NOVEMBER 27, 2018 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• 14 Briefs Filed in Support of TN Wine & Spirits Retailers Assn’s US Supreme Court appeal
• Liberation Distribution (LibDib) and Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) Form a New Partnership
• The Three Horsemen of the Grapepocalypse, Part 3: The Rising and Sticky Cost of Labor
• A New Era for U.S. Wine-Labeling Laws
• Beer Volume Declines Drag Down On-premise Sales of Beverage Alcohol
• People are OK with some types of ads, but really hate others. Use those they hate and they will hate you too.
• Another Warning Sign That the U.S. Economy Will Slow Next Year
• 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)

• Malibu Coast AVA Devastated By Woolsey Fire – Some structures saved by vines
• Wines $20 and under make up 51.1% of the market by value and all are growing.
• What Makes a Good Sommelier? *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• UK Organic still wine consumption to increase 50% by 2022

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Visit Napa Valley seeks new president as Clay Gregory moves to CEO
• Wine Sales Management Highlights SSU’s Spring 2019 Programs
• Sonoma vintners pair experiences with wine
• How To Build a Wine Program That Creates A Loyal Clientele *Sponsored Link*

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Canopy Growth: The Cannabis Market Leader
• The iPhone is a bigger threat to craft beer than cannabis!
• Confident Cannabis: Excelsiors in Transparency
• 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

• Interior Department Takes Lead Federal Role in California Water
• A legal battle in the Coachella Valley could transform how California – and the nation – uses water

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Florida the Latest Battleground for Interstate Shipping

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo narrows gender pay gap and launches two scholarships aimed at women

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Business Capital Delivers Financing for Hidden Gem Vineyard & Winery in California’s ‘Other’ Wine Region
• EPIC Buys Direct Retail Wine Industry Business From Paragon Insurance Holdings, LLC
• AndesWines.com started to look for investors to open the FinTech & Blockchain division regional expansion
• Italian Wine Company Tommasi Invests in Chianti Classico’s La Massa

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• U.S. Likely to Go Ahead With China Tariff Increase
• New Liquor Trade Challenge: Alberta vs Ontario

DISTRIBUTORS

• Republic National Distributing Company and Liberation Distribution Join Forces
• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits weighs expansion on LI or in N.J.
• Discover new and exciting products at the 2018 USA Trade Tasting. Get your visitor pass today and avoid $40 gate fee. *Sponsored Link*

DATA & TRENDS

• Bibendum reveals latest wine trends in time for winter

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• WineAmerica Elects New Board Members

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Are Great Sommeliers an Endangered Species?
• Confessions of a Rookie Wine Judge

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine on tap gains momentum
• Amorim to launch stopper that stores botanicals

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Google Maps keeps adding weird features like hashtags, which have nothing to do with maps

MEDIA MATTERS

• Book Review: Corkscrew, by Peter Stafford-Bow
• ‘The Wine Show’ makes for a pleasant palate cleanser
• I Asked Wine People What They Read. Their Answers Will Surprise You.

MATTERS OF TASTE

• You Can Teach an Old-Vine Grape New Tricks
• On the origins of Constantia
• Mother and the friend. Sexism and the silvaner.

WINE PEOPLE

• Martin Nittnaus of Anita and Hans Nittnaus on the beauty of Blaufränkisch
• Meet Jennifer Reichardt of Raft Wines
• Ntsiki Biyela and the grandmother behind Aslina Wines

WINE PLACES

• This Hidden Wine Region Is Putting the Midwest on the Wine Map
• Pheasant’s Tears: Preserving Georgia’s wine tradition
• Dalla Valle Takes the Hard Road

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Mika Bulmash on Importing Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Wines

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Vineyard replanting
• Population sequencing reveals clonal diversity and ancestral inbreeding in the grapevine cultivar Chardonnay

EUROPE & THE UK

• Henkell & Co and Freixenet to be renamed Henkell Freixenet
• Pau Roca Blasco elected Director General of the OIV
• Austria adds new grape hybrids to QbA wine for organic and sustainable winemaking
• Switzerland 4th-highest in wine drinking

DOWN UNDER

• Wine Australia protects export reputation

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Problem with Azerbaijani wine exports to Russia solved

OLIVE OIL

• FDA Allows Cardiovascular Health on Olive Oil Labels