JANUARY 3, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Has Premiumization Peaked?
• Rabbit Ridge Future Depends On Tangled Bankruptcy Assets
• The Elephant in the Cellar: The Unspoken Challenges for Mothers in Wine
• The lines between beer, soda and spirits are blurring as beverage companies seek sales growth
• Personal consumption spending now higher than at beginning of pandemic
• Webinar: Alcohol marketplaces and delivery apps: Current regulatory issues – (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• WSU’s Byron Marlowe passed away unexpectedly [gofundme]
• 2021: In Memoriam
• Remembering Lodi wine industry greats who left us in 2021 and 2020

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Off-Premise Update: Retail Sales Slow Against Tough Comps
• Popping Wine’s Price-Hike Myth
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

DROUGHT/WATER

• Rising Back up to the Surface: Here Comes WOTUS Again
• Looking back: North Bay drought flows through 2021 with cutbacks, concern

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Wine Consumption In The World 2020 In Decline, A Detailed Look [paywall?]
• EU Records First Drop In Sparkling Wine Exports In Decade As Champagne Loses Its Fizz
• Extremadura cava returns to precovid sales despite the slowdown in December
• What The Pros Know: The Future Is A Diversity Of Sparkling Wine [paywall?]
• Sweet White Bordeaux Wine Gaining Attention From Younger Consumers And Gourmets
• The great zincline [paywall?]
• Cava Happy New Year
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Bruce Cohn sells Trestle Glen Vineyard
• Looking back: North Coast wine industry saw virus regulations flux, but M&A deals rise in 2021
• The stories that defined California wine in 2021 [paywall?]
• What businesses are required to file the CA Grape Crush Report? (video)
• March 31 extension granted for North Bay distillers who direct ship to consumers [paywall?]
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

HEALTH

• Does ‘Dry January’ actually improve your health?
• Don’t Do Dry January. Try “Mindful Drinking” Instead.
• How to embrace mindful drinking this year

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Which countries prefer organic wine?
• Young Drinkers Flock to Organic Wine
• Effects of climate change taking root in the wine industry
• Could Fortified Wines Be Michigan’s Answer to Climate Change?

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• After Coppola Acquisition, Delicato Looks Ahead [paywall?]

DISTRIBUTORS

• China’s ASC takes on Chile’s Santa Helena
• How Wineries Can Boost Their Restaurant Distribution – (Sponsored link)

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Free Webinar Jan 13th – Energy Saving Technologies in Winemaking

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Burgundy’s Red, Barolo is Too
• Upcoming changes to the Liv-ex indices
• The biggest risers in the 2021 Liv-ex Power 100
• The brands to watch outside of the Liv-ex Power 100

DATA & TRENDS

• The Worst Things In Wine in 2021
• The Five Macro Trends Impacting the Wine Industry in 2022
• Ups and downs for wine in 2021 [paywall?]
• Wine trends for 2022 [paywall?]

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• What’s next for the app CellarTracker
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Cork And The Environment: Recycling, Biodiversity And The Contribution To Fight Global Warming [paywall?]

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• What Are The Future Digital Technology Trends In Wine? New OIV Study Reveals Answers [paywall?]
• Paying attention to in 2022 – the rise of the metaverse
• AI and wine – a riposte

MEDIA MATTERS

• Top Wine Books For Winter Reading

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Ancient origins of modern wines
• What Are You Really Waiting For?
• No, putting a spoon in an open bottle of champagne doesn’t keep it bubbly – but there is a better way
• You can thank Mozart for the taste of this wine
• Diving Into Underwater Wine
• What’s the Hook?
• Wine, Art, and the Language of Representation

WINE PEOPLE

• 20 Minutes With: Wine Enthusiast President and Publisher Jacqueline Strum
• Julie Cavil: Krug’s Reine de Remuage
• Philippe Cambie, Phil Coturri & Isabel Gassier (podcast)
• Stephen Cruzan Winemaker, Titus Vineyards, Napa Valley (video)
• Daniele Delaini of Villa Calicantus on Going Natural in Bardolino
• I’ll Drink to That: Erin and the Volcano (podcast)
• A Young Woman Continues Her Parents’ Legacy In Abruzzo [paywall?]

WINE PLACES

• Cognac’s hidden houses
• The call of the Cienega Valley [paywall?]
• From South Africa to Oregon: Hamilton Russell Vineyards Brings 40 Years of Wine Producing Know-How

WINE EDUCATION

• The WSET: Explained

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Apero wine bar customer writes expletive on $300 check to protest a $6 service charge [paywall?]

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Virginia’s wine industry is expanding. Grape-growing hasn’t caught up.
• What’s Being Done To Stop Invasion of the Spotted Lanternfly in New York
• Porch Wine After the Storm in New Orleans

EUROPE & THE UK

• Wine Grape Growers Take Leap To Make Fine Wines In A Spanish Wine Region Dominated By Icons [paywall?]
• England Gains Foothold as Sparkling Wine Producer
• Advice to the Italian wine trade – don’t come to America now

DOWN UNDER

• Welcome to the other Mudgee: Where snobs meet bogans in Australia’s wine regions
• How Australia’s biggest wine-growing region came to pioneer alcohol control
• Bec Hardy on Australia’s new wine producer generation
• NZ: Delegat posts record profit

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• TWE to launch China-bottled Penfolds Max’s this month
• Here’s all you need to know about China’s new wine import rules
• China: Wine-market perseverance in a rocky 2021 augurs well for 2022

LATIN AMERICA

• Uruguay: Developments in Poisoned Riesling case

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa’s Boekenhoutskloof: Resolve to Explore in 2022

AROUND THE GLOBE

• The value of exporting wine to Russia

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine and Art Collide at the Brooklyn Museum