MAY 6, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• California DTC Spirits Shipping: Time For a Referendum
• Sonoma County’s Vintage Wine Estates acquires cannabis brands as part of alternative beverage effort
• Tokenization of Wine – Enabling an Extended Consumer Experience
• How co-ferments, hard seltzer and zero-alc options are transforming the beverage industry
• How Low Is “Low Alcohol Wine?” (Really Low. More Like Beer & IPA).
• Wine-Buying Tips for People Who Are Running Late
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• 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!
• Embracing Technology In The Alco-Bev Industry – (Sponsored link)

UKRAINE

• Chef Dominique Crenn Spearheads Ukraine Fundraiser

IN MEMORIAM

• Napa Wine Star Jack Cakebread Started Out as an Auto Mechanic [paywall?]

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Why Climate Change Makes It Harder to Fight Fire With Fire [paywall?]

DROUGHT/WATER

• Bill codifying Calif Gov Newsom’s order on groundwater drilling draws heavy ag opposition

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Coming Soon: WineDirect/Enolytics DTC Update Report
• Wine List & QR Codes: Wine Management with Digital Marketing – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +24% By Value L12M through March 2022, Packaged Exports Grow +19%
• This is why Burgundy is going to get even pricier
• Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’
• 2019 Barbaresco: unhurried vines make classic wines
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California winery gets stick for banning kids at weekends
• California’s ‘class of 1972’ wineries continue to raise the bar [paywall?]
• Napa supervisor hopefuls sound off on winery, vineyard growth [paywall?]
• Why attend the 2022 Future Drinks Expo? – (Sponsored link)

HEALTH

• #WineMom is More Than a Club – It’s a Movement
• The Benefits of Wine Include Activating Multiple Brain Regions
• Is It Safe To Drink From Lead Crystal?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Leading Washington state in sustainable wine growing
• Old World Bordeaux Raises The Bar On Environmental Action And Corporate Responsibility [paywall?]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• The Duckhorn Portfolio: A Must Have In A High-Inflation Environment [freewall?]

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Burgundy and Bordeaux drive the broader market in April – Liv-ex
• Dominio de Pingus 2019 leads weekly trade – Liv-ex

DATA & TRENDS

• Using data to answer our most important questions about wine with David Morrison, PhD, of The Wine Gourd (podcast)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Questioning the 100-point scale [paywall?]
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

MARKETING & SALES

• Why best brands are run by their consumers

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Rise of California North Coast ultrapremium boxed wine
• Sustainable packaging: How are start-ups ‘thinking outside the box’ for snacks and booze?

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• TikTok for Wine Lovers: Made For Each Other, or Quite Incompatible?

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Wafla opens its first farmworker housing facility in Oregon [paywall?]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Exploring The Differences Between Palates (podcast)
• Refosco, Or The Color Of Friuli’s Top Red Wine [paywall?]

WINE PEOPLE

• Q&A: Elaine Chukan Brown
• Chandon’s Pauline Lhote talks motherhood in wine, trusting her instincts [paywall?]
• Young entrepreneur uses biodynamics to make her wine

EUROPE & THE UK

• Franciacorta Battles the Status Quo
• Languedoc Roussillon Adopts Champagne Approach
• Majestic embraces growth as it unveils its summer wines
• UK: Reality TV ‘bombards’ young people with alcohol marketing, study says
• UK: Lanchester Group invests £20m in new self-powered bottling facility
• Britons cut back on meat, fish, wine (etc) as cost of living crisis bites

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Producers and small business demand certainty on instant asset write-off
• OZ: Digital farming partnership aims to support viticultural efficiency and profitability
• OZ: Building a mass biosecurity movement

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Scotch: Taking local oak seriously