APRIL 7, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Do Baseball and Wine Have the Same PR Problems?
• Bordeaux Rallies Behind Ukraine
• Global wine industry must reassess supply chain assumptions and strategies
• Napa Valley Has a Problem: It’s Running Out of Prime Room for Grapes [paywall?]
• Constellation Brands Fiscal Year & Fourth Quarter 2022 Results & Fiscal Year 2023 Outlook (PDF)
• Why This Influencer Is Being Accused Of Threatening A Renowned Restaurant
• Jobs: The “Great Resignation” is actually a “Great Reprioritization”
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• Tony May, a Giant of Italian Food and Wine in the U.S., Dies

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wineries Overthinking their Marketing Plans
• 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

DROUGHT/WATER

• Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Water plan announced for habitat, farms
• Newsom urged Californians to cut water use by 15%. In February they saved less than 1%

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Three-Tier System Essentials: Self-Distribution Permissions
• Wine List & QR Codes: Wine Management with Digital Marketing – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• It’s the wine bottles that are really getting expensive [paywall?]
• Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +23% By Value L12M through February 2022, Packaged Exports Grow +18%
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Gallo Winery now has 24 liquor brands, and a new name for the booming branch
• Can Grocery Outlet’s $5.99 wines possibly be any good? [paywall?]
• A quest to understand the hunger for Pliny the Younger [paywall?]
• Why attend the 2022 Future Drinks Expo? – (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• Congress is voting on a $42 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund

DIVERSITY

• Kilolo Strobert Is Finding a New Beginning in an Old Haunt at Fermented Grapes

HEALTH

• Alcohol consumption has no additional preventative heart benefits in patients on cholesterol-lowering medication
• How I Overcame My Battle With Red Wine Teeth

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• Penfolds launches rare ‘Superblends’ via NFT
• Club dVIN: A Global NFT Wine Community with Access to Rare Collections, Exclusive Curated Experiences, and More

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Santa Rosa’s CannaCraft to merge with San Diego cannabis dispensary chain

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• How Climate Change is Altering Burgundy’s Wine Identity

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
• Constellation Brands Announces Accelerated Stock Buyback

DISTRIBUTORS

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

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Knowledge is the new social currency for high net worth consumers, says Campari Group
• American Airlines Will Feature New Wines on Flights and in Lounges
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine Marketing’s Victimization of Old Folks
• Lure New Consumers by Matching Gen Z’s Preferences and Values

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Inside the Twisty Mind of a Corkscrew Designer

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How Natural Wines Are Finding Their Footing
• New oak can “pollute” Italian varieties, says Tenuta di Ghizzano

WINE PEOPLE

• “Anger Management” Tom Rinaldi, Winemaker, Napa Valley (video)
• Dan Farrell-Wright of Wickhams wine and spirits
• Unfiltered: Vincenzo Arnese

WINE EDUCATION

• The Difference Between Children and Adult Learning

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Canadian craft producers lobby excise tax to stay in business
• Three Idaho-based grants support potato, wine and barley innovation
• WA: Platinum Awards factor into scholarships for future growers, winemakers
• WA: Hearing examiner denies revocation of Olalla Valley Vineyard and Winery’s permit

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Is now the time for smaller wine importers to shine?
• Understanding Chianti Classico’s New UGA Classification
• Spain: La Rioja Alta, S.A. Expands with Artisanal Vineyard Acquisitions

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• To succeed in China you have to get your trademarks right
• China: Shinji Hori appointed President of Enoteca

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• US craft beer sales rebound with 8% growth