DECEMBER 10, 2018 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• A 31% Increase In Number Of California Wineries Makes Financial Success That Much Harder
• John McClelland, Wine Industry Pioneer Passes Away
• Reading the tea leaves on the Lebamoff decision: 7th Circuit says no to Illinois law
• Wagner’s Oregon Wine War Continues
• Feds propose new West Sonoma Coast wine territory
• Unauthorized immigration trends down; Calif loses 550,000 over past decade
• 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)

• Vino Volo displaces 5 companies, vaults to #14 in top wine tech venture fundings; Wine.Com gets even bigger at #1
• VinoVolo landed $17 million before being bought
• Tough business climate will test North Coast wineries in 2019
• What Makes a Good Sommelier? *Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Rhône wines shine in the US

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa County adopts new winery use permit compliance resolution
• Foie gras off Amazon’s offerings in California in settlement
• Wine Institute Launches Mobile Version of DiscoverCaliforniaWines.com
• Napa Valley Vintners earn California’s top environmental award
• How To Build a Wine Program That Creates A Loyal Clientele *Sponsored Link*

WILDFIRES

• Sonoma County develops plan for PG&E blackouts during fire weather
• Malibu Wildfire Survivors Brace for Mudslides
• Camp Fire lawsuit claims PG&E ‘jumper’ cable, tower failure caused deadly blaze

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Hemp May Soon Be Federally Legal, But Many Will Be Barred From Growing It
• Cannabis Drinks Expo Launched By Beverage Trade Network will bring the global Cannabis drinks industry into one roof. Get more information here. *Sponsored Link*

AMAZON

• Austrian retailers file antitrust complaint against Amazon

DROUGHT/WATER

• Big setback for Gov. Brown’s twin tunnels delta water project
• How does climate change impact water?
• Appellate court blasts Oakdale Irrigation District’s fallowing project
• Department of Water Resources withdraws consistency determination for California Water Fix
• Functional Flows for Developing Ecological Flow Recommendations
• OZ: $5 billion future drought fund​

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Simon Carter joins Treasury Wine Estates as GTR General Manager

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• The Gérard Bertrand Group buys Domaine de Ceyleran
• Understanding Your Return On Investment In Majestic Wine
• Does Italian Wine Brands SpA Have A Place In Your Portfolio?

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine Wine Investing Counters Volatility Of ‘Stock-Denominated’ Portfolios
• Classification of the cellaring wines of Australia
• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – Sassicaia 2015 leads November trade
• Third-annual Willamette Pinot Noir Auction to offer trade buyers rare and unique wines from top vintners on April 5& 6, 2019 at The Allison Inn & Spa in Newberg, OR
• What the Rise in Whisky Insurance Tells Us About the Super Rich

HEALTH

• Does Wine Fend off Certain Bacteria? Experts Think So

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Colorado further delays rollout of new sales tax rules
• New rulemaking is the next step in TTB labeling program modernization

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Do You Really Want a Wine that Smells like Blood or Asparagus?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The importance of the wine label

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• WBWE 2018: A Decade of Promoting Global Bulk Wine Successfully

MEDIA MATTERS

• So long, and remember how good we have it — thanks, in part, to wine (Michael Austin’s last column for The Chicago Tribune)
• ’Wine Trails of the U.S. and Canada’: A road map for 40 weekend trips

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Changing Face of Carmenère
• Brunello’s breakthrough
• Why wine has become woven into our culture
• Sugar levels in champagne and other sparkling wines

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet the Millennial Winemaker Building a Truly Inclusive Culture of Wine

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• CO2 footprint: Is the wine from Overseas ecologically justifiable?
• The end of eiswein? An interview with Johannes Selbach
• Scientist Predicts Entire European Truffle Industry May Disappear Within a Generation
• Is U.S. Agriculture Being Choked Out by Climate Change?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Application of portable micro near infrared spectroscopy to the screening of extractable polyphenols in grape skins: A complex challenge.
• New technology to track grape development for better harvest
• Adaptability of the varieties resistant to downy and powdery mildew to the pedoclimatic conditions of Piacenza area

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Justerini & Brooks in Oregon push
• The OIV and its strategic role facing to the new oenological practices (video)
• The need for speed: a flying start buys time in the race to bring back the Beaujolais Nouveau
• Cantina di Soave reports turnover of €141 million

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Loxton area (Riverland) fruit fly outbreak declared
• Wine Australia to launch new education programme in London in 2019

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Inside wine retailing in Japan

SOUTH AFRICA

• Elgin Vintners appoints new ‘Leading Lady’

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Why Georgian Wines Are Among The Most Unique On The Planet
• Uzbekistan pulls out the stops for fine winemaking

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Please Give This Christmas, So I Won’t Have To [satire]
• A Drunk, Dark, and Gritty Show in a French Wine Cellar
• Licence to swill led to severe alcohol problem for James Bond

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Experiential drinking bolsters craft beer sales
• New Test May Prevent Exploding Beer Bottles