MAY 10, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Is Pernod Ricard about to sell Kenwood Vineyards, Jacob’s Creek and other wine brands?
• Yellow Tail’s Casella Wines profits bowled over by US ad spend
• Boston Beer buys rival craft brewery Dogfish Head
• Weaker-than-expected marijuana sales ding California budget
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• US wine, beer, spirits consumption ‘in a holding pattern’ as public leans toward less alcohol
• Calif winegrape acreage up 6.3%, but non-bearing soars 20.5%
• 2018 California Final Grape Crush Report; Total crush 4.5M tons, up 6.2% from 2017
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California just banned chlorpyrifos. Here’s how it will impact SLO County growers
• Farm groups blast planned chlorpyrifos ban
• John Donegon Wilson named winemaker at Round Pond Estate
• The Mission grape is cool in L.A. again, thanks to the natural wine movement
• Like Cooper, like son: The art of barrel-making at Tonnellerie Ô
• Paso winery set to open 23,000 square-foot multi-functional conference and seminar center with tasting room
• Kendall-Jackson Will Take the Fight for a White Wine Emoji to the Next Unicode Meeting
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WILDFIRES

• Wildfire burn zones depleting snowpack across West, which fuels more fires and snow loss, research shows

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Legal cannabis has unique M&A challenges, say California experts
• Santa Barbara County Planning Commission Votes for Stricter Cannabis Regulations
• Breaking Down Weed-Infused Spirits and What They Mean
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AMAZON

• ‘A maturing platform’: Why Amazon’s ad revenue is growing slower
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Don’t panic, but California has yet another water problem
• El Niño Is Now Stronger and Stranger, Coral Records Show
• After its 12 wettest months on record, the United States is virtually drought-free for the first time in decades

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Reducing our carbon output will involve storing more in our soils
• OZ: A window into the climate looking glass
• Drink craft beer, eat ancient grains and other ways to respond to the planet’s loss of biodiversity
• ‘Carbon footprint significantly higher with organics’

REAL ESTATE – What’s this new section about?



INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• US Ends China Trade Truce as Both Sides Plan More Tariffs
• A cast of thousands: products from China facing 25% US tariff
• EU commissioner says agriculture not on agenda for U.S. talks

DISTRIBUTORS

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BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• Experts Provide Realistic Prices for 2018 Bordeaux Wine Futures
• Bordeaux 2018 releases: Palmer goes big on small supply
• Larcis Ducasse 2018 released – “sophistication and class”
• Gloria 2018 released – “once again fabulous”
• Clerc Milon 2018 released – “confidently sensuous”

HEALTH

• The Revolutionary Pin Project Makes It Easier to be Sober at the Bar

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How (And Why) This Bib Gourmand Restaurant Maintains An All-Female Wine List
• The Subscription Economy and the Evolving Wine Buyer
• A more balanced amendment to OIV judging guidelines?
• 10 Tips for Champagne Service
• Wine tasting in Westeros
• Belfort: Wine traders should sell the lifestyle

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Come As You Are – Learnings from the 2019 Bâtonnage Forum

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• The top 10% of Twitter users are women who tweet politics

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine-Searcher turns 20

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The fascination of field blends

WINE PEOPLE

• Interview: new Vinexpo CEO Rodolphe Lameyse

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• ‘Jittery’ consumers, tight labor darken restaurant outlook, survey finds

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Open-source winemaking

EUROPE & THE UK

• Why Spanish Producers Are Seeking Burgundy-Style Classifications
• Château Palmer tests ‘music box’ to help Merlot grow
• AOC Champagne registered and protected in its 110th and 145th export markets

DOWN UNDER

• Aussie rootstocks make their debut
• OZ: Market share gains for independent retailers
• OZ: Water on the agenda for Riverland growers
• OZ: Securing talent in viticulture and winemaking
• OZ: Farmers2Founders provides a path for grape and wine innovators