MAY 25, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Deadlines and dueling appraisals set up Rabbit Ridge Winery property for an existential turning point in mid-June
• Tasting Fees Skyrocket in Wine Country
• SevenFifty Announces $23 Million Growth Equity Financing to Further Accelerate Digital Transformation for Beverage Alcohol Industry
• Too Much, Too Much, Too Little: Solving the Canned Wine Puzzle
• US wineries continuing online push as pandemic eases
• 82% of wineries are unsure of their ROI on digital Advertising – Silicon Valley Bank
• The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• The Annual SVB Direct to Consumer Webcast is TODAY
• Estimated $2.5 million in damage from Napa’s Bronco Wine Company fire (possible paywall)
• Rabbit Ridge Winery property scheduled for bankruptcy auction in June.
• North Bay vintners raise concerns about new wine brokering/consulting firm run by failed entrepreneur and convicted felon
• America’s Top Wine Buyers to Judge USA Wine Ratings 2021 – (Sponsored link)
• Yes, we were drinking less during the pandemic– Premium Paywall

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Wine DtC Shipments and Off-Premise Retail (April 2021 Special Report)
• No…You May Not Have Access to Burgundy, Bordeaux, German or Italian Wines
• Bob Paulinski MW: Why I Want to Be a Judge in USA Wine Ratings –  (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Flowering 2021 at Tablas Creek in Paso Robles: So Far, So Good As the 2021 Growing Season Kicks Off
• South Africa’s 2021 vintage, by region
• How USA Wine Ratings Judges Wines in the Same Way Consumer Do – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Rich and Leslie Frank to be Honored as the 2021Vintner Grant Honorees at The V Foundation Wine Celebration
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service.

DIVERSITY

• Rosé has been marketed mainly to White women. This Black winemaker wants to change that (possible paywall)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Sonoma County unveils new map of evacuation zones as preparations ramp up for fire season (possible paywall)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• TWE pledges ‘net-zero’ emissions
• Wineries find it pays to put a label on it: New York viticulture seeks to verify sustainable practices.

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• E.&J. Gallo expands its ready-to-drink spirits portfolio with the acquisition of cocktail shot brand LIQS (PDF)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Brits aim for new tariffs on US wine and chocolate
• Russia and Vietnam singled out as countries offering potential for Australian wine
• Europe tells China to have a ‘proper discussion’ with Australia on trade disputes

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• La Lagune 2020 En Primeur: “strides confidently out”

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Judgment of Today

MARKETING & SALES

• How the Rosé Piscine brand of rosé on ice became a runaway success, and spearheads the French wine range in Brazil
• Freixenet hits £100m milestone

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ENOFORUM Italy 2021: New records for a wine conference

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook Explains Ad Review Process

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• So, You Want to Be a Wine Consultant?
• GuildSomm Career Series: Wine Auction (podcast)

MEDIA MATTERS

• New book dives into SLO County wine history

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Langhe Riesling: discussing origin, viticulture, winemaking and more
• Old Fogeys Vs The Rest Of Us: Perspectives On Pinotage Wines From South Africa (possible paywall)

WINE PEOPLE

• Unfiltered: Charles Carron Brown
• An interview with wine writer “Deep Glass,” after visits to more than 50 wineries
• Blind Horse Restaurant’s Thomas Nye left computers behind to focus on wine

WINE PLACES

• The rise of Langmeil

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The seasonality of vineyard mineral nutrient management

EUROPE & THE UK

• Breakaway movement threatens to destabilise Rioja

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• How the 18th Century Whiskey Rebellion Changed U.S. Attitudes Toward Revolt