MAY 4, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Wine Retail’s Great Awakening
• Wine that went to space for sale with $1 million price tag (possible paywall)
• Experts Say DTC Wine Shipping Causes Cirrhosis of the Liver
• Ad blockers keep at least 40% of U.S. consumers from ever seeing a digital ad
• The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Science Makes a Mockery of Tasting Notes
• The Path To Netflix-Quality Wine Recommendations Leads Through The Doors of Perception
• 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)
• TV wine ad review: This Premier Estates commercial was so tasteless it was banned– Premium Paywall

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Here’s how Alabama’s new wine and liquor delivery laws will work
• Bob Paulinski MW: Why I Want to Be a Judge in USA Wine Ratings –  (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Magical Mystery Box: Emerging China Wine Market Strategy
• How USA Wine Ratings Judges Wines in the Same Way Consumer Do – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Shannon Family of Wines Promotes Brian Altomari
• Mattsons continue Sonoma Valley buying spree (possible paywall)
• The Ascension of the California Wine Mosaic
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service.

COVID-19

• Sonoma Vintners celebrate 4,000 ag-worker vaccines administered
• “Resilience: We know we can … overcome any challenge that is presented to us”

DIVERSITY

• Oregon Has the Country’s First Black Female-Led Winery
• Tiquette Bramlett Has Ambitious Goals for Oregon’s Vidon Vineyard
• AAPI Drinks Innovators
• Why AAPIs Are Underrepresented in Beverage

DROUGHT/WATER

• Calif. lawmakers propose $3 billion in drought relief

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Trial vineyard in south of France experiments with foreign drought-resistant varieties to contend with climate change

REAL ESTATE

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Accolade plans stock exchange float

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• InVivo agrees Soufflet takeover in French farming mega-deal

DISTRIBUTORS

• Treasury Wine Estates Enters Partnership with Republic National Distributing Company

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Destin Charity Wine Auction raises over $2 million for children in need
• 2021 Barossa Wine Auction beats the odds to achieve all-time high

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Hundred Days Lets You Make Your Own Wine, and We’re All For It

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• French vineyard is selling ‘digital bottles’ of its Bordeaux for more than £300

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How to Get Your Hands on Santa Barbara’s Best New Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
• Words on Wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Lucie Morton the world’s foremost Ampelograher & Viticulturist (podcast)
• Paul Duroussay, Pierreclos Imports (podcast)
• Megan Cline, Co-Proprietor Gust Wines, Petaluma Gap, Sonoma (podcast)

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Systematic vineyard monitoring for effective vineyard management

EUROPE & THE UK

• Cabernet Franc ‘supplanting Cabernet Sauvignon’ in Tuscany
• UK: Storage Resources – another advance fee fraud scam
• How Exton Park RB is taking a leaf out of Champagne’s book
• 25 years in prison for 5 attackers of Bordeaux wine tycoon Bernard Magrez

DOWN UNDER

• Why Australia’s fastest growing drinks category is now non-alcoholic wine
• NZ: Cloudy Bay not resting on their laurels

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Hilton Hotels’ new winery property near Beijing aims to promote wine appreciation among its guests

SOUTH AFRICA

• Seasoned Winemaker Samuel Viljoen Takes Over The Reins At Nederburg
• Agriculture in South Africa: Wine estate offers business ownership to black farmers (video)

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Evolution Towards a Better Beer Distribution System for All