JUNE 25, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Were smoke-impacted grapes & wine laundered? Lake County Court Case Highlights Ambiguities & Winery/Grower Tension
• Coppola sells 2 Sonoma wineries to Delicato
• Tokyo Olympics Bans Alcohol at Events
• Wine’s answer to White Claw: bubbly, fruity canned spritzers
• Beverages, Bars & restaurants are silver lining for lackluster May retail sales
• Italian wine consortium pushes for rosé wine emoji
• Australia rejects China’s trade complaint
• The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Grape insurance fraud allegations, smoke taint damages to oak tanks, and the perils of handshake deals play out in Lake County courtroom
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CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• UK Announces Online Wine Sales That Benefit Grape, Wine Research
• Be part of the biggest gathering of Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, and Private Label professionals in the US. – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Europe’s winegrowers complain about storm damage
• Harvest report from Argentina
• Good wine recovery in Italy reported

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Santa Barbara County Approves ‘Gargantuan’ Cannabis’Grow’
• High court backs businesses challenging California labor law
• Bill stripping gendered language from CA code goes to Newsom

COVID-19

• Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in US are now among unvaccinated

HEALTH

• Wine is getting stronger and it’s not good for us, say experts

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Green Wine Future 2022 International Conference Announced
• Farmer Co-ops applaud Senate passage of the Growing Climate Solutions Act

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Florida Retailer Asks Supreme Court to Review Adverse 8th Circuit Decision Upholding Missouri’s Retail Shipping Laws

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Accolade Wines buys UK perry brand Lambrini
• Somm Raises $2M to Unlock the World of Wine
• IWB buys Enoitalia
• Strategic partnership of LVMH and Google Cloud announced.

DATA & TRENDS

• Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Gen Z begins

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine-Based Cocktails Drive Interest, As Wine Looks To Expand Its Audience
• How to Buy Wine the Right Way in 2021

MEDIA MATTERS

• New film Sparkling: the story of Champagne
• Is ag media helping to bridge scientific knowledge gap?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Red wine, white lies: The wine ‘rules’ we can all be breaking
• Rhône varieties continue their rise among Northwest rosé
• A man cannot live on Pinot alone: Oregon Gamay growing in popularity
• Beyond Barolo: Nebbiolo’s New Faces
• French Oak: An Unreliable Memoir
• 7 Fresh, Summer-Ready Ways to Cook With Wine

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The Rise and (Not Quite) Fall of Hybrid Grapes
• Grapes and herbicide drift

DOWN UNDER

• Chinese-owned businesses in Australia squeezed on both sides as tensions take toll
• Australian wineries cracking new markets, including United Kingdom, following China tariff hit