OCTOBER 15, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Is The Duckhorn Portfolio Losing Its Bouquet?
• California Harvests Raise Optimism Levels
• Five ways to rehabilitate your taste and smell while recovering from Covid-19
• Michigan do you hear your consumers calling: What Peter Criss can teach the State of Michigan!
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• Pioneering Argentine producer, Bernardo Weinert, has died, aged 88
• Maria Eileen Czamanske Stuart: 11/6/64 – 10/13/21

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Digital wine club Winc files IPO
• 2021 will be the best year ever for a lot of wineries!
• The existential terror of choosing wine & how consumers will soon be able to avoid it
• Court filing alleges Hugh Reimers conspired with Langtry Farms insider in illegal scheme to sell smoke-tainted wine
• 2021 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced – (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Southern California’s Alisal Fire Spreads Across 16,000 Acres, Authorities Order Evacuation

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

• Line Extensions and New Entrants Continue to Expand the ABA Product Space
• Champagne Pommery brings in first major harvest from Hampshire

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Rapid Response to New Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Infestation in Solano County
• Harvest worker’s death at famed Dry Creek Vineyard now under investigation [paywall?]
• We’ll always have Paris [paywall?]
• Napa Redux: A Judgment of Paris burnout? [paywall?]
• News from Napa Valley [paywall?]
• Miracles and destiny: Meet Mira Winery [paywall?]
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

HEALTH

• Research receives $1.74 million to explore how prenatal alcohol exposure leads to ‘anxious’ offspring
• How to Cure Hiccups Like a Bartender

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Washington wineries considering dramatic changes for climate change
• Vine stakes made from Champagne foils, wire caps and crown caps
• Brown-Forman Joins RE100 Global Initiative
• ‘When In Rome’ becomes first UK wine brand to reveal its climate footprint

REAL ESTATE

• NZ: Sam Neill Puts Acclaimed Gibbston Vineyard Up For Sale

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• The Success Of Constellation Brands In Focusing On The Beer Industry [paywall?]
• Treasury Wine Says Recovery of Luxury Brands Slower Than Expected [paywall?]

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• OZ: WineDepot acquires 100 per cent of Kaddy

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Australian exports to China defy trade sanctions

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Despite pandemic obstacles, Oregon Wine Experience raises over $1.6 million
• Lafite Rothschild’s price premium begins to grow

MARKETING & SALES

• CaminoData Introduces LeadRank, the Big Data SaaS Software That Empowers Winery Sales Teams to Take Their Sales and Distribution to the Next Level

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Consumer Neuroscience: Attentional Preferences for Wine Labeling Reflected in the Posterior Contralateral Negativity

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexpo Shanghai quietly cancelled
• Organic trade fair goes hybrid

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• NZ: Turning seasonal work into full time employment

WINE PEOPLE

• The vine keepers
• The British-born winemaker making waves down under
• Colour the fabric of Mandy’s life and career
• Savoring Sips With Jean Hoefliger (video)

WINE HISTORY

• Magellan’s Voyage Around the World Was Kept Afloat By $475K Worth of Sherry

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Pennsylvania Authorities Approve $ 1.9 Million for State Wine and Beer Industry

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Pushing precision into practice in the vineyard

EUROPE & THE UK

• The exploding costs of wine production in Germany

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Island hopping winemakers help lift profile of KI wine
• Winter vine health top of mind for SA Central growers
• OZ: Scholarship helping to improve management of GPGV
• OZ: New podcast series connects growers and winemakers with best practice

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Alcohol ecommerce maturity in Asia Pacific

SOUTH AFRICA

• Who’s Who in South Africa

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Hospitality Pros Pivot to Production Amid a New York Distilling Renaissance