DECEMBER 22, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Rabbit Ridge’s New Owner — Fluid Wine Fund I — Poised For Future Built On Tangled Bankruptcy Assets
• Court rules that companies can be sued if an employee dies from lax COVID rules
• An end-of-year checklist for beverage alcohol sellers
• Smart Drinking: The Responsibility (Or Not?) Of Alcohol Brands To Invest In Public Health [paywall?]
• Love It Or Hate It …Facebook Is Still The 1,000-Pound Social Media Gorilla — By Far.
• The genomes of 204 Vitis vinifera accessions reveal the origin of European wine grapes
• Webinar: Alcohol marketplaces and delivery apps: Current regulatory issues – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Riboli Estates Group Acquires Jada Vineyard and Winery in Paso Robles
• Vintner/Mayor Foppoli faces criminal investigation (podcast) [paywall?]
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• St. Helena grower files lawsuit against vintner over $50,000 worth of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
• Unheard of – young vines shattered by frost in Bordeaux

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Add to cart: e-commerce activations to grow your wine and spirits’ online sales – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California Grape Growers Dealing With Glyphosate Shortage
• Farmworkers Crash Sonoma Winery to Demand Wildfire Protections
• Coroner: Medical issue led to Healdsburg winery worker’s death [paywall?]
• Piazza Family Wines Pair Experience with Experimentation
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• Restaurant owners make push to lawmakers for return of ‘alcohol to go’ in NY

DIVERSITY

• How Napa Executive Carlton McCoy Is Opening The Door For Diversity In The Wine Industry

HEALTH

• Could NoLo drinks be the future?
• French wine industry outraged over temperance-driven cancer plan
• Can Added Sulfites in Wine Actually Prevent Headaches?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• As regulations change, evaluate your alternatives to agricultural burning
• New Defendant in NC and Final Briefing Filed by Appellant

DISTRIBUTORS

• Wilson Daniels Welcomes Bergström Wines to National Portfolio
• How Wineries Can Boost Their Restaurant Distribution – (Sponsored link)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The biggest price rises of 2021 on Liv-ex
• Sotheby’s hits record wine and spirits auction sales in 2021
• Fine wine: The unconventionally attractive alt investment

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine Competitions—Worth It?
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

MARKETING & SALES

• Calif: Wine company offers mindblowing ‘lifelong subscription’ for just US$6,000

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Cardboardeaux, bag-in-box, and goon: why Australia’s love affair with boxed wine endures

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Understaffed Wine Retail Shops Could Use Some Help

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sweet White Bordeaux Wine Gaining Attention From Younger Consumers And Gourmets [paywall?]
• Timorasso, The Forgotten Piedmont Grape That Made A Comeback: Interpreted By Carlo Lorenzo Bottazzi [paywall?]
• What Fine Wine Is and Isn’t
• Our Favourite Drug

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Agricultural machinery at the service of viticulture

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Mom stunned over 5-year-old son’s first written sentence — ‘I like wine’

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Which Whiskey Book for You?
• Where next for whisky?
• Social beer drinking found in 7,000-year-old town