JANUARY 13, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Wine Spectator’s Kim Marcus has died
• Next steps in diversifying the wine industry
• Chronicle Wine Competition continues in apparent defiance of Sonoma County health order
• Nine Wine Technologies That Will Transform the Global Wine Industry
• DTC Wine Consumer Preferences Shifting: Commerce7 2021 Databook
• Here’s how long it’ll take you to get a COVID infection dose based on various types of masks (or lack thereof)
• Webinar: Alcohol marketplaces and delivery apps: Current regulatory issues – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Vineyards Dumping Chemicals in Pest Battle
• 2022 SVB State of the Industry Report Signups Open
• 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

• Could ‘curbside sommeliers’ be the next big thing?
• Add to cart: e-commerce activations to grow your wine and spirits’ online sales – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Brands Report 2022: Champagne
• Productivity, Or Vineyard Yields, In The World’s Leading Wine Countries In 2020, A Detailed Look [paywall?]
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley wine M&A firm partners with Pacific Northwest deal adviser
• The SF Chronicle’s wine coverage is about to expand. Here’s how [paywall?]
• Lake County Wine Alliance presents checks totaling more than $250,000
• Famed Pliny the Younger beer launch delayed by weeks due to omicron surge [paywall?]
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• Sonoma County large-gathering ban delivers another gut punch to struggling events industry
• California’s new workplace COVID-19 rules take effect this week. Here’s what to know

DIVERSITY

• Widening the wine world
• Moving Forward on the Question of Race and the Wine Industry

HEALTH

• Alcohol consumption is affected by a protein linked to the circadian rhythm, new research finds
• In 1950s France, ‘a Liter of Wine Per Day’ Was the Key to Limiting Alcohol Intake

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• How Bonterra Winery Leapfrogged Ahead Of Other Businesses To Achieve Climate Neutral Certification In 2021 [paywall?]
• How a wine bottle spun into Glass Half Full recycling

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Economic Outlook Brightens for Wine Drinkers – Wine Opinions (PDF)

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Appoints Casey McQuaid to Vice President & General Manager, Oregon
• How Wineries Can Boost Their Restaurant Distribution – (Sponsored link)

NFTs

• Penfolds to release second rare wine NFT
• BlockBar Launches NFT Gifting With 300 Bottles Of Rare Penfolds Wine [paywall?]

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Personal cellars of HRH Prince Robert of Luxembourg to go under hammer at Sotheby’s
• How to profit from market making in the wine trade
• Last Chance to See: Perfect Petrus

DATA & TRENDS

• Here Are the Wine Trends Reddit Thinks We’ll See in 2022

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How is Wine Criticism Like Art Criticism?
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

MARKETING & SALES

• Napa Valley wine passports evolve into off season marketing tool

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• London Wine Fair to embrace hybrid model in 2022
• Washington wine industry to gather at WineVit Feb. 7–10
• Italy’s winter calendar of wine events suffers dramatic change

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Maine Governor Denies Farmworkers the Right to Unionize

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What Will Be the Next Darling of the Wine World? Here Are Four Varieties to Watch
• Debunking Chianti myths, speaking Chianti truths.
• A manifesto for our times: Cheval Blanc’s (until now) silent revolution

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet Napa Valley sommelier, wine educator and playwright Traci Dutton [paywall?]
• Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Tony Wolf—Viticulturist, Educator
• Unfiltered: Shiva Gautam

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Washington wineries, lawmakers push for wine license plates

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK hospitality sector endures ‘devastating’ Christmas period, says new data
• The End of Bordeaux Classifications? A new era for the Grand Crus
• Swiss wine might be hard to find but it’s very easy to love
• An Austrian Wine Region Championed by Insiders Sees New Growth

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Websites and digital sales

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Beer/Malt New Product Registrations See Increase in Q4 2021