MAY 7, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Will the Bully State prevail over the Constitution?
• A new Napa vintner just made an ambitious Rutherford winery purchase, with plans for $275 Cabernet (possible paywall)
• Michigan AG Nessel files suit against out-of-state wineries, retailer over wine shipments
• Wine fraud in China: A spot check of the integrity of European wine sold in China based on anthocyanin composition, stable isotope and glycerol impurity analysis
• July projected to be a hellish wildfire month in California & the West
• The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Old Friends Split over Napa Cab
• 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

• Florida jumps on the ecommerce tax bandwagon
• Bob Paulinski MW: Why I Want to Be a Judge in USA Wine Ratings –  (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Prices fell for West’s major noncitrus crops in 2020
• New records for Primitivo di Manduria
• How USA Wine Ratings Judges Wines in the Same Way Consumer Do – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Gary Farrell Winery Promotes Theresa Heredia to Director of Winemaking
• Author to share winemaking techniques
• Windsor requests a grand jury investigation of Mayor Dominic Foppoli for ‘willful or corrupt misconduct’ (possible paywall)
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service.

COVID-19

• Central Valley bar owner charged with selling fake coronavirus vaccine cards in one of the first cases of its kind

DIVERSITY

• The Realities of Mother-Daughter Winemaking Teams

HEALTH

• Relationship between anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins, and cell wall polysaccharides in grapes and red wines. A current state-of-art review
• Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol ‘may help protect the heart’

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• North Bay fire survivors criticize trust devoted to PG&E payouts amid revelations over 2020 spending (possible paywall)
• After Last Year’s Catastrophic Wildfire Season, California Braces for One Possibly Worse
• OZ: ‘Wait and see’ after bushfire damage

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Sonoma County cannabis firm agrees to $300,000 settlement over advertised health claims

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• 20 rootstocks for tomorrow’s vineyards in Burgundy
• Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 2009 & reality of climate change
• How Grazing Sheep Can Benefit Your Vineyard (podcast)
• Drink brands that won’t cost the earth

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Wine Technology Inc. Purchases VinWizard
• Hillebrand acquires majority stake in VignoblExport

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The Future of Wine Collecting is NFTs
• South Africa’s history will unfold at the Cape Fine & Rare Auction
• ‘Rest of the World’ leads LX1000 in April
• UVA alums expect money to pour in as they uncork fine wine investment service

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Vivino: Choose Your Next Great Wine With Big Data And Artificial Intelligence (possible paywall)

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Cyber security experts warn over online wine scams

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Behind the Bottle: Biondi-Santi Brunello di Montalcino
• Chill White Wine…But Why?
• The Amorphous Blend (possible paywall)

WINE PEOPLE

• Chelsea Coleman Is a Champion of Natural Wine at the Rose and Beyond
• Winegrower Craig Stoller: Capturing the essence of California’s Central Coast (possible paywall)
• How ravens inspired Samantha Sheehan’s Poe wines (possible paywall)
• How a Wine Spritz Entrepreneur Spends Her Sundays

WINE EDUCATION

• In a Sea of Credentials, Wine Professionals Seek Meaning

WINE TOURISM

• OZ: Unique wine experiences grant to attract tourists

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Truck Slams Into NH Liquor & Wine Outlet: ‘Only Casualties Were Some Wine And Spirits’
• California winery doubles ‘Josh Fight’ donation

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Grapevine trunk disease in the sights of researchers
• Is a new biological control agent the answer to tackling grapevine trunk disease?
• Air Mixing MI: Innovation in maceration and extraction

EUROPE & THE UK

• Italy sets up its own Silicon Valley of agriculture
• Amorim: ‘Portugal has embarked upon a revolution’

SOUTH AFRICA

• Vineyard Explosion Creates River of Red Wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• ‘Belonging Is Stronger Than Facts’: The Age of Misinformation (possible paywall)