APRIL 9, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Anatomy of the Rising Import Threat to U.S. Wine
• US Wine Exports slip nearly 5%
• FTC Kills RNDX/Breakthrough Merger
• Wine Industry Floods The TTB With Its Opinions On Wine Nutritional Labeling
• China massively dominates global e-commerce, with more than 3X the revenues of #2 U.S.
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Sonoma County vintner killed in crash near family vineyards
• 2018 California Preliminary Grape Crush Report – April 10
• Thirstie Advances to #17 in WineTech Fundings With $7 Mil Round
• John Duarte is out to prove that junk science unjustly railroaded his federal court case
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• US threatening tariffs on Europe’s cheese and wine. Could this brie the start of a trade war?
• U.S. Wine Exports and a Down-Under Perspective
• Californian wine under £20 boosts UK sales
• Domestic sales remains biggest category for Australian wine
• Port 2017 declared in rare ‘back to back’ vintage
• Armenian wine, beer and juice to be exported to Denmark
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley vintner Agustin Huneeus Jr. to plead guilty in nationwide college admissions case
• Mike Dunne’s parting thoughts after 46 years on the California wine beat
• The Wine Mavericks That Heralded a New Generation at U.C. Davis
• 30 Years of Tablas Creek: 10 Things We Got Right (and Wrong)
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TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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AMAZON

• Amazon is slashing prices at Whole Foods again — and shoppers are noticing
• Why brands are turning to Amazon Prime Video to distribute their own content
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DROUGHT/WATER

• KID, KWUA sue agencies over water supply

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• USDA seeks public comments on conservation practice standards
• Champagne Focuses on Sustainable Winemaking
• Three facts about the global organic wine market
• Understanding Clean Wine Designations
• Uncorking the science of climate change and wine (podcast)

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands: ‘2019 sees a monumental shift for Corona as it expands into a more comprehensive beer family’

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• PA: Naylor winery, vineyard purchased by York County neighbor Allegro

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• EU plans for own retaliation in aircraft dispute with U.S.
• Export experiences shared at China-Australia Wine Marketing Summit

DISTRIBUTORS

• OH: RedHead Wine Expands Walmart Distribution
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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• WILLAMETTE: The Pinot Noir Auction raises more than $1 million

HEALTH

• The Changing Perceptions on Drinking While Pregnant
• Mediterranean Diet Linked to Lower Risk of Bladder Cancer

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• FDA Issues Guidance on Hops and Wine Grapes

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Millennials Are Sick of Drinking, but they’re not giving up booze just yet.

MARKETING & SALES

• On Wine Marketing—Be the Winery that Champions your AVA
• How these nine stores are getting inventive with wine merchandising

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Proposed Federal Alcohol Labeling Revisions Retain Constitutionally Suspect Review Standards
• Berlin Packaging acquires Verrerie Calvet in France

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Inside the Chengdu wine fair

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Analytical Wine Tasting, Consumer Focus Group And Survey Available At One Social Media Site
• Australian Instagram personalities found to be under influence of alcohol industry
• Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram was the greatest regulatory failure of the past decade
• Snap is building an ad network to run ads inside other apps

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Ways That Pay to Play Is Killing Drinks Journalism (podcast)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sangiovese throws a strange quercetin deposit
• Understanding tension in wine
• How tall is your mountain? How important are you? How do you rank?

WINE PEOPLE

• Paul Kalemkiarian Will Taste Literally Anything
• Jeremiah Tower on Champagne in Restaurants
• I’ll Drink to That: Geologist Brenna Quigley (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• The Pulse of Napa Valley’s Crocker & Star
• Larkmead Winery of Napa Valley Balances Brawn With Complexity

WINE TOURISM

• What it’s like to ride the Napa Valley wine train

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Wine Game Changes on Washington’s Red Mountain

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Maceration and micro-oxygenation two important phases of winemaking

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Fraudsters involved in £1m wine scam jailed for 17 years
• France: Maxime Toubart launches an appeal to wine appellations
• UK: Vineyard owners make their case to sell wine on their site near Cross-in-Hand
• Vijay Mallya’s first extradition appeal rejected

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Murray Valley Winegrowers executive officer Mike Stone leaving role

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African Wine History: Fighting for Vergelegen, then and now

AROUND THE UNIVERSE

• Grapes on Mars? [Republic of] Georgia winemakers aiming high

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Are Crafts looking to kill the pubs in Illinois?
• How spirits brands are preparing for Brexit
• Beer and fodder crop has been deteriorating for 6,000 years