb in China

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• How to tackle the counterfeit spirits market
• Legendary Master Distiller Dave Pickerell Has Passed Away
• BrewDog hires Diageo director to lead whisky production
• Beer Has Always Been Political, So Stop Telling Brewers to ‘Stick to Beer’