MARCH 22, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Big Alcohol Is Bracing for a More Sober Future
• Canned Wine “Hot Brands” See Further Gains Ahead
• Did Monsanto fail to warn consumers about risks of Roundup?
• Food & beverage e-commerce grows, but remains smaller portion of online sales than other products
• Embattled central Pa. winery owner turns to hemp to save his vineyard
• U.S. whiskey exports dry up as tariffs bite
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Oregon winemakers push bills to clamp down on out-of-state competition
• Wineinformatics: Using Qualitative Measures to Answer Quantitative Questions – A Guest Post by David Morrison
• Roundup weed killer significant factor in Sonoma County man’s cancer, says California jury
• Vintage Wine Estates Purchases 1,986 Acre Laetitia Winery Estate on the California Central Coast
• John Duarte is out to prove that junk science unjustly railroaded his federal court case
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Bordeaux wine exports to UK stable despite global downturn
• U.S. table grape imports and exports both up in 2018
• ‘Problems’ in France to blame for Champagne decline
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Paso: Pomar Junction Winery closing tasting room
• California wine’s new paradigm: Bright, juicy, translucent reds
• Opening at Sebastopol film fest focuses on vineyard workers after the 2017 fires
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WILDFIRES

• California wildfire season looms: How can technology help?

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Can You Trust What’s in Your Weed?
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AMAZON

• How C-stores Can Ward Off the Infiltration of Amazon
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ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Pommard Landmark Clos de la Commaraine Gets A Biodynamic, And Luxury, Renovation

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Direct-to-Consumer (DtC) Wine Shipping Trends Webinar
• Who will replace the wine-loving boomers?

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Willamette Valley Vineyards Posts a Profit for 2018
• MillerCoors Takes Beer Battle With Anheuser-Busch to Court

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Schumer Calls For Lower Tariffs On Wine To Canada

BREXIT

• Here’s What British People Would Eat in a Worst-Case Brexit

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• DRC Smashes Through Another Price Ceiling
• Fine wine investment: All in good time
• DRC Montrachet dominates London sale

HEALTH

• New Volvos to automatically pull over drink drivers

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Singapore Airlines to introduce a new Burgundy to wine list ‘every two months’

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Coca-Cola, wine harvest cause bottleneck in Germany
• Ardagh Group hosts Sustainable Brewing & Packaging event

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• TFWA launches innovation lab

MEDIA MATTERS

• A better translation for barbatella: Italian-English wine glossary updated! (includes multiple new entries)
• Food & Wine Launches New Restaurant Industry-Focused Section

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Australian Wine Today: Fresh, Crunchy and ‘Smashable’
• The fear of sweet white wines is greatly exaggerated
• Behind Portugal’s Traditional Amphorae Wines
• America’s best-kept wine secret
• Swallow your Pride

WINE PEOPLE

• Robin Lail and the Porto Protocol
• How Lady of the Grapes is helping balance wine’s gender inequality
• Interview with Moe Momtazi, Owner of Momtazi Estate and Maysara Winery

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• How will the USDA’s ruling on GMO labelling affect US food?

ACADEMIA

• Cornell’s $$68.9M Facility Will Study Grape Quality, Resistance to Diseases
• Laramie County Community College may start fermentation science degree program

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Are You Throwing Money on Your Vineyard Floor?
• Fruit Growers Learn How to Take Biocontrol Fight to Problem Pests
• 5% of grape varieties show little sensitivity to mildew
• Weighing up the gains and losses from fining and filtration

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Berkmann shakes up fine wine division

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Pilbara liquor restrictions placed on ice as AHA appeal upheld

LATIN AMERICA

• Brazil Waives Entry Visa Requirements for U.S. Citizens

OLIVE OIL

• California olive growers facing losses get offer of new buyer

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• 6 Descriptors Beer Professionals Avoid
• Crowns & Hops Is Bringing Craft Beer to ‘The New Now’