OCTOBER 25, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Global Supply Chain Issues Plague the Wine Industry
• Millions of Cases of Hard Seltzer Will Be Destroyed as Boom Fades
• Road closures & floods hit Napa, Sonoma hard; Weekend deluge sets rainfall record in Bay Area
• US wine exports, as seen by the consumers
• Champagne shortage is looming. Consider shopping early to keep the holidays sparkling [paywall?]
• Share of U.S. adults who are “very” concerned about coronavirus outbreak declining led by GenZ
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wine Club Winc postpones $75 million IPO. A look at one number might be the key.
• 2021 will be the best year ever for a lot of wineries!
• Riboli drilling test water wells for possible Rabbit Ridge Winery Purchase
• The existential terror of choosing wine & how consumers will soon be able to avoid it
• 2021 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced – (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Mandatory Evacuation Order for Alisal Fire Burn Scar
• Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger
• Torrential rain, wind lashes the North Bay, bringing flooding, power outages and water rescues [paywall?]

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Brut sparkling wines demand to dominate, yielding a third of the global revenue share
• Bordeaux 2021: The Sound of Silence
• France: Badet Clement reveals impacts of ‘historically low’ 2021 vintage
• Chris Wilson: ‘Hold your nerve’ is the mantra for GB’s November harvest
• Burgundy 2021 ‘a good surprise’ declares Domaine de l’Arlot winemaker
• Harvest 2021 at Tablas Creek (Paso Robles) Recap: It May Be Scant, But It Should Be Outstanding

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Solano Planning Commission OKs Suisun Valley winery, distillery project
• Napa’s Dalla Terra Winery Direct names national sales manager; Dal Poggetto promotes senior accountant
• What Does the Term ‘Rutherford Dust’ Mean?
• 5 Under-the-Radar Sonoma Winemakers You Should Know
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• Black-Owned Wine Companies Blaze a New Trail

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Rhizosphere engineering – leading towards a sustainable viticulture?

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard, Remy Cointreau and Boston Beer reveal mixed bag of results

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Texas woman’s Napa-made ultrapremium box wine gets $9M investment
• Celebrity Demand no Match for Margaux

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• New Zealand Winegrowers welcomes UK free trade announcement
• NZ wine industry to see boon from UK FTA
• Aussie wine exporters hope for WTO exit ramp from China tariffs

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Rarest wines and spirits on auction at Christie’s
• Chanel Wine Châteaux Rauzan-Ségla And Canon Open Their Cellars [paywall?]

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• What your wine’s packaging is trying to tell you [paywall?]
• Cans Connecting Customers Virtually Through Labels

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Get to Know Zesty White Picpoul
• After The Wine: What Happens Next [paywall?]
• Wine, Art, and Objectivity

WINE PEOPLE

• The Wine Fixer: How Thatcher Baker-Briggs Became the Go-to Guy for Impossible-to-Get Vintages
• Katherine Jacobs of Big Sky Wines
• A Conversation With Pinot Master Ed Kurtzman

WINE PLACES

• Mauro Veglio: a whole greater than the sum of its parts

WINE EDUCATION

• Symington Family Estates launches new ‘School of Port’ series

WINE HISTORY

• Archaeologists in Iraq find ancient wine press, carvings

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Hoffmann Family Companies float their next development in Missouri wine country
• MI: Winery Lawsuit Opinion: A Message from the Ghosts of OMP Farmers Past

EUROPE & THE UK

• Industrial Unrest Threatens Champagne
• UK: Delivery and takeaway sales not compromising consumers’ out of home spending
• Business Board grant funding helps vineyard meet growing taste for English wine
• Moët Hennessy unveils new research hub in Champagne
• The St Emilion Succession: Series 2
• Keeping the customer satisfied

DOWN UNDER

• NZ’s canned wine exports set for multimillion-dollar growth as Wairarapa winemakers expand into the US

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Rhone superstar Chêne Bleu finds home with ASC Fine Wines

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The Ghostly Etymology of Six Common Cocktail Terms

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• The rise and rise of premium bourbon