FEBRUARY 2, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Farm Credit, Bankruptcy Court Set Rabbit Ridge Winery Final Sale
• US Restaurant sales forecast: 11% below pre-pandemic level
• Wine’s Green Efforts Aim at Wrong Targets
• Bidding Now Taking Place on Rare Library Wines in Sotheby’s First Sale to Focus on the Napa Valley Wine Region
• Napa Valley’s historic Silverado Resort and Spa sold
• A Normal Supply Chain? It’s ‘Unlikely’ in 2022 [paywall?]
• US Has Far Higher Covid Death Rate Than Other Wealthy Countries
• Webinar: Alcohol marketplaces and delivery apps: Current regulatory issues – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• What’s Ahead for the Wine Business? Wine Industry Leadership Conference Next Week
• 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

• Supply Challenges to Persist, Be Patient and Proactive
• How Burgundy 2020 campaign was almost business as usual
• 2022 Calif winegrape crop forecast as ‘stable’
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Marin’s Maker Wine shakes up wine industry one can at a time
• Et Viola! Truffles Now Farmed on the Central Coast of California
• Sunset Magazine Partners with Wine Access to Launch the Sunset Wine Club
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• Depicting Wine In Black and White

HEALTH

• Parkinson’s disease: men who eat more berries and red wine may live longer
• Treatment keeps alcoholic monkeys from drinking as much

DISTRIBUTORS

• VSPT Wine Group Selects Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits as National Distribution Partner and Announces New U.S.-Based Commercial Office
• How Wineries Can Boost Their Restaurant Distribution – (Sponsored link)

NFTs

• WiV Technologies on benefits of blockchain in wine industry

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux’s price performance in 2021 – Liv-ex
• Luxury lots see Naples Winter Wine Festival 2022 break record

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

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

MARKETING & SALES

• Selling the man behind the Dan Murphy’s retail brand

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris hosts Wine Talks on key global issues

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Fishing for winemaking advice
• Alternative no more: Why winemakers love this Italian white grape
• A white Pinot Noir that is turning heads

WINE PEOPLE

• A Conversation with Eric Jensen of Booker Wines (Part Two)
• Mike Henry, winemaker at Michael Shaps Wineworks (podcast)
• Randy Hester of C.L. Butaud (podcast)
• Q&A: Martin Reyes MW
• Unfiltered: Isa Bal
• Unfiltered: Melania Battiston

WINE TOURISM

• Healdsburg Winery Launches Unique Immersive Experience

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Washington wine leaders worked long and hard to finally reach “the Standard.”
• Oregon Winery Panther Creek Cellars and Third Leaf Wines Announce National Sales and Marketing Partnership
• Md. winery expansion, including 3 new vineyards, ‘hugely significant’ for mid-Atlantic industry

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Key odorants of french Syrah wines from the northern rhone valley
• Influence of pre-fermentative fining on oxygen consumption rate, oxidation susceptibility and electrochemical characteristics
• Low-density leads Concord trial
• Hansen: Long-term investment in nematode research pays off

EUROPE & THE UK

• A classification in crisis – what’s next for the St Emilion classification
• DOC delle Venezie makes up 77% of Triveneto Pinot Grigio bottled in 2021
• UK: Alcohol duty proposal to “disproportionately affect women”
• UK: Wine Importers ‘looks to future’ with management reshuffle
• DO Rueda kicks off 2022 with return to ‘historic’ growth

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Ladybugs a serious threat to wine
• An online future for Australian wineries?

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Japanese drinkers prioritise treating themselves to better quality wines now vs pre-pandemic

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Beer industry concerned over CO2 shortage uncertainties
• What’s a gruit? This ancient beer style without hops is making a comeback in the Bay Area [paywall?]