SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Facebook, Inc. Commits $2 Million Donation to McBride Sisters Collection’s SHE CAN Fund
• What’s the secret of post-pandemic wine sales?
• COVID-19 Leave: Employer Obligations After September 30
• Hard seltzer sales finally start to decline
• Delta Variant Driving Uptick in Lost Income
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Global wine supply chain buckles under Covid-19, causing severe shipping delays
• Court filing alleges Hugh Reimers conspired with Langtry Farms insider in illegal scheme to sell smoke-tainted wine
• 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?
• 2021 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced – (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Sensing smoke with a simple drop of juice or wine

DROUGHT/WATER

• Drought haves, have-nots test how to share water in the West
• Who Is to Blame for California’s Drought?
• The West’s historic drought in 3 maps

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

• Napa Valley harvest report: Cabernet harvest begins [paywall?]
• Italy’s wine exports break new record

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley’s Merryvale buys new vineyard land
• Three wine-related bills await signature from Calif Gov Newsom [paywall?]
• Napa County balks at Fleming winery visitor increase [paywall?]
• Garagiste Festival returns to Paso Robles this November
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• Alcohol sales to go won’t be allowed in New York: State ends pandemic caveat on Thursday

HEALTH

• Can flavonoids help fend off forgetfulness?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Troon Vineyard Announces New Director of Agriculture to Elevate Practice of Biodynamics
• ‘Tomorrow’s Wine’, a compendium of solutions for addressing climate change

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Italy’s Prosecco Producers Outraged Over Protection For Croatian Prosek [paywall?]

AGRIFOODTECH

• New prototype app plots vine nutritional status
• New tool identifies grape varieties suited to warmer climates

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Australia seeks WTO wine tariff dispute panel

DISTRIBUTORS

• Maison Lorgeril Now Imported Under Albert Bichot USA Portfolio

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Are You a Member of WSWA? Please Join Us for This Webinar on Data Literacy

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine authenticity study reveals interesting results
• This Handheld Device Can Detect Fake Whisky in Minutes
• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – The 2021 autumn La Place campaign nears completion

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Chandon reinvigorates the sparkling wine scene with its first rebranding in 60 years

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWine Hong Kong 2021 hailed a success

PAYMENTS

• “IWB” Is The First Cryptocurrency Guaranteed by Fine Wine

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Ethos of This Blog

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How Muscadet Went From Mass-Market to the Little Grape That Could
• What’s the Difference Between Oxidized and Oxidative?
• More wine myths we have known

TASTELESS (RETCHING EXCESS)

• Bathe in Champagne and 24K gold at this five star hotel

WINE PEOPLE

• From Champagne to sake, Richard Geoffroy starts a new chapter with IWA sake

WINE PLACES

• Okanagan Is a Spectacular Wine Region Within Easy Reach

ACADEMIA

• Walla Walla Community College’s wine education starts with picking the grapes

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Passion to Profit: Understanding Wine Production
• Efforts Growing To Build a New Message Around Biologicals for Ag

DOWN UNDER

• Tasmanian producers on the front foot with regional activities

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Boston Beer co sued over seltzers
• Heat shrinks Pacific Northwest hop yields [paywall?]
• Sam Adams will craft beer using hops sent into Earth’s orbit on SpaceX’s Inspiration4
• ‘Saké can’t rely on sashimi,’ says former Champagne cellar master