APRIL 6, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Wineries Overthinking their Marketing Plans
• Women sue vintner, former Windsor mayor Foppoli alleging sexual assault: winery, service club named
• Get Ready for a Sparkling Wine Boom
• Want to Fuel Your Winery’s Future Growth? Engage Women and Younger Consumers.
• Wildfires destroyed these Napa wineries. Rebuilding has been another nightmare [paywall?]
• Don’t rush to judgement when it comes to the dangers of sugar in wine
• COVID Restaurant Comfort On The Upswing Again
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Commerce7 Buys VineSpring To Offer The Best Customer-Centric Wine Industry Tech Solutions
• Kylix/Harvard Land Purchase from Wine Group May Have Set Santa Barbara County Record
• Wine’s BIGGEST Unanswered, Market-Killing Question: Why?
• Embracing Technology In The Alco-Bev Industry – Sponsored link

UKRAINE WINE

• Georgian wine takes a pounding as Russia invades Ukraine
• Ukraine winery’s mission to deliver bottles to DWWA
• Prices of bottles, cases, boxes and wine labels go through the roof

DROUGHT/WATER

• Paso Robles groundwater pumped at unsustainable rates

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Wine List & QR Codes: Wine Management with Digital Marketing – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Global thirst for Champagne drives staggering new price highs
• OZ: Red wine grapes left to rot as China trade dispute leads to oversupply in Sunraysia
• Turrentine California Market Update April 2022 (PDF)
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Vina Robles Vineyards & Winery Announces New CEO
• Sonoma County supervisors unanimously oppose Koi Nation’s casino
• Why attend the 2022 Future Drinks Expo? – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• McBride Sisters Helm the Country’s Largest Black-Owned Wine Brand
• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Launches Vendor Inclusion Program (VIP)
• Meet Rada Griffin, The NASA Engineer Who’s On A Mission To Break Barriers In The Wine Industry
• Illinois: Black-Owned Bronzeville Winery Will Open This Month With Afro-Chic Bohemian Vibes And Comfort Food
• Meet the Aussie winemaking ladies leading by example: Natalie Cleghorn and Helen McCarthy
• The women winemakers of Livermore’s ‘The Block’

HEALTH

• Wine report card gets an ‘F’

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• Wine NFTs: When Tradition and Technology Collide

AMAZON

• Amazon backs away from Sonoma County warehouse plans

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Wine industry wants one single standard for sustainability
• Resistant Varieties: The Next Step Toward Sustainability
• Ferrari Trento celebrates 120th anniversary with carbon neutral status

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• India Free Trade Agreement cautiously welcomed by Australian wine industry

DISTRIBUTORS

• RNDC Appoints Tracy Aldworth to Chief Transformation Officer
• How Wineries Can Boost Their Restaurant Distribution – (Sponsored link)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine prices remain resilient to the headwinds – Liv-ex

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why Do We Want Objectivity in Wine Criticism?
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Scientists have revealed the world’s most universally-loved smell
• Before, During, After
• Natural wine has paved the way for a fresh appreciation of sake. This boundary-blurring S.F. shop shows how [paywall?]

WINE PEOPLE

• 7 Napa and Sonoma Producers Bringing Out the Best in Chardonnay
• John Kongsgaard on The Taste with Doug Shafer (podcast)
• John Martini: a lifetime of achievements

WINE PLACES

• A New Energy Is Bringing World-Class Wines to Paso Robles
• Croatian Wine Region: A Brief Recap of Dalmatia

WINE EDUCATION

• Being an MW isn’t ‘a passport to fame and fortune’, says Neil Hadley

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Vineyard Farmers Are The Focus Of Washington Wine Commission’s Newest Ambassador Program [paywall?]
• Missouri: Progress being made on $100 million investment in St. Charles County wine country
• Idaho: Homeowners, winery industry clash as development comes to Eagle foothills
• New Washington license plate celebrates state’s wine industry

ACADEMIA

• Renowned Cornell University Grape Pathologist Dr. Wayne Wilcox to Receive ASEV’s Highest Honor

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Mission — the varietal red that refuses to die
• Should frost nets be used more widely in vineyards?

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Diageo to invest £40.5m in beer packaging facilities

DOWN UNDER

• Market for Australian wine grows with $1.8 million grant
• OZ: Industry bodies welcome funding to improve winegrape price transparency

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China’s core wine drinkers prove to be resilient

SOUTH AFRICA

• Andrew Gunn on making cool climate wines in South Africa’s Elgin

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Craft beer industry sees rebound but 2022 is a “make-or-break year”