FEBRUARY 27, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Cannabis: AlcBev’s symbiotic opportunity or detrimental antagonist
• Liquor’s in high spirits with 9th straight year of revenue & share gains at expense of wine and beer
• France: Macron targets 80% ban on glyphosate
• Traces of Bayer’s weed-killing chemical discovered in popular wines and beers
• LATEST: Current road closures and flood conditions in Napa and Sonoma Counties
• Sonoma County officials order mandatory Russian River evacuations
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Teeter-Totter Sues Palm Bay International/Wine Over Mouse, Elephant & Seesaw
• National Consumers League, CSPI + 67 other groups petition TTB for ingredient labeling for AlcBevs
• Millennials love Beatbox, But did Mark Cuban buy into the future or another Annie Green Springs?
• BeatBox bests Saucey, moves into #16 position in Wine Tech fundings with $15.87 million
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• France’s domination of the Chinese wine market takes a beating
• South Africa: Boplaas hails variety champions in early forecast of Harvest 2019
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• James Hocking sets up new Californian wine agency
• Former employee sues Chateau Montelena for wrongful dismissal
• A community and its wines: The other stories of Premiere Napa Valley
• The history behind Napa Valley’s first black-owned estate winery
• Black-Owned Winery in Napa Valley Lands Partnership with Delta Air Lines
• Oakland’s Vibrant Wine Scene Features Bottles Made for and by Black Americans
• Vinesse Wines Acquires Touring & Tasting and Announces Expansion Plans
• Fess Parker Winery Celebrates 30 Years
• ‘Business of Wine’ leaders, legends reveal secrets to success in Sonoma State documentaries
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WILDFIRES

• Smoke-taint threat to wine
• Farmers have a unique stake in PG&E bankruptcy

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cannabis May Hinder California’s Environmental Goals
• California studying cannabis impacts in Mattole River watershed
• Better Dosing May Be Key To Cannabis Industry’s Growth
• The Rise and Rise of the Artisanal Hemp Farm

AMAZON

• Fake Amazon reviews draw fraud charges in groundbreaking FTC case
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Worst flood in 24 years projected for Russian River at Guerneville
• Storm drops as much as 9 inches on Napa County, with road closures and the flood bypass filling
• Farming water: Two ranches set out to see if agriculture and conservation can co-exist facing a water-scarce future
• Fallow Me to Water? Not Likely
• Some science behind the watershed ordinance

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Artisanal organic natural wine going mainstream
• The biodiversity that is crucial for our food and agriculture is disappearing by the day
• Responses to pathogen threats are higher in biodynamic vines
• Growing Enthusiasm For Organic And Biodynamic Products At 2019 Millésime Bio Wine Fair

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• How a Tennessee liquor battle could uncork a wave of wine sales
• Kentucky Distiller’s Association Wants Proposed Wine Shipping Bill Extended To Bourbon
• FedEx’s autonomous delivery robot will begin rolling out summer 2019

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands Promotes Tiffanie De Liberty to Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
• Will Anheuser-Busch Sustain Higher Margins In 2018 Despite Currency Headwinds And Less Revenues?
• LVMH says aiming to boost presence in high-end wines
• Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Reports Q3 2019 Financial Results

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• For Better or Worse: How North American Consumer Spending is Evolving

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• WSTA: No deal Brexit will cost wine industry £70m
• Losing the Prosecco name would be ‘catastrophic’
• Does Trump’s WTO policy put farmers in crosshairs?

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Unique, Micro-Productions of Premiere Napa Valley Wines Now Available to Pre-Order

HEALTH

• Brazil health officials find weedkiller glyphosate non-cancerous
• Every extra pint of beer takes 15 minutes off your life

MARKETING & SALES

• Millennials are not killing the wine industry. We are.

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Flat wine bottles could cut costs and emissions

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook’s new privacy tool is a gamble that could backfire on its ad business
• Setting an Instagram stage — in the restroom

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• How this Australian bank tracked 17,000 kilos of almonds with the blockchain

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Ladies first: How daughters are playing the succession game
• Arbitration agreements must be understood, attorney says

MEDIA MATTERS

• Distinguished Vineyards Sponsors A Fine Line Screening Tour

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A Definition of Wine Appreciation: The first condition (part 2 in a series)
• The Genetic Reasons Why Citrus Fruits Taste So Sour
• When is a wine faulty? with Jamie Goode (podcast)

WINE PEOPLE

• Ben Richards: Making tracks in Marlborough’s wine industry
• Loudoun County’s Jim Corcoran honored with wine industry lifetime achievement award at Governor’s Cup Gala
• Ladies of liquor reveal the secrets of their success

WINE PLACES

• 3 European Wine Regions Producing High-Quality Pinot Noir

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Utah closer to raising alcohol limit in line with most of US

ACADEMIA

• Schumer announces $68.9 million for USDA grape lab at Cornell AgriTech

EUROPE & THE UK

• Beyond glyphosate: French vineyards shift away from controversial weedkiller
• UK: Marks & Spencer taps investors and cuts dividend to fund Ocado deal
• Devauges to join Clos des Lambrays
• Rueda DO turns focus on Rueda rather than Verdejo in renewed UK export campaign

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• “The aim is to make India profitable by 2020,” says Jean-Sébastien Boileau of Laurent-Perrier

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Love the taste of whiskey? Thank an oak tree
• BrewDog Distilling MD: ‘Whisky is ripe for disruption’
• A Secret Crush: California’s Leading Winemakers Are Running on Beer
• The Evolution of the Espresso Martini And Craft Coffee Cocktail Culture