MAY 5, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• The Expanding Landscape of Alcohol Delivery Services
• Beer Shows Pricing Muscle Despite Its Underdog Status (Wine Not In The Running) [paywall?]
• Women in Wine Deserve (nay) Command Your Support – Now!
• The time has come for the bulk wine industry to shift gears.
• AlcBevs Hit Hard As Consumer Discretionary Spending Tumbled in March
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• California beer and spirits DTC bill gets major overhaul
• The Duckhorn Portfolio Acquires 265-Acre Cabernet Sauvignon Vineyard in Paso Robles, California
• Vinoshipper Acquires CompleteDTC
• Embracing Technology In The Alco-Bev Industry – (Sponsored link)

UKRAINE

• ‘It is our duty to help the Ukrainian people’: Winery takes in Ukrainian refugees (video)
• ‘Putin is a d****head’ beer goes on sale in US

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Heat Threatens Oregon Pinot Noir
• California’s 2020 Wildfire Season
• Calif: Deep freeze hammers winegrape farmers

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Drinks Writer Exposes How Celebrity Wines Are Made
• Wine List & QR Codes: Wine Management with Digital Marketing – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• U.S. supply chain pressures ease as transportation capacity grows
• Supply Chain Woes Are Rippling Though the Wine World
• New Zealand bounces back with positive prediction for 2022 vintage
• Aussie Wine Exports: The Pain Continues
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Darioush Khaledi Donates $100,000 to Napa Valley College’s Teaching Vineyard
• Justin Winery grants direct over $250,000 to nonprofits, schools
• Paul Wagner, wine marketer to mystery author [paywall?]
• Why attend the 2022 Future Drinks Expo? – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• Norcal’s historic roots in Chinese winemaking

HEALTH

• A ‘factory reset’ for the brain may cure anxiety, drinking behavior, study suggests

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• World’s first rare whisky NFT to be auctioned by Bonhams in HK

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• To Drink Better, Wine Lovers Need to Look Beyond the Bottle

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Vintage Wine Estates Taps Tracey Mason to Lead NexDrinx, an Innovative Initiative in Alternative Beverages

DISTRIBUTORS

• New York Debate Part 2: UK Buyers & producers on its biggest potential
• How Wineries Can Boost Their Restaurant Distribution – (Sponsored link)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine market remains cautious in April – Liv-ex

DATA & TRENDS

• Growing opportunity for lower alcohol wine in the US market

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)

MEDIA MATTERS

• Turning the Tables on Alexandra Russell

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A Wine Tasting at the End of the World

WINE PEOPLE

• Uncle Louis: The Untold Story
• Bob Lindquist on Conversation with Jason (video)

WINE TOURISM

• Lisbon’s New Palace Hotel Has A Passion For Wine [paywall?]

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• A Gene Hack Might Save the Wine Industry From Disease-Carrying Bugs [freewall?]

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Women across the wine sector can study a Diploma of Digital Technologies – at no cost
• OZ: Building a mass biosecurity movement

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Africa’s biggest champagne importers – Nigeria, Ghana, Congo among top 10

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• You Can Win The World’s Largest Bottle of Scotch — If You Have 2 Million Dollars to Spare