APRIL 22, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Drought emergency declared in Sonoma, Mendocino Counties (possible paywall)
• Wine DtC Shipments and Off-Premise Retail (March 2021 Special Report)
• Americans Prefer Dining Outdoors to Indoors, But Comfort With Both Stagnates
• Wine Consumption Collapsed Last Year to Its Lowest Level in Two Decades
• Frost damage could cut French wine output by a third
• The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Global Wine Consumption Hits a New Low
• Why a “Netflix of wine” is impossible with current recommendation methods
• Wine’s best known right-wing extremist among FBI’s record number of domestic terror arrests
• Final Call To Enter In The 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards. Submission closes on April 20, 2021 – (Sponsored link)
• Ohio regulators: Why can’t wine writers get samples in your state? – Premium Paywall

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• First End-of-Pandemic Wine DTC Data Is Good News
• Everyone Benefits if NJ Adopts Free the Grapes Legislation
• Top sommeliers on why they take part in Sommeliers Choice Awards (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Wine in NielsenIQ Tracked Channels Down in week ending April 10 but Up Sharply Versus Two Years Ago
• The bulk market for Provence rosés dips
• Frost claims between 30% and 50% of Bordeaux
• Cold Snap Concerns Northeast Fruit Growers
• Which will be the best restaurant wine in the USA? (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Vineyard Team’s Juan Nevarez Memorial Scholarship
• How Windsor officials failed to uncover an allegation that Dominic Foppoli assaulted a woman in a hot tub (possible paywall)
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service.

COVID-19

• State liquor law keeping NYC eateries from COVID recovery

DIVERSITY

• These Black Beverage Pros Want to Make Wine More Accessible
• 42 BAME students apply for Golden Vines Diversity Scholarships

HEALTH

• ‘Cutting Back’ On My Drinking Landed Me In The Hospital. Here’s Why.
• Science says hangovers actually get easier as you get older

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• These maps show why California is bracing for another extreme fire season (possible paywall)
• Napa County declines Fire Boss planes for the 2021 wildfire season (possible paywall)
• UC Davis researchers examine the severity of the effects of smoke taint on California wine

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• CBD and alcohol in Europe: How should brands navigate this tricky space?

AMAZON

• Amazon to let Whole Foods shoppers pay with a swipe of their palm

DROUGHT/WATER

• California’s droughts sometimes make better wine – but they’re bad for the industry overall. Here’s why (possible paywall)
• UC: Lodi Water Management Workshop filmed 3/11/21 (video)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Winegrowers band together to address environmental challenges and ensure long-term success
• Organic Wines Prevail in an Analysis of French Wine Ratings
• The environmental hangover from NZ’s winemaking
• Moët Hennessy wants to ship more sustainably
• Ruinart Unveils A Sustainable ‘Second Skin’ Champagne Case In The U.S. For Earth Day (possible paywall)

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Bayer Deal Pays Roundup Plaintiff to Keep Fighting in Court (possible paywall)

REAL ESTATE

• Legacy Family Vineyard, Howell Mtn AVA – Ultra-Premium Cab & Zin, Winery Potential, 2 residences. 33 acres + water. – (Sponsored link)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard records return to sales growth in Q3

AGRIFOODTECH

• ‘Barney’ the Swiss robot bartender can mix dozens of cocktails, tell jokes and sanitise itself

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Enoforum USA Bonus Session: Use of Ultra-High Pressure Homogenization
• Harpers upcoming webinar: The Diversity of Argentina

MEDIA MATTERS

• A book review of “Wines of the Rhône”
• Brenna Quigley Presents ‘Roadside Terroir’ Podcast
• The SOMM Journal Launches New Chapter for Geographical Digest Virtual Wine Series

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Ancient Greek Varieties Making Thoroughly Modern Wines
• Musical Timbre and the Texture of Wine
• Grapes of Spain: Indigenous White Grapes (video)

WINE PLACES

• Warnshuis realizes dream of Utopia along Oregon’s tiny Ribbon Ridge

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Record-setting Date for Late Frost in Texas Vineyards
• For Washington wine, the glasses are half full

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Will there be a spray-on cure for Pierce’s Disease?
• The Complete Guide to Fighting Frost

EUROPE & THE UK

• Biondi Santi’s new owner

DOWN UNDER

• Improving virus management in the Australian wine industry

SOUTH AFRICA

• Ban on wine sales in South Africa was ‘surprising’, says head of international organisation

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Chromatography Investigates the Role of Terroir in Whisky
• Cracking open the mystery of how many bubbles are in a glass of beer