JUNE 14, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• How to attract ‘happy at home’ consumers back to the on-trade
• The West is the driest it’s been in 1,200 years – raising questions about a livable future
• Building or Selling a Wine or Spirits Brand? You Get What You Give: LibDib’s 4 Tips for Success
• Can bud grafting help vintners stand their ground with climate change? [paywall?]
• Meet the Millennial woman modernizing one of Napa’s most exclusive wineries [paywall?]
• Net positive 24% – Little Downside for Brands Offering Free Products to Vaccinated Americans.
• The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• US alcohol consumption shifts back towards the on-trade
• Deadlines and dueling appraisals set up Rabbit Ridge Winery property for an existential turning point in mid-June
• Chateau Ste. Michelle & Dr. Loosen 2019 Eroica Riesling Gets Wine Of The Year at 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards — (Sponsored link)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Defendant’s File Motion to Dismiss in Rhode Island Retail Shipping Case Noting Plaintiffs Haven’t Been Harmed
• Bob Paulinski MW: Why I Want to Be a Judge in USA Wine Ratings –  (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Australia and New Zealand wine comparisons
• New Zealand 2021 vintage down by 19% on 2020
• Amarone driving force behind surging sales of Valpolicella
• Sommeliers Choice Awards 2021 results are out! – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Meet the Millennial woman modernizing one of Napa’s most exclusive wineries [paywall?]
• Wine Tourism Roars Back in Napa and Sonoma
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service.

COVID-19

• 2021-The future of wine wholesale distribution – Post Covid 19
• ‘The most difficult business conditions since Prohibition’

DIVERSITY

• Tara Gomez and Mireia Taribò Are Blending Diversity and Culture Into Natural Winemaking in Santa Rita Hills

HEALTH

• Biogenic amines, sulfites, headaches, & wine
• Study says eating cheese and drinking wine can help keep your mind sharp
• Wine is Easy. Relaxing is Hard.

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Winemakers Collaborate With Weed Growers on New Cannabis Appellation Systems

DROUGHT/WATER

• California’s biggest heat wave of the year heightens drought and fire fears
• Washington’s drought increasingly ‘extreme’

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• New Climate Normals
• Wine grape residue as food? UC Davis scientists are studying the possibilities [paywall?]

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Illinois makes radical changes with HB2620

REAL ESTATE

• 180-Acre Malibu Wine Estate to Hit Market for $38 Million

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Naked Wine heralds strong year despite pretax losses of £10.7m

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Building or Selling a Wine or Spirits Brand? You Get What You Give: LibDib’s 4 Tips for Success

AGRIFOODTECH

• TWE trials robotic help to optimise yield prediction

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• EU tariffs costing Brown-Forman US$70m a year in lost sales

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Time to Stop Cellaring Wine
• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – new releases from the secondary market’s most traded brand

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• Lafite Rothschild 2020 release: ‘This should soar’
• Bordeaux Is Back: 2020 Futures Prices and Analysis

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Using Pattern Recognition in Deductive Tasting

MARKETING & SALES

• Is influencer marketing really going to die in the next few years?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Will Natural Wine Embrace Their Radicalism?
• Tasting Champagne By Myself
• Distinctly Greek! A New Style of Retsina Is Revitalizing One of the World’s Longest-Lived Wine Traditions
• What are you waiting for? Go ahead and open that special bottle of wine tonight.

WINE PEOPLE

• Andy Walker: A Legend of the Vineyard
• Tommy and Jules Gambino
• Three women spinning their own fortunes

WINE PLACES

• Take A Walk In Santa Barbara County With Tread Wines

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• The Final Days of Foie Gras?

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Why New England wines are starting to get some serious attention

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: On-trade groups report 26% sales dip in May
• UK: The Wine Society charges ahead with £20m modernisation following ‘transformational year’
• Bordeaux, Dijon and Reims compete to house headquarters of the UN of wine, OIV

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Finnish brewery harvests goose poo for its stout