JANUARY 16, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• SVB 2019 State of the Industry: 7 Headwinds, 7 Tailwinds
• Silicon Valley Bank Predicts Premium Wine Sales Growth Will Decline Again in 2019
• Off-premise case sales of wine have been dropping; revenues flattening
• Wine fraud prominent during holiday season
• What percentage of cork should a cork-based stopper have from a mechanical perspective?
• Trade, farm labor and opioids discussed at AFBF annual convention
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Free shipping is STILL the #1 motivation for online shoppers!
• Claims about harms from organic wine & farming are junk science from a stealth corporate misinformation group
• Moderate drinking good news drove wine consumption. What’ll happen now that Anti-Alc forces are in control? Some answers may come next week.
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Millennials still missing as fine-wine core consumers, says Silicon Valley Bank report
• Imported Wine’s Value Rises In The U.S., Despite Volume Dip
• Cognac reports record export growth

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Emetry Welcomes DtC & Analytics Expert Robert Krumm to Their Board of Advisors
• Former Apple Execs Buy Napa’s Brand Winery
• How will PG&E bankruptcy impact San Luis Obispo County?
• Evacuation Order Lifted for Santa Barbara County
• Jerry DeLorenzo hired as Executive Sales Manager for Barrel Associates International
• Inside the Growing Role of Social Media Influencers in the Wine Industry *Sponsored Link*

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cannabis retailers multiplying in Santa Rosa, with objections raised by schools, rival projects

CHEAPER THAN RIEDEL FOR SURE

• I Tried Drinking Wine from a Pringles Can
• Victoria Beckham took a hipflask to the theatre to avoid unsuitable interval wine

DATA & TRENDS

• ‘Marked decline’ in US millennials drinking wine is ‘wake-up’ for the industry
• 2019 wine trends: Cans, tech, sake

HEALTH

• Coca-Cola launches Bar Nøne line of alcohol-free sparkling drinks
• Stop Drinking Expert Ready to Help Nashville Problem Drinkers Quit, in One Day
• Pilbara alcohol bans described as ‘short-sighted’ and ‘clumsy’
• Health tax in Qatar: Price hikes as 100% levy on alcohol, energy drinks, and pork introduced

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Wine spills onto the docket at the Supreme Court
• Carrie Nation and the 18th Amendment: Prohibition’s history
• SAfrica supplier sues after R4.5m US wine deal goes (literally) sour

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Same wine, different tastes: Study pits B.C. oenophiles against Montreal sommeliers
• B.C. and Quebec wine experts favour different taste profiles, study finds
• Stop searching for perfect wine and cheese matches

MARKETING & SALES

• Here’s why the Supreme Court might be uncorking wine sales in a city near you
• How Vias Imports Built a Business on Native Italian Grapes
• Cost of a bottle of wine in the 10 most expensive cities, ranked
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TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Australia’s first all-female drinks festival announced
• Brand new Vinexpo wine and spirits event to launch in 2020

NATURAL WINE

• Verjus answers the call of San Francisco’s natural wine scene
• Portland’s tiniest wine bar specializes in natural wines

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine Worlds and Distributed Agency
• Berger on wine: Maximizing acidity the key to warm-climate grapes
• Wine, etc.: Cold weather is perfect for cognac and port
• Le Sincette, Chiaretto DOC, Italy; Where Have you Been All of My Life?
• Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2019: Oregon’s Wine Culture

WINE PEOPLE

• Laurent Delaunay resurrects family’s Burgundian estate

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Peracetic acid shines in sanitizer study

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Sales Kickoff of Hemp Wine In China
• Harbour Bottling enters Chinese markets as love for SA wine grows

SOUTH AFRICA

• What’s really going on in SA wine

OLIVE OIL

• Turkey Accused of Selling Stolen Syrian Olive Oil as Its Own
• Export Ban Adversely Impacts Libya’s Olive Oil Industry

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• The Brew Coop, a pour-it-yourself beer bar, opens on Valencia Street
• Quinoa Whiskey Banks on a Looser Definition of ‘Grains’
• Wheat Wine Is the Most Extreme Craft Beer Style You Haven’t Been Drinking
• Craft Beer Looks Beyond ‘Young White Dudes With Beards’
• Whiskey, cream liqueur and gin drive Irish beverage exports
• Sake Suki’s Mission to Bring Japanese Beverage Beyond Sushi Bars