APRIL 5, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• U.S. Wine Is a Mess, Here’s How to Fix It
• Billionaire Vintner Bill Foley Is the Overlooked Star of SPAC Fundings
• Wine Media Darling’s Reputation Takes a Hit
• Jackson Family Wines Sues E. & J. Gallo Over “La Crema” Trademark.
• Gallo wins wine label law suit over Kendall Jackson
• After proposed 2,800% tax on beer and wine stalls, Oregon lawmakers consider new alcohol price hikes
• How a wine club helped a Healdsburg vintner keep his doors open in 2020 (possible paywall)
• Wine Wholesalers Whine…Again
• Shocking news: Wine tastes better when it costs more money, even when it doesn’t(Sponsored link, premium paywall)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• California Wine Companies See Opportunity in IPO Boom (video)
• Ratings & reviews are useless for wine and movie recommendations, so Netflix killed them and embraced Big Data
• Duckhorn eyes potential for more winery acquisitions following IPO
• Sommeliers Choice Awards launches Shelf talkers and Tasting notes for entrants – (Sponsored link)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• The US has its own supply-chain crisis brewing as dozens of cargo ships remain stuck off the coast of LA as they wait to dock
• Grow Your Wine Brand In USA with 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Newport Beach Permits Wine Tasting Rooms to Operate Within The City’s Industrial Zone
• Cults and garagistes and the story of Mark Herold Wines (possible paywall)
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service.

COVID-19

• California’s Napa and Sonoma wineries pivot for COVID rules (possible paywall)

DIVERSITY

• Two new wine clubs give diversity and inclusion the same attention as what’s in the bottle (possible paywall)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• North Coast wine businesses seek relief from California wildfire insurance woes

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Sonoma County cannabis growers and rural residents still at sharp odds over cultivation rules (possible paywall)

DROUGHT/WATER

• Water Talk Podcast Launches Season 2: ‘Drought Is Back!’

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Napa Green: How One Sustainability Program Is Working to Save Napa Valley

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• China-Australia relations: tax on Aussie wine gives Rothschild family’s estate the chance of a lifetime to supplant Australia’s wine in tempting Chinese palates

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Paso Robles Wine County Alliance Announces Virtual Auction
• Turning Vices Into Profits: Should You Be Investing in Alcohol?
• Investors should buy real assets – from wine to art – as inflation reaches a ‘secular turning point,’ Bank of America says
• How blockchain can cut down fraud in the wine industry

DATA & TRENDS

• Beer countries and wine countries
• With Sour Flavors Trending in Beer and Cocktails, What’s Next For Wine?

MEDIA MATTERS

• Spurrier Shines on Somm TV

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Understanding 21st Century Bordeaux Wines from Wine Reviews Using Naïve Bayes Classifier
• Lost in the memories of the Sherry Triangle
• Phylloxera In Napa Valley: Then and Now
• Jancis Robinson on Wine Aesthetics
• Old Cheese Man Wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Gracianna Winery’s Trini Amador Is Driven by the ‘Gift’ of Gratitude
• Danielle Cyrot, Winemaker, Cade Estate, Napa Valley (podcast)
• EOD Drinks With Stevie Stacionis and Sarah Bray, Founders of Bâtonnage
• Heterogeneous Kremstal with Martin Nigl Jr.
• The Natural Goodness of Amplify Wines: Marlen and Cameron Porter
• Rob Symington – environmental activist

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• ‘Tasting rooms’ trip up wine giant’s proposal in SC
• New tax on Canadian wine will have ‘dire consequences,’ industry warns
• After a Historic Freeze, Texas Winemakers Remain Hopeful
• It’s a Very Exciting Time to Be a Wine Drinker in Philly

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Marvelous mustard: How these golden blooms help North Bay vineyards, pastures

EUROPE & THE UK

• French vineyards on maximum frost alert

AROUND THE GLOBE

• DJs, Thieves and Do-Gooders