MARCH 12, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Alcohol Marketplaces 2.0 Part 3: Follow the Money
• Pandemic rules loosened for California breweries, wineries and distilleries (possible paywall)
• Here’s to great women winemakers – not because they’re women, but because they’re great
• Consumer COVID comfort with socializing drops recently.
• Does wine compliance make you cry? We’re here to help with that but need your input!(Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Economic nexus is getting tricky for alcohol sellers
• Vintage Wine Estates readies their SPAC-tacular public offering
• Treasury Wines to offload several US budget brands to The Wine Group in $100 million deal
• Canadian SPAC punts on pot, pivots to premium US wine in last-minute hunt for quality (Then becomes US citizen!)
• Sommeliers Choice Awards launches Shelf talkers and Tasting notes for entrants – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• African-American wine makers lead push to increase diversity in the industry
• Dan Glover and the route to winemaking (possible paywall)
• It took a woman from the French Antilles to shake up champagne making in France

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Becoming a Master Sommelier in the midst of a global pandemic (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Washington Wine: A Tale of Two Industries
• Italy distributes planting rights for 6,722 hectares
• Austria’s vintners suffer from lockdown
• Grow Your Wine Brand In USA with 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa County hears report on wine industry, tourism in flux (possible paywall)
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service.

COVID-19

• President Biden signs the American Rescue Plan with $28.6 billion in restaurant relief into law
• Wine Future 2021: Wine need to prepare for post-covid world
• Italian government approves strict new Covid measures as cases rise
• For French wine pros, Covid smell loss is an ‘amputation’
• Don’t drink alcohol the night before your coronavirus vaccine (maybe?)
• When lack of Covid vaccines inspires a wine label

STARTUPS & NEW BRANDS

• The Debut of HRLM Champagne Celebrates Harlem’s Heritage

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Game-changer for smoke taint risk

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Insatiable demand for pot has created a huge carbon footprint

DROUGHT/WATER

• DWR Releases Draft California’s Groundwater – Update 2020, Seeks Public Comment

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Viticulturists Report Impacts of Climate Change on the Wine Country

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Beer and wine delivery, curbside pickup laws pass SC house

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• A Major Wine Company Goes Public
• Antinori takes over Jermann

AGRIFOODTECH

• Luxury wine wall with ‘robotic arm’ launches

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Outcry From U.S. Whiskey Industry as Wine, Other Tariffs are Suspended

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Natural History of Wine: Entomology & Margerum
• Dalla Terra CEO/founder Brian Larky and Do Bianchi discuss the “State of the Italian Wine Trade,” Wednesday 3/17, 10 a.m. CST WEBINAR.

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• US and UK 2020 primeur tastings cancelled

DATA & TRENDS

• How Ecommerce Data Analysis Works for You (video)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Who is the greatest cheap wine expert in the world?
• OTBN in Lockdown: Divorce Wines, Miami Dust and a Perfect Bottle From Costco

MARKETING & SALES

• Portugal: Are wine brands built in the on-trade?
• World’s richest are buying fine wine and Hermés handbags

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexpo to launch new show in India this year
• Online wine tastings as company events
• Wines from Spain launches ‘mostly digital’ 2021 annual tasting

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Molson Coors halts beer-making operations due to massive cyber-attack

MEDIA MATTERS

• How podcasts have helped tell the story of Washington State wines
• OWN Orders Drama Series ‘The Kings of Napa’ from Janine Sherman Barrois

MATTERS OF TASTE

• From the archive: Steven Spurrier on ‘wine – a way of life’
• Does Wine Lose Its Spirit When the Alcohol Is Removed? (possible paywall)
• A chat on the wines of Hvar, Croatia, Mar 14 7PM CET (Instagram)

WINE PEOPLE

• Hardy Wallace of Dirty & Rowdy on Conversation with Jason (video)
• Philip Corallo-Titus: Chappellet (podcast)
• Researcher in Focus: Dr Armando Corsi
• db meets: Matthew O’Connell of Bordeaux Index

WINE PLACES

• Producer profile: Puklavec Family Wines

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Can cover crops replace synthetic nitrogen?
• Measuring fruit mass on the vine a step forward
• New research provides insight into managing compressed vintages
• Wet year provides valuable comparison in netting trial

EUROPE & THE UK

• English sparkling wine: where do we go from here?
• Piquette, the natural wine craze taking off in the UK, but banned in the EU
• New English wine company sets goal to become top five producer

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina’s largest wine group is growing