AUGUST 10, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Covid Raises Blitz Spirit for Business
• Treasury Wine (ASX:TWE) share price struggles amid supply concerns
• Taxes, Tiers and Other Ways Prohibition Still Restricts U.S. Wine
• American Gen Z are thoughtful boozers, survey says
• 34% of consumers say they don’t trust retailers with just an online presence
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Have Your Say on Wine’s Future
• Constellation Wins $2.3 Million For Legal Fees In To Kalon battle with Vineyard House
• 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.
• Unlock new opportunities in the bulk wine, bulk spirits, and private label business.— (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Meet the California Winemakers Turned Firefighters
• Another major heatwave for PacNW & interior NorCal; rising fire weather concerns due to heat, then possible lightning, then possible wind

DROUGHT/WATER

• Historic drought in U.S. West will persist through October
• Heat units in Northwest vineyards as much as 29% ahead of last year

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Champagne crisis bubbles up in Hamptons
• Coravin Ramps Up Innovation During Covid With Increased Sales And Four New Products [paywall?]
• Be part of the biggest gathering of Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, and Private Label professionals in the US. –  (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +13% By Value L12M through June 2021, Packaged Exports Decline -1%

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Lodi Winegrape Commission Welcomes New Officers & Board of Directors Members

COVID-19

• The New Normal: Winemaking in the COVID environment by Brian Croser

DIVERSITY

• Rarecat’s Sharon Kazan Harris Is Connecting Women Winemakers in Napa and Bordeaux

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• AI project to determine grape quality and ripeness could help in climate change battle
• Why Organic Winegrowing Can Be More Profitable Than Conventional
• Meet the Winemaker Working to Future-Proof Wine for a Climate-Challenged Future

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TN: Chancellor Rambo to sit on judicial panel hearing state wine tax case

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• WA: Avennia purchases Red Mountain vineyard

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Chinese wine market feels the pinch of Australian exit

MARKETING & SALES

• This wine brand is polarising American voters
• What Can Wine Learn from the Cruise Ship Industry?

MEDIA MATTERS

• Champagne Wishes and Climate Change Dreams
• What people say about wine.co.za – Greg Sherwood, Fiona McDonald, Andrew Douglas & Pieter du Toit

WINE PEOPLE

• Vincent Morrow: A Napa Wine Director with a Diversity Mission
• Professor Tony Wolf, Director of Agricultural Research & Extension Center Virginia Tech University (podcast)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA Wine Industry Rapid Growth Pt 1 [podcast]

ACADEMIA

• Up for Grabs! $10 Million in Grants Available for Specialty Crop Research

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Just in time! Harvest compliance training for wineries
• Australian supplier offering alternative amidst French oak struggle

EUROPE & THE UK

• Days of wine and olives: how the old farming ways are paying off in Spain
• UK: Online BWS sales shoot up again
• Deutsche Post Joins $1.8 Billion Race for Hillebrand

LATIN AMERICA

• To automate, or not to automate? The big question facing Chile’s winemakers