FEBRUARY 11, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Ron Miller, Napa winemaker who helped establish SF’s Disney museum, dies
• WineDirect Sues Former Employees for Allegedly Misappropriating Trade Secrets
• Can you charge more for your wine by using gold on the label? Probably!
• Sacramento gathering throws light on vexing changes in nation’s wine business
• Aussie-China wine exports: Zero to hero in two decades
• Are you experienced?
• Myth Vs. Fact: Wine (Satire from The Onion)
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Looking for (and finding!) some bright spots amid the wine data gloom
• US wine exports fall in value and volume for Jan-Sept 2018
• Amazon Prime membership continues to soar even after price rise
• Are We Hiring into a Industry-Wide Downturn?
• Wine Institute receives $6,482,501 from USDA Market Promotion Program for Export Promotion
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• US 2018 grape harvest prices visualized
• Uzbekistan eyes manufacturing wine from French grapes
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• SSU Economic Outlook Conference on Feb. 19 to explore North Bay economy, housing solutions
• Release of key California wine grape reports delayed to April after federal shutdown
• Tannat: the Perfect Grape for Paso Robles?
• The Stags Leap District Winegrowers Sets annual event
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WILDFIRES

• Wildfires continue to burn close to NZ vineyards
• California’s strict wildfire liability rule hangs over bankrupt PG&E
• Report criticizes fire agencies’ cooperation during Mendocino Complex blaze

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cannabis earnings: Pot stocks’ downturn may drown Aurora and others in red ink

AMAZON

• How Amazon Is Disrupting European E-commerce
• Is Amazon Still Coming to New York City?
• How Amazon’s Booming NYC Neighborhood Got Tax Perks Meant for the Poor
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DROUGHT/WATER

• EPA, California Consider Regulation of Chemicals Found in Ski Gloves and Frying Pans Also Showing Up in US Waterways

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Native Australian microbats could be a natural pest solution for vineyards
• The Many Sides of Sustainability
• Sustainability concerns and alternative proteins shifting the dynamic for beef and pork

ICE WINE

• Made in Michiana: 12 Corners uses bitter cold to harvest Ice Wine
• How to make an icon wine in an obscure region
• Here’s What Icewine Harvesting in Niagara Wine Country Looks Like

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Texas and North Carolina revise reporting requirements for alcohol licensees

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

• Horse ranch with private airstrips on the market in Kenwood for $6.5M

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• The Treasury Wine share price is at a 5-month high. Is it a buy?

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• NZ: Booster buys Mahana winery
• NZ: Central Otago winery Carrick up for sale
• Foley Family Wines buys NZ’s Mt Difficulty Wines
• Investing in wine: Altamount Capital reaches Chandigarh to guide investors
• AB InBev’s ZX Ventures acquires remaining stake in RateBeer

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• China Takes a Shine to Aussie Wine
• Wine from Samaria Finds New Market in China
• Japan slashes EU wine prices as EU trade agreement takes effect

BREXIT

• ‘Buy your wine now’: the Bordeaux vineyards bottling before Brexit
• Berkmann Wine Cellars reveals plans to stablise pricing ahead of Brexit
• Scanning the horizon for Brexit risks and EU benefits

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux 2015 reassessed at Southwold-on-Thames
• Sotheby’s predicts rosy rare wine market

HEALTH

• Dublin’s first alcohol-free bar gears up for launch
• Proportion of Australians drinking declines
• In Search of a Better Bender: The Case for Vitamin-Enriched Alcohol
• Deadly brew: At least 76 people die in India after drinking bootleg liquor

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Dear Supreme Court: Please End All Inter-State Wine Shipping
• McLaren Vale edges towards sub-regional recognition

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Mustard, honey, hot sauce: Every gourmet food product is getting its own ‘sommeliers’
• Fake sommelier pins sold online in Japan
• The Secrets of Airline Sommeliers

MARKETING & SALES

• Using Half Bottles to Drive Sales in Restaurants and Wine Bars
• Beer sales at highest level in 45 years

MEDIA MATTERS

• James Halliday to open Wine Media Conference
• Austria’s Mr Wine Signs Off

MATTERS OF TASTE

• There’s Incredible Value in Quality South African Wine — It’s Just Up to the Rest of the World to Notice
• Beware of Rosé, Spain is a must and other wine trends for 2019
• The trade views Sauvignon ‘like a crossbreed puppy’
• Billaud-Simon 2017: what do the new Chablis wines taste like?
• Exploring the Aesthetics and Philosophy of Food and Wine
• Sommelier Roundtable: What’s in Your Personal Cellar?
• If you want interesting, affordable wines, look to Argentina
• The hidden red of the Southern Rhône
• Eastern Europe’s rise from bargain basement to soaring ambition
• The peacock of Tasmania
• The veil of un-knowingness over Southern Italian wine
• The Wines You Should Buy in 2019, According to Critic Robert Parker
• Madeira Wine’s Fascinating History
• Graham’s launches first premium White Port

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: HMRC announces tax break for vineyard and cider orchard owners

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Fresh ideas woo Chinese wine buffs

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Oxford in 1335: riots and dodgy wine!

OLIVE OIL

• Italian Producers Lose a Champion
• Jaencoop to Become Second Largest Olive Oil Producer After Merger

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Italy: From All Over the World for Beer Attraction
• Mexico’s Spirit of Independence Still Shines – Tequila