SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Court filing alleges Hugh Reimers conspired with Langtry Farms insider in illegal scheme to sell smoke-tainted wine
• Buyers Look Beyond Napa Scores and Prices
• Multi-State Partnership Advances Sustainability in the U.S. Wine Industry
• Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation Donates $10 Million to Napa Valley College
• Overall AlcBev Online Growth Slowing Compared With Early Pandemic
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• NY: Jamesport Vineyards patriarch was an industry pioneer

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Finding Growth in a Stagnant Market: What Can Wine Learn from Beer?
• No, Chlorpyrifos was not invented by Nazis and is not related to Zyklon B
• Simultaneously evicted and not. Is Rabbit Ridge the Schrödinger’s Cat of Wineries?
• Rabbit Ridge Winery Bankruptcy Trustee Hires Farm Operator for 2021 Harvest; Most Grapes Still Unsold
• 2021 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced – (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Provence Winemakers Return Home to Charred Vines and Fears of Smoke Taint
• ‘Wine is our livelihood’: locals still recovering from German floods

DROUGHT/WATER

• Napa Valley wine grape growers research role of rootstock in establishing drought resiliency
• Central Valley Farmers Weigh in on California’s Historic Drought
• California fails at drought resilience
• The technologies that could solve California’s droughts (podcast)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Be part of the biggest gathering of Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, and Private Label professionals in the US. –  (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Which key macro factors are driving the global wine Industry in 2021?
• Smaller winegrape crop expected in California, southwest Oregon [paywall?]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Kerry Philipovitch Joins Intervine Board of Directors
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• California now the only state that’s advanced out of CDC’s ‘high’ COVID transmission category [paywall?]

DIVERSITY

• Women and Wine—From Then to Now

HEALTH

• When less is more
• Low-alcohol Red Wine Reduced PAH Symptoms in Rats

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• California North Coast wineries find greater sustainability in the bottle
• Viña Concha y Toro joins global biodiversity network led by the IUCN and NatureMetrics
• Brown-Forman Elevates Environmental Commitments

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Indiana attorneys learn history of alcohol, logistics of opening a winery

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Portland Trail Blazer CJ McCollum Is Now the Owner of a 300-Acre Vineyard in Oregon
• OZ: Jreissati family cash in as winemaker’s warehouse sells for $81m
• Jacky Lorenzetti clocks up third Classified Growth with Lafon-Rochet

AGRIFOODTECH

• Napa Valley’s Bouchaine Vineyards utilizes Cisco IoT sensors to measure vineyard data in real time

DISTRIBUTORS

• Wilson Daniels Welcomes Scott Ehrlich and Jerred Wolff in Leadership Roles

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• How Champagne became a serious investment
• Asian tycoon’s collection second highest estimated single-owner wine sale valued at US$11.4 million dollars
• Top traded wines in Asia

MARKETING & SALES

• Friendships are key to selling wine

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• World Bulk Wine Exhibition could not come at a more important time
• Vinexposium to boost wine and spirits recovery with eventful season ahead

WINE PEOPLE

• Ken Helm: Canberra District champion
• David Rossi, Fulcrum (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• White Stone and Sun

WINE EDUCATION

• MW 2021 examination tests candidates on marginal climates

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• The Not-New Guard of Washington Wine

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Unexplained splitting of the trunk
• How chitosan impacts the phenolic and volatile composition of a red wine
• How to Dodge Delayed Spring Growth in Grapes

EUROPE & THE UK

• Wine leads the way out of tourism slump for Portugal, Greece and Italy
• Foundation puts Basset front and centre as it unveils expanded remit
• WSTA Summit: Beale outlines path for trade recovery

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Lebanon: Fuel for thought

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Why is IPA so Unstoppable? (podcast)
• New Behavioral Research Study Gives Insight Into Hard Seltzer’s Future
• Gut microbes key to hops’ health benefits