JANUARY 18, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Total U.S. Wine Market Tops $70 Billion
• Total California wine shipments drop
• American wine consumption on the increase
• Honesty Prevails at Supreme Court Wine Case Hearing
• Will millennials be the death of overpriced wine or wine altogether?
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• FULL COVERAGE: Supreme Court Justices Express Skepticism of Tenn Liquor Law
• Silicon Valley Bank 2019 State of the Wine Industry: 7 Headwinds, 7 Tailwinds
• U.S. wine has steadily lost American market share to imports. Now struggling to hold on to 65%
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DATA & TRENDS

• Amid shift in wine consumer demand, Calif cautioned to prepare for ample grape supply
• Americans Drank Less Alcohol in 2018 for the Third Straight Year
• Premium wine sales in the US set to decline in 2019
• Overall US alcohol consumption down despite spirits and wine growth
• Empowering the Next Generation of Wine + Data Leaders: Announcing a Very Special Gift

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine Women Launches Wine Club Professional Forum
• Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2019: An Outspoken Voice for the Little Guy
• Napa County delays winery decision, approves industrial warehouse
• DRINKS Adds Kristopher Scott, Peter Wolfert, and Kelly Martin To Its Leadership Team
• Inside the Growing Role of Social Media Influencers in the Wine Industry *Sponsored Link*

WINE CRIME

• Scammers increasingly target previous victims of wine fraud

WILDFIRES

• PG&E uninsulated power equipment a factor in fires
• Out of the ashes, schools ravaged by wildfire regroup
• PG&E Bankruptcy Could Deal Blow to Its Solar-Power Suppliers’ Finances

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Scientists still cannot agree on whether Cannabis Use Can Cause Schizophrenia

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• It’s Harvesttime for Wine in … Tahiti?!
• Canada’ s Wine Production

DROUGHT/WATER

• A Good Rain Finally Falls in Santa Barbara
• Tornado lands in Fresno County just outside of Clovis
• Storms bring 4 feet of new snow to Sierra Nevada resorts
• California Precipitation Snapshot
• 100% Pure? New Zealand’s deteriorating water raises a stink

THE SHUTDOWN

• Local organizations assist furloughed federal employees

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• South Africa must ‘wake up’ and stop selling bulk wine cheaper than water, VinPro boss says

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Talking Trade – Lafite in focus

HEALTH

• Alcohol units: How many in a glass of wine and what will fail a breathalyser test?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Justices Slam ‘Economic Protectionism’ In Supreme Court Liquor Case, 100 Years After Prohibition
• LVMH sues Hong Kong merchant over XLV wine range

SHORTCUT TO DWI

• Ready for a wine bar in your car?

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine And The African American Community: A Retailer’s Perspective, Straight Up (Part 1 of 2)
• When You’re A Black Man In the Wine Industry (And Everyone Else Isn’t): A Retailer’s Perspective
• The Hunter Valley Wine Country Tourist Signage project receives $2.2million boost
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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Sonoma County Winegrowers use app to draw customers to their wines

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Croatian Family Wine Businesses Even Attracting Americans

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Are indigenous grapes the future for Israeli wine?
• Is That Wine You’ve Been Hoarding Actually Valuable?
• Loire Valley: A Wine Region You Need To Know
• Cool Climate Wines From Adelaide Hills
• A Third-Generation Woodworker in Rural Maine Deals in Barrels and Craft Beer Controversy
• The epic LeBron James wine birthday present
• You’re A Whisky Expert? Not After Two Bourbons And Some Scotch
• Bone deep wines

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Antarctica is Now Losing Ice Six Times Faster Than Previously Recorded

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Allen R. Balik The Wine Exchange: Yeast, as the experts see it
• Grape experts to show mechanical pruning, discuss research

OLIVE OIL

• International Shortage of Olive Oil to Be Compensated by Spain

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• The Women Leading American Cider Forward
• Novel WeChat model opens up Chinese market to Australian wineries
• InventHelp Inventor Develops Salt and Lime Juice Dispenser for Beer Bottles