JANUARY 17, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• A Centuries-Old Law Curtailing Black Land & Vineyard Ownership Still Resonates Today
• Faux booze goes mainstream
• How much does wine contribute to total exports?
• Demand for no/low Alcohol products goes year-round
• Joel Gott Wines Buys Edge Hill Winery
• Bordeaux Distribution Hits a Speed Bump
• The Wine World Is About to Get a Big Shake-Up
• Dining, Other Social Activities Continue To Suffer From Omicron Surge
• Webinar: Alcohol marketplaces and delivery apps: Current regulatory issues – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• How Equal Measures empowers us all to make a real change with diversity
• Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s History Lessons
• MLK Day Presents Opportunites To Give Back And Learn
• Wine’s Most Inspiring People: Julia Coney—Writer, Educator, Speaker
• Drink Up! These Are The 7 Most Sought After Black-Owned Wines In The World
• Happy Martin Luther King Day! Today, we celebrate his life and work through activism.

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Sign Up Now For SVB State of the Industry Report Telecast + vital news from Rob McMillan
• Rabbit Ridge Future Depends On Tangled Bankruptcy Assets
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Project making sense of smoke impact on grapes

DROUGHT/WATER

• Backyard grapevines are not water hogs [paywall?]

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

• Consumer thirst for Burgundy ‘nowhere near quenched’
• For ‘Ice Wine’ Vintners, Frigid Temps Are Reason to Rejoice [paywall?]
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• USDA Stepping up to the Plate for Huge Table Grape Purchase
• Martha Barra Honored with Congressional Resolution
• Calistoga’s historic Wolleson Vineyards defies the test of time [paywall?]
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• Hemp compounds show ability to block COVID-19

HEALTH

• Health warning labels on wine bottles and how they influence perceived risk of consumption
• Millions in UK drinking harmful levels of alcohol at home, experts warn

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• California North Coast cannabis advocates hopeful high-level support in Sacramento will bring tax reform for struggling industry

AMAZON

• Amazon’s UK alcohol growth ‘back to normal’, data shows

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• The Uncommon’s B Corp Certification Furthers Goal To Become UK’s Most Sustainable Wine Brand [paywall?]
• What makes a vegan-friendly wine vegan? And how’s it different to conventional wine?

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Freixenet Copestick acquires Bolney Wine Estate
• Wine and watches investment app Koia bags $1.4m funding

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• UK: New customs checks worsening logistical ‘nightmare’

DISTRIBUTORS

• How Wineries Can Boost Their Restaurant Distribution – (Sponsored link)

DATA & TRENDS

• IWSR’s key alcohol trends for 2022
• 4 in 10 US wine drinkers put ice in their glass, study finds

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• “It’s All Subjective” isn’t Helping the Wine Industry
• How to Give Your Alcohol Inventory a Refresh for 2022
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

MARKETING & SALES

• How Do Beverage Brands Build Customer Loyalty? (podcast)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Prowein postponement likely
• Top wine fairs in China & Hong Kong in 2022

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Bâtonnage Mentorship Program Level One Mentee Application Period Now Open

MEDIA MATTERS

• Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW launches ‘fiercely independent’ wine publication
• FERMENTATION has moved to a subscription model
• Podcasting Hasn’t Produced A New Hit in Years [paywall?]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sauternes – the longest-lived wine?
• The Stunning Transformation of German Silvaner
• Remarkable Ageability Of Wines Made From The Tempranillo Grape Variety [paywall?]
• The Italian Wine Expert

WINE PEOPLE

• Sangiacomo Wines: A Grape Farming Family Takes a Leap
• The Wine Makers – Lyle Fass (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Valuing Patience at Lawrelin Cellars

WINE HISTORY

• Relaxing with a nice glass of wine? How Victorian and Edwardian explorers started the trend

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• An Inflection Point for Willamette Valley Wineries?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Off-season aerial data for soil mapping and irrigation performance

EUROPE & THE UK

• People in the wine industry, “you can be proud of what you do every day”, hails French President Emmanuel Macron
• Communists Rush to Defend French Wine

DOWN UNDER

• OZ & NZ: Wine tech company Coravin announce new online trade portal

SOUTH AFRICA

• Graham Beck appoints Pierre de Klerk as Cellar Master
• SASA promotes Erica Taylor to Head of Operations
• Agri-Economist Pieter van Niekerk to lead new SA wine intelligence firm
• Groote Post pre-harvest report

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Boston Beer Stock Sinks as Guidance Is Slashed. Truly Continues to Fizzle.