JULY 30, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Constellation Wins $2.3 Million For Legal Fees In To Kalon battle with Vineyard House
• California Wine Country Rebuilds as Threats Persist
• Gallo and Grahm: Wine’s Marvel Team-up
• Herbicide Roundup to be pulled from U.S. store shelves in response to lawsuits [paywall?]
• What’s In (and Out) In That Giant Infrastructure Bill?
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Winegrape Oversupply Compounds Issue of Smoke Exposure
• Tobacco giant finally divests Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
• Scathing legal analysis of smoke taint rejections by wineries finds vague, inadequate and possibly illegal contracts.
• Were smoke-impacted grapes & wine laundered? Lake County Court Battle Highlights Taint Ambiguities & Winery-Grower Tension
• Unlock new opportunities in the bulk wine, bulk spirits, and private label business.— (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Wildfire smoke impacts respiratory health more than fine particles from other sources: observational evidence from Southern California
• OR: Growers face unknowns after heat dome

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Consumers Opt for Brick and Mortar for Beer and Wine
• What are the DtC Wine Shipping Laws By State?
• Be part of the biggest gathering of Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, and Private Label professionals in the US. –  (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• OR: Scarcity of workers lays ground for challenging harvest, changing industry
• A Burgundy Wine Producer: Surviving Tariffs, Covid And 40% Loss Of Yields

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa natural wine club whose ‘cult-like’ job went viral is even more eccentric than it sounds [paywall?]

COVID-19

• How should physical wine tastings be run post-Covid?
• How Covid affected a major global wine company

DIVERSITY

• Oregon’s first female African American winery owner uses platform for progress

HEALTH

• Pr. Pierre-Louis Teissedre: “Moderate wine drinking contributes to our well-being, and therefore to our health”

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Why French Champagne growers are scrapping a 100-year-old rule

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Having a Nice Glass of French Wine? Thank Official Certification for Improving Quality and the Market

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands announces appointment of Liz Lopez to Vice President, Public Affairs
• Walmart leads retailers in shopping experience for beer, wine, spirits

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• $1,000,000 for wine app
• Real-World, Asset-backed Wine NFT Is First of Its Kind

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• UK shoppers to save 20p per bottle on Aussie wine under FTA

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Crop Insurance Webinar Aug 2nd (PDF)

MARKETING & SALES

• Drinks industry alumni branch out into perfumes

PAYMENTS

• Why Lafite and Bitcoin have more in common than you think

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Obstructing the view [paywall?]

WINE PEOPLE

• Elizabeth Vianna on The Taste with Doug Shafer (podcast)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Willamette Valley Vineyards building large facility, multiple restaurants
• Improvements eyed for Idaho vineyard weather stations [paywall?]

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Homemade Wine Finds a New Audience: Millennials

EUROPE & THE UK

• Counterfeiters caught in northern and southern Italy
• Benvenuto Brunello drops out

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Adversity spawns ‘creativity and innovation’ in wine industry

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Glenfiddich Distilleries to Fuel Trucks With Whisky Waste In Sustainability Push