APRIL 11, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• 2018 California Final Grape Crush Report; Total crush 4.5 tons, up 6.2% from 2017
• Statewide highlights from Calif’s Record 2018 Wine Grape Crush
• Michael Elliott has passed away
• Stanford study finds drinkers value beer less if they think it’s brewed by a woman
• Fungicides used in viticulture linked to new disease
• Booze Dynasties Control $70 Billion of World’s Liquor Wealth
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2018 CALIFORNIA CRUSH

• North Coast grape crop hits record with $2 billion harvest
• Crush report: Napa grape prices — the highest in the state — rose again in 2018
• Second Largest Final Grape Crush Report in Nearly A Decade

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• A new owner and a new era for Grace Family Vineyards, Napa Valley’s original cult Cabernet
• 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

• Argentina: Grupo Peñaflor shows record exports in 2018
• Australia: wine market for Australian wine
• OZ vintage report: Geographe, WA
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• When California wineries change hands, it matters
• Santa Barbara Wine Futures Event Benefits Vineyard Workers
• Notre Vue Estate welcomes several new management figures
• Feik resigning as Calistoga city manager
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TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Proposed hemp bill would resolve ‘glitches’
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AMAZON

• Why Amazon Cash is struggling to grow users
• Amazon Go stores to accept cash under growing pressure to serve low-income shoppers
• How Microsoft and Google are using a fear of Amazon to court retailers
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Full allocations hard to reach despite storms
• State wetlands policy returns to original intent
• Stanford study offers a way to map where flooded fields best replenish groundwater
• Water for irrigators: Klamath Water Users Association announces Project delivery
• Santa Barbara declares end to drought emergency
• Using flood water for Managed Aquifer Recharge

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Rasmussen on climate change, ‘cool pockets’ and rotundone
• Mike Turner: biodynamics & meeting James Millton will change your life
• Why the Guardian is putting global CO2 levels in the weather forecast

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• The Technology Evolution of 3-Tier Distribution
• Beer and wine could soon be delivered to Alabama doorsteps

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PUBLIC COMPANIES

• What’s Behind Constellation’s $1.7 Billion Wine Brand Sale
• Independents prepare to fill the gap left by Majestic
• LVMH Does It Again, as Buoyant Message Gets a Cheer
• America’s Favorite Cult Grocer Tries Its Magic in New York City

DISTRIBUTORS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine Wine beats hedge funds and art works as stable investment
• iDealwine eyes rise of Rhône and ‘natural’ icons
• Willamette Goes Big at Auction
• How To Build a Wine Collection at Home Without the Stress

HEALTH

• Death by wine?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Two days judging European grocery store wine
• Aspen’s the Little Nell Names New Wine Director

MARKETING & SALES

• Firstleaf and the First Rule of Wine Marketing—Tell The Truth
• ‘Retail apocalypse’ now: Analysts say 75,000 more U.S. stores could be doomed.
• The science of email marketing: How psychology can help email open rates

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Eight takeaways on closure choice and cork taint in Washington wine
• Okanagan research says wine labels may be influencing your tastes

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinitaly to launch Chinese trade show in 2020

MEDIA MATTERS

• Newsletter flies under the radar

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Who says chardonnay can’t be cool?
• Why Rosé?
• Three wacky fermenters

WINE PEOPLE

• Q&A with Jim Saunders from Hearst Ranch Winery

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• NY: The Secret Soho Restaurant Dedicated to Oenophiles

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: What the Aquilinis are up to on Red Mountain
• Virginia Wines: American History in a Glass
• A trip through Kansas wine country: Home-grown and family owned

EUROPE & THE UK

• European Court of Justice hears case over labeling wine from West Bank and Golan
• Marie Brizard cooperates with competition watchdog after raids in the sector
• Time for Prosecco Superiore to fly the flag for Italy’s sparkling wine
• Four disease-resistant varieties similar to Ugni blanc available in 2021
• Wine consumption dropped in Ireland last year

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s Noble Dragon beats big-brand wines in blind tasting
• Chinese wine merchant sentenced over smuggled wines
• Wine brands from China make their official debut in France

OLIVE OIL

• US Threatens Tariffs on EU Olive Oil Imports

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• OR: Micro hop farm caters to micro breweries
• Grasshopper secretion-infused Bourbon launches in US