SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• An Insider Shares His Wine and Spirits Ecommerce Strategy Playbook
• Three Faces of Wine Strategy: Porto Perspectives
• No, Red Wine Isn’t Actually Good For You. And I For One Don’t Care
• U.S. alcohol marketplace Provi raises $75 million in latest funding
• You can’t hang on to GenX and Millennial workers: And this is why.
• Global shortage of shipping containers highlights their importance in getting goods to Amazon warehouses, store shelves and your door in time for Christmas
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• Francis Marvin Atchley – 1937 – 2021

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• DTC Alcohol Marketplaces Are Helping Small Merchants Uncork Digital Sales
• 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

• Counting the hidden costs of North Bay, California wildfires on businesses, residents

DROUGHT/WATER

• 2021 was a good year…to dry farm??

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• ‘5-Questions’ For E-Premise Partner, Speakeasy
• Be part of the biggest gathering of Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, and Private Label professionals in the US. –  (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Europe forecasts historically low wine harvest
• Europe’s Wine Harvest Will Be Smaller But Taste Better [paywall?]
• Douro: Fladgate Partnership heralds return to “normal”, though warm winters and hail persist
• Champagne anticipating the arrival of a ‘classical’ vintage
• Supply Shortages Hit Key Spirits Brands, As Pennsylvania Begins Rationing Certain Labels [paywall?]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Auction Napa Valley’s new Collective Napa Valley unveils its yearlong fundraising model [paywall?]
• Jean-Charles Boisset and Gina Gallo-Boisset buy Ink House (scroll down)
• A Tale of Two Women, One Winery, and Some of California’s Most Coveted Bottles
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• Restaurant Workers Are Sick and Tired of Asking Politely
• Pandemic repositions Champagne as ‘not only a celebratory’ drink
• U.S. to ease Covid travel entry rules, require vaccinations for foreign visitors

DIVERSITY

• Meet the Woman on a Mission to Make Atlanta’s Wine Scene More Inclusive
• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits : Showcases New Minority- and Women-Owned Supplier Content Experience on Proof ® eCommerce Platform

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• How Farming with Horses Makes Better Wine
• International wine business forms group to develop global sustainability standards
• The increasing appeal of organic wine

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• The ‘Champanillo’ ruling marks a turning point in the protection of appellations
• Alcohol is such a problem airlines have added it to safety announcements – and banned it

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Vintage Wine Estates appoints Russell G. Joy as chief operating officer (paywall?]

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Pernod Ricard agrees to buy online spirits retailer The Whisky Exchange

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Sotheby’s to launch new French auction hub
• From Michelin-Star Dining to Fine Wines: One Drop’s Next Auction Is a Litany of Luxury
• Risers and fallers in the 2021 Classification

DATA & TRENDS

• NielsenIQ Launches Omnisales Solution to Measure the Total Market

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Existential Terror of Choosing Wine for Your Table

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The Liter Bottle Is Having a Moment
• AB InBev pilots ‘ultra-low carbon’ Budweiser can

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• CapeWine organisers unveil new 2022 date

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How Natural Wine Made Me Confront My German Problem
• Dealing with Alcohol

WINE PEOPLE

• South African Wine Legend: Charles Hopkins

WINE EDUCATION

• WSET sees record number of students over last year

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Head of North Carolina alcohol board resigns, cites stress

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bordeaux winemakers stand trial for ‘rigging’ Grand Cru rankings
• Chandon’s Global Strategy Finds Success With New Consumers And Innovative Products [paywall?]

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: New chair for Riverland Winegrape Growers
• OZ: Inkwell Announces New Appointments

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Wines from Moldova, Romania, and Bulgaria sold on one common online platform WINET

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Class action lawsuit alleges Molson Coors falsely promoted hard seltzer health benefits
• Hard seltzers with ‘added benefits’ are a success with consumers
• Rare Whiskeys Go Under the Hammer