DECEMBER 21, 2018 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Moderate Drinkers Less Likely to End Up in the Hospital
• How Wine Farms Can Be A Good Investment And Build Family Brands
• These 5 things cause US Internet Users to Distrust a Brand Most
• Tips to stay compliant when adjusting Bottled Wine Inventory on your TTB 5120.17. Click now to learn more! *Sponsored Link*

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• The up-and-coming founder of a Sonoma County Direct-To-Trade wine business is a convicted felon & instigator of a possibly illegal wine scheme
• How to Develop A Wine List That Sells Wine? *Sponsored Link*

END OF THE YEAR: LOOKING BACK…AND AHEAD

• Stuck at the airport? Try a day pass to an airline lounge.
• New Year’s resolutions for the wine trade
• Indicators of a buoyant 2019
• 2019 predictions: How will the food industry change?
• From CBD to carrot dogs: The year in food trends
• Wine Economist Top 5 of 2018

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• The Chinese Tmall/WeChat Model: How to Tap New Wine Distribution Models in China *Sponsored Link*

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California North Coast wine grape harvest in 2018 too much of a good thing?
• How Climate Change Is Affecting Small Sierra Nevada Lakes
• How To Sell Wine Into Restaurants Effectively *Sponsored Link*

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• UC-Davis discussion explores hemp’s potential
• Maryland Marijuana Sales Double the Forecast

DROUGHT/WATER

• Seasonal Drought Outlook – Jan., Feb., March
• Drought Monitor Weekly: Heavy Rains for Southeast, West Coast

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Rémy Cointreau sells distribution units in Slovakia, Czech Republic
• China New Borun Receives Continued Listing Standard Notice From The New York Stock Exchange
• De Bortoli buys Victoria’s Rutherglen Estates
• Talking Trade – Haut Brion 2000 most active
• Laboratory Finds 21 of 55 ‘Rare’ Scotch Whiskies to be Fake
• Oregon barrel refurbisher reWine sold

HEALTH

• Science and Wine:Effects of grape pomace on insulin sensitivity
• Industry can no longer deny food safety vulnerability

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Three famous wine scandals
• New farm bill becomes law

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• French Born International Sommelier Association (ASI) brings the Best USA Sommelier Competition to the U.S. and Beyond

MEDIA MATTERS

• Is Wine Writing in Decline?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Oregon winemakers test blending in the vineyard
• The Sweet Spot: Understanding Sugar in Wine
• Hybrid wine products: Innovative or merely outrageous?
• Why wine must be wine (and not imitate craft beer)
• Hong Kong wine, ten years later
• The Complete Guide to Vin Santo – Part II
• Great Bubbly From England, Believe It or Not
• The rise of Northwest wine culture
• How fine wine became the NBA’s new status symbol
• When Wines Witness History: South Africa’s Old Vines, And What They’ve Seen
• Unfiltered: Soccer Great Ronaldo Now ‘Commander’ of Ribera Wine Castle; Cam Newton Trots Out Lucky Wine Cleats

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Science and Wine: screening grape skins polyphenols

OLIVE OIL

• The EC foresees that the European production of olive oil fall 1,4% this campaign | Mercacei
• The oil is sold in the store almost twice the price of the oil mill