MAY 3, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Historic high in wine trade in 2021 – but uncertainty for 2022
• Wine Importers Shift Efforts To Humanitarian Assistance: Italy Responds To The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis (Part Two) [paywall?]
• Napa County Micro-Winery Ordinance Goes Into Effect May 5, 2022
• New technology offers fighting chance against grapevine killer
• Open Table Reservations Almost Back To 2019 Level
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Jack Cakebread, Photographer Turned Napa Vintner, Dies at 92
• Global Wine Exports Rebound
• How Wine and Spirits Companies Are Navigating the Supply Chain Chaos
• Embracing Technology In The Alco-Bev Industry – (Sponsored link)

UKRAINE

• Moldovan Winery Knows the Risk of Putin’s War in Ukraine All Too Well [paywall?]
• The Italian Wine Community Responds To The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis: An Updated Assessment [paywall?]
• AB InBev to brew Ukrainian beer and looks to remove business from Russia

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Tulare contractors plead no contest in major Tubbs fire fraud

DROUGHT/WATER

• New Irrigation Tech On Tap To Help Growers Feeling Drought Stress

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Global wine exports reach record high
• Campari toasts strong start to 2022 as Europeans embrace aperitifs
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley’s Amici Cellars promotes, hires for winemaking team
• Why attend the 2022 Future Drinks Expo? – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• ‘There Aren’t Enough of Us’: 5 Questions With Fah Sathirapongsasuti

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Vintage Wine Estates Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2022 Conference Call and Webcast
• Constellation Brands Prices Offering of Senior Notes
• Constellation Brands Announces Tender Offers for Outstanding Series of Its 3.20% and 4.25% Senior Notes Due 2023

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Another Italian Steps Out in Bordeaux
• Bonhams celebrates ‘outstanding” sale of Burgundy fine wines

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)

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Glass dismissed: wine goes green with paper bottle drive

MEDIA MATTERS

• Countdown to Wine Wars II
• UC Davis Library Acquires First Book on Wine Written in French
• Sideways the movie had lasting effects on the wine industry and casual wine drinkers (podcast)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Has Châteauneuf-du-Pape gotten too big for its boots?
• How best to understand terroir?
• Does Fortified Wine Have a Future? (podcast)

WINE TOURISM

• Verona to be home to Italy’s largest wine museum and visitor centre
• ProWein partners with caravan companies to showcase wine tourism opportunities

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• With Minimal Regulations and Room for Experimentation, Mexican Sparkling Wine Producers Reinvent Tradition

ACADEMIA

• Brock University launches national facility for virus-free grapevine plant material
• Temecula Valley’s Doffo Winery Reaches Next Milestone in Unique High School Viticulture and Winemaking Program
• WA: IAREC hosts Wenatchee college’s viticulture education for Hispanic community

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• B.C. man discovers new fungi to combat vineyard disease

EUROPE & THE UK

• What You Need to Know About Chianti Classico’s New UGA Subzones
• France: Macron’s own love of wine seems genuinely sincere
• Ban on sale of cheap alcohol has cost Scots £270m, new research finds

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Beamish International reports £15.5 million in rare whisky sales