MAY 9, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• What the Supreme Court Leak Could Mean for the American Wine Industry
• Yellow Tail, Peter Lehmann owner puts 7,258ha of vineyards and land on the market
• Tonnes of grapes ‘left to rot’ as Australia struggles to shift wine
• Too many eggs in too few wine export baskets
• The two largest reservoirs in California are already at ‘critically low levels’ and the dry season is just starting
• Italy, France, Spain & USA – account for more than half of the world wine production.
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

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

UKRAINE

• Drinks industry ramps up efforts to raise money in aid of Ukraine crisis

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Fire Suppression Fueled California’s Destructive 2020 Wildfires [paywall?]
• Willamette Valley grape crop is dealt a frosty blow

DROUGHT/WATER

• Why the West is running out of water and can’t get more

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc sees premiumisation spike
• How new drinks options are transforming the industry
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine buyers return for Sonoma County Barrel Auction
• Napa County Farm Bureau to honor government, wine business leaders
• Napa Valley wine group Far Niente gets new marketing head
• Napa County to revisit general plan [paywall?]
• Napa supervisor hopefuls sound off on winery, vineyard growth [paywall?]
• Why attend the 2022 Future Drinks Expo? – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• CEO Remi Cohen Is Continuing the Domaine Carneros History of Female Leadership
• The Wine Business Is a Family Affair for Italian Moms and Daughters

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• In Portugal’s Vinho Verde, Wine Is Green in More Ways Than One
• How climate change is changing Australian wine [paywall?]

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Prohibition wasn’t a failure [paywall]

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• E. Guigal Expands in the Southern Rhône, Buying Tavel’s Château d’Aquéria

DISTRIBUTORS

• Beam Suntory Signs Multiyear Agreement with Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits for Distribution in All U.S. Control States
• How Wineries Can Boost Their Restaurant Distribution – (Sponsored link)

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• En primeur 2021 – Château Batailley kicks off the campaign
• Château Batailley 2021 released En Primeur – Liv-ex
• Bordeaux 2021 – buy white!

DATA & TRENDS

• An Alcademics Study of Liquor Bottle Weights
• 75% of Bordeaux wines with no added sulphites showed faults

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Who Decides What ‘Belongs’ on a Fine-Dining Beverage Program?
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

MARKETING & SALES

• Communicating In The Age of Constant Disaster [paywall]

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Napa Valley’s C. Mondavi & Family enters canned wine market
• Supplies of transparent bottles for white and rosé wines turn into a “nightmare”
• Can cork taint be eradicated forever?
• From bag-in-box to plastic and paper bottles: Meet the brand eliminating glass from wine packaging

MEDIA MATTERS

• ‘V is for Vino’ Wine Show to Air on ‘ReachTV’ Airport Television Network
• Italian Wine Podcast: “Everybody Needs a Bit of Scienza” celebrates 100 episodes
• New Eastbound Westbound Wine Documentary Highlights French And American Connections [paywall?]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• South Africa: The Cinsault proclamation
• All Italian White Wines Taste Alike

WINE PEOPLE

• Chuck Reininger’s Passion For Walla Walla
• Judd Wallenbrock: The Ramble

WINE PLACES

• Next Chapter in the Freemark Abbey Story

WINE HISTORY

• Why Ancient Greeks Mixed Wine With Seawater

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Tasting Texas: Tempranillo, Tourism and Tesla
• Vineyard research project to help Tennessee wine industry (video)
• New technology designed to boost Missouri’s wine industry

EUROPE & THE UK

• Picpoul de Pinet Winemakers Lose Battle against Rail Line
• Garda DOC Consortium seeks higher profile in UK market
• Burgundy winegrowers raise €850k to help save Cîteaux Abbey
• UK: Simpsons’ Wine Estate unveils major expansion

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Producers and small business demand certainty on instant asset write-off
• OZ: Wine brands advised to use COVID experience during cost-of-living crunch
• OZ: Tourism funding for breweries, wineries and distilleries
• OZ: Liberal Party promises alcoholic beverages boost

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile’s Old Cabernet Vines Make Their Debut
• Winemakers in Uco Valley are ‘growing up’, not just going up, says Argentine specialist

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Why Can’t I Get Liquor Shipped to My Home?