NOVEMBER 16, 2018 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Harvard Spent $100 Million on Calif Vineyards. Now It’s in a Neighborhood Water War
• Analyzing the reality about wine tariffs and trade barriers between the U.S. & France
• CA: Butte County Fire Death Toll Hits 63, Hundreds Still Missing
• Consumers’ Holiday Spending Estimate Is Down, but Still Solid
• Key U.S. Economic Assessments Strong, Stable
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Malibu Coast AVA Devastated By Woolsey Fire – Some structures saved by vines
• Napa Valley Vintners Donate Additional $4.1 Million to Community Health Nonprofits
• What Makes a Good Sommelier? *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• How Spain’s strong 2018 vintage is good news for global wine market
• Harvest 2018 comes to a close in Paso Robles
• Burgundy 2018: A vintage to rival the mythical 1947?

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Jackson Family Wines of Santa Rosa reinforces new generation of leadership
• Lake County Winegrape Growers Focus Post-Fire Relief Efforts On Research
• California recommends new controls on chlorpyrifos use
• Cornell Vineyards – Sonoma’s newest ‘Napa’ Winery
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WILDFIRES

• California’s Electricity Giant Faces Possible $30 Billion In Damages For Fires That Have Killed 100
• Live map of the Camp fire in Butte County in Northern California
• Power lines keep sparking wildfires. Why don’t California utility companies bury them?

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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DROUGHT/WATER

• California’s dry fall extends fire danger and deepens water worries
• We have enough water—we just waste too much of it
• New rules and new technology are giving California farmers and managers a better look at groundwater supplies

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine investment: Watching the skies

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Smokey Summers a Winner for Wine Critics

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• SNSTech creates a reclosable can that is ‘more palatable to consumers’
• Every last detail: Tricked out barcodes make a lasting impression
• How wine and spirits companies are stretching the limits on packaging – and standing out because of it

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Washington Grape Society annual meeting highlights
• The World Bulk Wine Exhibition is coming to China

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• 5 Best Google Analytics Reports for Wine and Food Brands

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• How a Harvest Internship Can Benefit Your Career

MATTERS OF TASTE

• In Defense Of Beaujolais Nouveau

WINE PEOPLE

• 1000 Stories creator Bob Blue talks bourbon barrel-aged Zinfandel
• First lady of champagne: The extraordinary woman behind Veuve Clicquot

WINE PLACES

• Could the Finger Lakes be the next Napa Valley for whites?

WINE EDUCATION

• Wine Scholar Guild Relaunches Champagne Master-Level

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Grape Growing in Kentucky Could Boost Wine Industry

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Volatile composition of sulphite-free white wines obtained after fermentation in the presence of chitosan (PDF)
• Electronic tongue: Will robots be able to taste ripeness in grapes?

EUROPE & THE UK

• New CIVL Languedoc president to focus on sustainability
• Brexit: Draft agreement provides ‘credible foundation’
• Portugal: Algarve’s last remaining cooperative winery to house wine museum

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Barossa winery Teusner Wines merge with Spanish-owned grower Terramoll
• OZ: Hold the drinks. The Millennials are shifting to moderation

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Chinese drinkers are paying more for wines
• Chinese wine drinkers prefer sweetness but hate astringency

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa: Wine grape vineyards on the road to recovery after debilitating drought

OLIVE OIL

• Lodi area’s olives harvested, quickly turned into fresh oil