JANUARY 25, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Are the foothills becoming a refuge for Napa vintners looking for less expensive land?
• Pacific Highway Wines Sets New Renwood Plans in Motion
• UK reaches parity with US in online wine sales; rest of Europe lags
• Tubbs Fire: State blames private electrical equipment for deadly Wine Country blaze
• Global Wine Auction Market Exceeds $479 Million in 2018
• Top tips to aspiring young winemakers from Chris Thomas of Dowie Doole. Click now to learn more! *Sponsored Link*

DEALS

• Seattle tax firm buys Compli
• Rombauer Vineyards Acquires Renwood Winery Facility In Sierra Foothills
• Delicato Family Wines Forms Fine Wine Sales and Marketing Division

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• New DTC Report long on data tidbits, marred by errors and unsupported claims, short on context or actionable info
• Venture investments in wine – 2019 gets started: Top 48 total approaches $1 Bil – + Vinebox & Wine.com update
• Devilishly low Calif unemployment rates will make it almost impossible for companies to hire people this year
• How To Sell Wine Into Restaurants Effectively*Sponsored Link*

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Climate change and the future of wine

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• New Nematode Found in California Soil
• California City Launches “Goat Fund Me” for Wildfire-Preventing Goats
• Inside the Growing Role of Social Media Influencers in the Wine Industry *Sponsored Link*

WILDFIRES

• Tubbs fire report a blow to plaintiffs suing PG&E
• Experts: PG&E Bankruptcy Likely Despite Positive Fire Report
• Santa Rosa, Sonoma County to ponder next steps against PG&E after Tubbs fire report

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Football great Joe Montana looking to score with marijuana
• How does social equity factor in Fresno cannabis industry?

AMAZON

• Google’s Bid to Battle Amazon Suffers Blow as Walmart Withdraws
• Where Amazon Returns Go to Be Resold by Hustlers

BREXIT

• Perfect storm causes glass shortage and price hikes for UK wine industry
• Brexit update
• Japan’s Asahi looks beyond Brexit Britain with Fuller’s beer buy

DROUGHT/WATER

• Turn it off: Why the wine industry should prioritise dry farming
• Drought Monitor Weekly: Abundant Rain, Snow with Cold East, Warm West

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Direct Sales Alters US Wine Market

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• PG&E’s stock soars on New York Stock Exchange as its financial outlook brightens

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Sogrape Seeks Major Leap Forward For Portuguese Wines In The U.S. Market
• OZ: Avola entered onto Register of Protected Geographical Indications and Other Terms
• South Africa’s top wine export markets in 2018
• In 2018, Ukrainian winemakers exported their products to the tune of over $38 million, up 20% compared with 2017
• Thailand proposes an import certificate for wine

DISTRIBUTORS

• Delicato Fully Integrates V2 Brands
• Joseph Phelps joins La Place

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Burgundy trade share hits another record weekly high and Neal Martin moves the market

DATA & TRENDS

• How Any of Us Can Start the Wine + Data Analysis Journey, for Free
• The Top 10 Wine Trends of 2018

MARKETING & SALES

• What Do You Sell When You Sell Wine?
• How To Sell Wine Into Restaurants Effectively *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• New, Luxury Single-Serve Glass Wine Bottle Available from Ardagh Group and GPS Global Brands

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• 2019 International Volcanic Wine Conference Explores Saltiness & Minerality

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Literature Review Lightning Round: 14th Edition

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Dry January is almost over – time to try a new wine
• Dan Berger On Wine: The truest wine lovers
• The 5280 Guide to Colorado Wine
• Why wine in a tin is the next big thing
• Both the Arizona dessert and cold Wisconsin produce good wine
• Kelowna ice wine harvest isn’t looking so hot
• It’s a sauvignon celebration
• The Complete Guide to Australian Wine by Style

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• The Oregon Wine Industry’s Direct Shipping Success Story

ACADEMIA

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Santa Barbara’s 1969 Oil Spill Reverberates Today

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Grape growers feeling the stress of berry splits

EUROPE & THE UK

• Champagne Lanson appoints new President
• The Most Expensive Vineyards in Bordeaux, Mapped

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Vintage 2019: are your grape intake records up to scratch?

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Indigenous varietals are infusing life into Uzbekistan’s near-forgotten wine industry

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Don’t Skimp When You’re Making White Russians