NOVEMBER 2, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Winery Perks Rekindle Old Consumer Flames
• Not Just to Drink, Can Wine Outperform the S&P 500?
• Tips for a Smooth and Successful Holiday Selling Season
• Do You Have Any Glass? Winemakers Face Global Supply Chain Woes
• Vintage Wine Estates, Duckhorn Part of Record-Setting IPO Activity. 2021 Sets New Highs
• Brands like White Claw and Truly changed the way Americans drink. But a crowded market and changing consumer behavior may have officially ended the hard seltzer craze.
• Early U.S. Holiday Spending Plans Look Similar to 2020
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• UK: Ellis Wines buyer Matthew Cooper dies

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Whiskey Tariff Removal Ends Trade War
• Wine Club Winc postpones $75 million IPO. A look at one number might be the key.
• 2021 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced – (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Napa Valley Resort Destroyed By Glass Fire Sues Insurance Carriers
• Smoke impact on Oregon’s grapes and wine industry
• WSU part of $7.6 million smoke exposure study on grapes, wine
• NZ: Another La Niña

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Shipt now offering same day beer and wine delivery from Target in Alabama
• Be part of the biggest gathering of Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, and Private Label professionals in the US. –  (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Romanian Pinot Noir is making inroads in UK market

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Supervisors Set to Approve Infrastructure District for Temecula Wine Country
• Four Seasons Heads to Napa Valley With Its First Wine Country Resort and Residences
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Why regenerative viticulture is important
• IWCA: Making the environmental & business case for climate action
• Moët & Chandon Boosts Its ‘Green’ Credentials To Tackle Climate Change [paywall?]
• Grazing in orchards, vineyards mutually beneficial

DISTRIBUTORS

• RNDC Wine Distribution Center to be developed in Kentucky

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Cult Wines Launches New Investment Platform That Makes Investing in Fine Wine More Accessible and Enriching

MARKETING & SALES

• Virgin Wines hails ‘transformational year’ as sales continue to climb
• How Family-Owned Wineries Are Adapting to Modern Markets

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• European wine trade body postpones launch of innovative electronic label platform

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Book Review: Ch’ Ch’ Changing California

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Variety focus: Pinot varieties
• Why Alsace’s Pfaffenheim wines are Alsace but not as we know it
• How Your Deceiving Eyes Can Change the Taste of Wine
• Italy’s Winemakers Barrel Ahead With Chestnut
• In praise of commercialism
• What Makes a Wine ‘American’? (podcast)

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet the Woman Blending the Traditional and the Modern in French Winemaking
• Róbert Wessman, the Icelander investing in the future of Bergerac

WINE HISTORY

• Wine in Christian Rituals Throughout the Millennia
• Wine press dating back 2,700 years discovered in northern Iraq

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Halloween fire damages Coppola-owned Domaine de Broglie winery in Dayton
• Mexico’s wine country gets big — maybe too big (podcast)

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Proper Management of Powdery Mildew in Grapes: The Fanfare Behind Sprayers

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Young consumers set to embrace Christmas trading
• Major wine heist in Spain: Restaurant owner issues plea to thieves

DOWN UNDER

• New Zealand Wine Industry Beset by Surging Demand, Production Shortages and Supply Chain Woes
• OZ: New report identifies pressing need for wine market diversification
• OZ: Wine Researchers Address Inaugural EIT Symposium
• New Zealand’s largest contract winemaker acquires major labour supplier

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Red China: Up-and-coming wineries gain recognition

LATIN AMERICA

• Wine In Peru Struggles For Recognition, But Bright Future In Sight [paywall?]

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Breweries Embrace the Burgeoning Craft Malting Industry
• Diageo to build $75 mln distillery to make its first Chinese single-malt whisky