JANUARY 31, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Restaurant beverage directors adjust their inventories to pandemic-era drinkers
• Dueling Motions for Summary Judgment Filed in Ohio Retailer Shipping Case
• The Wine Advocate Teams Up With Pix
• Why the drinks trade should be afraid of WHO
• The Next Normal—DtC Shipping Reverts to Pre-Pandemic Predictions
• The False Promise of Dicamba
• World’s First Molecular Beverage Printer Raises $30M to Produce ‘Infinite Amount of Drinks’
• Wine Is For Rich People? It’s WAY More Expensive Per Serving Than Beer & Spirits.
• Webinar: Alcohol marketplaces and delivery apps: Current regulatory issues – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Pricing of California North Coast direct-shipped wine rebounds after significant pandemic discounting
• 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

• Oregon wine leads U.S. in growing direct-to-consumer sales [paywall?]
• Add to cart: e-commerce activations to grow your wine and spirits’ online sales – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Did US imported sparkling wine recover from the Great Recession?
• A Challenging 2020 Vintage Yields Limited, but Exquisite, Sonoma Pinot Noir
• ‘2021 Was A Good Year For The U.S. Wine Industry,’ Says Silicon Valley Bank, But Big Challenges Loom Ahead [paywall?]
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Castello di Amorosa Installs Enormous Solar Microgrid
• Lorenza’s dry rosés defy age and define the intricate minerality possible in Lodi-grown fruit
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• Materials shortages and bottlenecks easier absorbed by drinks giants

DIVERSITY

• Camins 2 Dreams: Two Cultures Align but Picking Dates? Not So Much

HEALTH

• Inside the Booming Non-Alcoholic Drinks Market
• Why does alcohol mess with my sleep? [paywall?]
• Data From Over 350,000 People Have Really Bad News About ‘Moderate’ Drinking

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Napa Valley sees groundswell for allowing recreational cannabis

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Grape expectations: making Australian wine more sustainable
• The Contradiction of Sustainability in UK Cider & Winemaking

AGRIFOODTECH

• Ford Works With Wine Makers To Take Farming Into The Future

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Australia seeks to join WTO talks on China-EU trade row

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Naples Winter Wine Festival auction raises millions for kids in Collier County

DATA & TRENDS

• The Biggest Alcohol Trends of 2022 Will Include Low/No ABV Drinks & Much More

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• FutureWatch: Critic Publishers
• The ins and outs of bringing your own wine to restaurants
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

MARKETING & SALES

• Non-Alcoholic Beverages Are the Next Frontier for Celebrity Endorsements — but Do They Have Staying Power?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The Lifecycle of a Wine Bottle, From Sand to the Economy of Recycling

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• 20,000 visitors due to attend Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris 2022
• Wine expo organizer won’t forget the 2020 Eastern Winery Exposition in Lancaster: ‘I felt like we were the Israelites crossing the Red Sea’ – pennlive.com

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Did Beverage Alcohol Pros Really Flee for the Suburbs? (podcast)

MEDIA MATTERS

• ‘Promised Land,’ set in Sonoma Valley, follows winemaking family drama
• Direct to Consumer Wine Stories

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Natural Wine Is The New Normal
• Must You Like a Wine in Order to Appreciate It?
• Figuring Out the “Ice-In-Your-Wine” Market [paywall]

WINE PEOPLE

• Insights From 71 Winemakers And Winery Owners, Part I [paywall?]
• Insights From 71 Winemakers And Winery Owners, Part II [paywall?]
• Celebrating The Chalone AVA With Michael Michaud
• Erika Obermeyer in plain sight
• Massican with Dan Petroski (podcast)
• Mark Pisoni, Pisoni Vineyards (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Why Domaine Vacheron is the real king of the castle in Sancerre

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Wine Tagline For Restaurants: Tell Me Why You Care [paywall?]

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Ontario’s Wine Retail Landscape
• WA: Welcome Road Winery adds Bellingham address
• OR: Jadot Acquires Koosah
• Lower Long Tom declared Oregon’s 22 AVA
• OR: Project Magnific
• OR: Cooper Mountain Climbs
• NJ: Tewksbury winery plan revised, applicant says it will benefit township

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• How wine fluorophores dialog with us to evaluate fermentative steps during winemaking practices?

EUROPE & THE UK

• Italian Drug Ring’s Wine Caper
• Justerini & Brooks: Behind the scenes with London’s top wine merchants
• UK: Ecommerce boost Oddbin’s parent company, but turnover still down £10m
• A new level of identity for Canary Island wines

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Nick Picone moves to Sacred Hill
• OZ: Tasmania’s wine sector is a vintage crop

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Chinese wine importer jailed for cross-border fine wine smuggling

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Trunk and Disorderly

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Johnnie Walker Blender Spills Cask Secrets