APRIL 29, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• The Path To Netflix-Quality Wine Recommendations Leads Through The Doors of Perception
• On-Premise AlcBev Sales Will Get Boost From Increased Dining Comfort (Vaccinations?)
• Value of Australian wine exports to China falls 96 per cent
• The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wine brand equity eroding worldwide
• Wine’s best known right-wing extremist among FBI’s record number of domestic terror arrests
• America’s Top Wine Buyers to Judge USA Wine Ratings 2021 – (Sponsored link)
• Is Gallo about to change the idea of winery tasting rooms forever?– Premium Paywall

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• 5 Fast Facts about Retailers Shipping DtC
• Bob Paulinski MW: Why I Want to Be a Judge in USA Wine Ratings –  (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Henkell Freixenet reports record UK turnover
• Australian UK wine exports continue to rise
• Is it possible that we just released the first varietal Vaccarese bottling… ever?
• How USA Wine Ratings Judges Wines in the Same Way Consumer Do – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Chalone Vineyard Announces New Winemaker
• Healdsburg’s Aperture Cellars adds hospitality, winemaking, client relations managers
• Napa Valley’s Brandlin Winery changes name
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service.

COVID-19

• Sonoma County could qualify next week for least restrictive reopening tier

REAL ESTATE

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

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Bollinger’s first “real” investment outside France

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• 88 U.S. and EU Organizations Urge U.S. and EU Presidents to Remove Retaliatory Tariffs on Products Not Involved in Trade Disputes

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Wine & IP: plant patents and the discovery of adaptable hybrid grapes

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The rise of Burgundy volume trade
• Bordeaux 2020: En Primeur with Liv-ex

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Perception of Flavor: A Basic Primer on Cross-Modal Interactions

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Case Against Expensive Wine
• Coat of many colors: myriad shades of natural wine in southern California.

WINE PEOPLE

• Listener Questions with Spencer Christian (podcast)
• db meets: Douglas Jacobsohn, Busi Jacobsohn

WINE PLACES

• We Asked Winemakers: What’s Your Dream Winemaking Region?
• Chapel Down’s rise to success

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• New York Will End Dining Curfew, Bring Back Bar Seating Next Month

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Changing Face of N.C.: Wine pro­duction booms in the Tar Heel State

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Wineries and Local Nurseries Aim to Shape Regional Terroir

EUROPE & THE UK

• DOQ Priorat’s first “Grans Vinyes Classificades”
• Italy: Vermentino becomes most bottled grape in Maremma

SOUTH AFRICA

• Giving back in South Africa
• Frustrations Mount as Vinpro Court Case is Postponed