MARCH 9, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Great wine adventurer Steven Spurrier has died
• The Wine Industry Takes on the Markets
• Pernod Ricard rumoured to be mulling Treasury Wine takeover
• The Dreaded Wine Tariffs Are Suspended. Now What?
• As pandemic drinking surges, is it time to add warning labels to alcohol?
• How covid-19 triggered America’s first female recession in 50 years
• Does wine compliance make you cry? We’re here to help with that but need your input!(Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• Steven Spurrier passes away
• Wine world legend Steven Spurrier, 1941-2021
• ‘Great man of wine’ Steven Spurrier dies at home
• Francis J. Valloreo, former Inquirer truck driver and winemaker extraordinaire, dies at 84

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Canadian SPAC punts on pot, pivots to premium US wine in last-minute hunt for quality (Then becomes US citizen!)
• A close look at the Vintage Wine Estate acquisition path that’s led to its upcoming public offering
• The Duckhorn Portfolio files for an estimated $300 million IPO
• How genes wreck wine recommendations
• Sommeliers Choice Awards launches Shelf talkers and Tasting notes for entrants – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• Q&A with Somm & Author Jaton Gunter: Part 2 (video)
• Celebrating Women in Beverage Alcohol Distribution
• Leading the Charge to Level the Playing Field: Rania Zayyat
• Five Inspiring Women in the World of Wine
• Get To Know These Three Women Shaking Up The Wine & Spirits Industries (possible paywall)
• Hispanics in Wine Launches Website to Amplify, Educate and Empower the Hispanic and Latinx Wine Communities

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• How This DTC Wine Platform Is Engaging Sommeliers And Educating Consumers To Revolutionize The Way We Buy Wine (possible paywall)
• Becoming a Master Sommelier in the midst of a global pandemic (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• With buds opening on grapevines, Sonoma County grape growers look forward to 2021 season
• Record retail sales of Austrian wine fail to make up for on-trade slump
• Grow Your Wine Brand In USA with 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley’s Merus names Baugher head winemaker
• Napa County will develop rules to allow micro-wineries to offer wine tasting (possible paywall)
• Resurrecting Napa history — Bill Davies wines are a ‘fresh take on old times’ (possible paywall)
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service.

COVID-19

• COVID Impact on Oregon Wine Pt 3 (podcast)

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• 12 Predictions for the Future of Consumer Cannabis

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Tablas Creek Vineyard Cultivates Growing Market For Regenerative Products With Decades-Old Winemaking Practices (possible paywall)

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Xenophobia, Racism and Classism: The Sinister Roots of America’s Prohibition
• Marshall Fawley on Legal Talk Today Podcast

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo Acquires Recently Launched ‘Ranch Water’ Hard Seltzer (possible paywall)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• How tariffs have affected wine and spirits

BREXIT

• Brexit’s effect on the UK wine scene
• EU says it agrees post-Brexit WTO agriculture quotas with U.S.

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Zoom talk: What exactly is in your wine?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• No Glamour in Wine Judging
• The Wine Makers – Pix.Wine (podcast)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine.com Hosts 11th Annual Industry Growth Summit

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Increase in Hiring by Wineries May Indicate Optimism for Coming Months

MEDIA MATTERS

• Memo to CNN: Searching for Italian Wine?
• New English wine book Sussex by the Glass released

MATTERS OF TASTE

• ‘Funky’ Wine: Friend or Flaw? Experts Weigh in on Wine’s Most Divisive Descriptor
• The language of tasting
• How Good and Bad Weather Affect Your Wine
• Getting under the skin of Hungary’s new-style dry Furmint
• French chemists discover the science behind the perfect red wine pairing
• How the recent disgorgement ‘kiss of life’ works in Bollinger R.D. 2007
• The effects of music on wine can be tasted at Châteauneuf-du-Pape

WINE PEOPLE

• People to Know: Steven Spurrier (video)
• Master Sommelier Ian Cauble On Why Pinot Noir Rules, Proper Wine Temps and Changing the Industry
• The man who makes the greatest kosher wine on Planet Earth: Jeff Morgan
• Interview with Lucia Romero of Dos Minas
• Brittany Gibson, Executive Director of the Seneca Lake Wine Trail (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Paitin: standing the test of time in Barbaresco

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Idaho legislative panel endorses plan to shift money from wine to hop commission (possible paywall)

ACADEMIA

• CRŪ Winery Launches Scholarship with California State University System
• Northwest Farm Credit Services donates $2 million to support WSU research and students
• UF researchers helping Florida wineries ramp up sparkling wine production

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Wineries and the Spotted Lanternfly

EUROPE & THE UK

• A Wine Renaissance in Calabria
• DO Cava unveils latest push to ‘elevate quality perception’
• The Douro Valley Of Portugal Gains Increased Renown For Single Variety Wines (possible paywall)
• UK: Unmet need for no and low wine options, new report finds

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• The Quest to Diversify the Craft Beer World
• The Single Beer That Dominated Egypt for More Than a Century