JANUARY 6, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Breakthru Moves to Buy Missouri-Based Major Brands
• Fine Wine: Is a correction on the cards?
• Tastry & UK AI firm sign deal to provide hyper-personalized wine, beer & food recommendations
• Constellation & Coca-Cola to Make AlcBev Fresca
• Covid Brings America’s Beer-vs.-Liquor-vs.Wine Rivalry to a Head
• Webinar: Alcohol marketplaces and delivery apps: Current regulatory issues – (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• Claude Taittinger dies aged 94
• Popular PA Winemaker, Dog Killed Crossing PA Street

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• 2022 SVB State of the Industry Report Signups Open
• Declining wine consumption a global trend
• Rabbit Ridge Future Depends On Tangled Bankruptcy Assets
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

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

• Champagne shipments could total 320 million bottles for 2021
• A Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Shortage Is Looming
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• Another round of restaurant relief is looking less and less likely

HEALTH

• Moderate drinking cuts risk of some brain tumours by 25%, reveals study
• ‘No science’ to support dry January is good for your liver
• The Stellar Health Benefits of Wine, Explained

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• The Uncommon becomes first B Corp certified UK wine company
• Italian Winemakers Are Finding Creative Ways to Battle Climate Change Amid Worrying Reports

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Résonance Acquires Koosah Vineyard in Eola-Amity Hills
• Santa Margherita USA Acquires Majority Ownership of ROCO Winery in Oregon

AGRIFOODTECH

• Terraview is AgTech for winemaking, and it’s tackling climate change for the industry

DISTRIBUTORS

• Prestige Wine Imports Strengthens Distribution with Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
• How Wineries Can Boost Their Restaurant Distribution – (Sponsored link)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Live opportunities on the secondary fine wine market surpasses £100m – Liv-ex

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• ‘Vineyard Peach and Gravenstein’: Have the wine critics gone too far?
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

MEDIA MATTERS

• Understanding Wine Technology Has Been Updated

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Non-alcoholic wine is gross. [paywall?]
• What Wine Has Taught Me about Philosophy

WINE PEOPLE

• The Sonoma Winemakers Devoted to ‘Complete Control and a Sense of Place’
• Vintner and environmentalist Alisa Jacobson highlights coast-driven flavors with Turning Tide Wines

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Survey Now Open to Identify Priorities for Washington Wine Industry’s Research Program

ACADEMIA

• Sustainable wine tourism: a new degree for 2022

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Five Incubators Creating the Next Generation of Winemakers

EUROPE & THE UK

• Douro’s Great Wines Come Wrapped in Red Tape
• Margareth Henríquez is to leave Krug after 12 years
• Angélus Leaves St Emilion Classification

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Champagne glass pyramid breaks Guinness record in Dubai