NOVEMBER 10, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Vintners report outstanding quality for 2021 California harvest (PDF)
• Wine Industry Executives Positive About Future, With 85 Percent Projecting Revenue Growth in 2022
• Wine.com invests in growth with new California fulfillment center
• Hard Seltzers Expected To Keep Growing In 2022 [paywall?]
• COVID Drove These Stay-At-Home Stocks To New Highs; Now They Are Crashing.
• 2021 International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show Is Here. Join on November 9-10. Get Your Tickets.
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Santiago-Brown Sues Australian Wine Research Institute and Australian Grape and Wine for Copyright Infringement, Releases Statement
• Rabbit Ridge Winery Properties Set for Over-Bid Auction
• Winc slashes IPO 73% after postponement, bails on “white shoe” underwriters
• Be part of the biggest gathering of Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, and Private Label professionals in the US.

DROUGHT/WATER

• Calif: Senior rights holders battle state over water pacts

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Wine Ecommerce and Compliance: The Perfect Blend
• 5 Questions For E-Premise Partner, Big Thirst Consulting
• Booze delivery, wine shipments begin 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

• The Biggest Kink in America’s Supply Chain: Not Enough Truckers
• Spirits And Wine Industry Weighs Impact Of Supply Chain Disruptions [paywall?]
• Australian wine exports take a hit since China tariffs
• First estimates of 2021 world wine production

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Allied Grape Growers Hires Kyle Collins as Manager of North Valley Operations
• Premiere Napa Valley Wine Week Kicks Off In-Person And Virtually [paywall?]
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! (Sponsored link)
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Cava’s dangerous dalliance with mandatory organic production
• Jump on This Bandwagon

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• IL: ILCC Introduces Forms For Brewers, Brewpubs, Distilling Pubs and Distillers to Obtain Approval Before Transferring Between Wholly Owned Operations.

REAL ESTATE

• UK: Wine producing estate with 152 acres of land and vineyards for sale at £6.75m

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Investing In Wine: What Financial Advisors Need To Know
• Is Bordeaux 2017 vintage worth paying a premium?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Do You Need to Worry About Food and Wine Pairing?

MARKETING & SALES

• Out-of-the-Box Winery Experiences Help Wineries Reach New Customers
• Coravin, Inc. Launches Its First Online Wine Shop

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Johnnie Walker bottle set for ‘virtual twin’ lightweighting trials

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ENOFORUM 2022 returns to Spain in a face-to-face format

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• How do you define your estate?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Forks In The Road
• Sommeliers on opportunities for Lisboa wines
• Correspondences: vines and anthropology – part 3

WINE PEOPLE

• Chinese Winemakers Gain Recognition
• 21 Rising Stars on Sonoma’s Wine Scene

WINE PLACES

• 8 Reasons Why Virginia Is the East Coast’s Hottest Wine Region
• How Lyme Bay Winery wants to lead the way for quality English still wines
• A road trip in Burgundy reveals far more than fine wine

WINE HISTORY

• Israeli archaeologists find ring believed to ward off hangovers in ancient winery

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Does identity matter for the BC wine-producing territory?
• PA: Second-Generation Owner Leads Mount Nittany Vineyard and Winery Into the Future
• Vineyard tours: a fun introduction to Mexico’s rising prestige in winemaking

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• X-ray tomography: a promising tool to assess the selection of good quality grafted vines prior to their commercialization

EUROPE & THE UK

• Poland’s wine market has demographics on its side
• Champagne’s Unesco mission is launching an ‘embellishment pact’ for the region
• Wine fugitive freed from jail after £46m tax dodge

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Campaign launched to stop new coal mines in Hunter Valley

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Bringing a winemaker’s lens to spirits, beer and cider in Napa Valley [paywall?]