MAY 10, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Concrete Lessons for Creating a More Diverse and Inclusive Wine Industry
• Wine and Inflation: Will the Rising Tide Lift Wine’s Boat?
• Restaurant Wine’s New Revenue Stream
• Why promoting responsible drinking is key to retain consumer loyalty post-COVID-19
• Seltzer’s On-Premise Surge
• Rippey Family Vineyards Acquires Assets From Baldacci Family
• Fires & Apocalyptic Drought Continue To Hammer Western U.S.
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

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

UKRAINE

• Russia looks to China for wine imports amid Western sanctions

DROUGHT/WATER

• ‘A race to the bottom’: New bill aims to limit frenzy of well drilling on California farms [paywall?]
• Cash for farmworkers? California lawmaker says new $20 million idea will help amid drought [paywall?]
• City of Napa likely won’t enact new drought restrictions this year [paywall?]

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Chile harvest report 2022: ‘a challenging year in terms of climate’
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Efforts Underway to Establish a Sonoma Winegrape Pest & Disease Control District
• Napa’s famous Caymus just opened a mega tasting room in the last place you’d expect [paywall?]
• Why attend the 2022 Future Drinks Expo? – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• Study Finds Black Farmers Have Lost $326 Billion in Land
• How This Wine Lover Spotted a Market Gap and Turned It Into a Million-Dollar Business

HEALTH

• Mediterranean Diet Helps Prevent Heart Attacks Better Than Low-Fat Diet
• How a glass of wine with a neighbour helps us feel ‘accepted’

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• First Half of 2022 State Alcohol Litigation Roundup

REAL ESTATE

• MA: Broken Creek Vineyard & Winery for sale

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Italy’s Campari buys French brand Picon for 119 million euros

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 17th Annual Destin Charity Wine Auction presented by the Jumonville Family raises more than $3.8 million for children in need in Northwest Florida

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

• LVMH works flat out to make its Provence rosés sustainable
• New wine label rules are making alcohol content more accurate

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• TikTok’s Biggest Wine Star, a Napa Valley Wine Proprietor

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Varietal vs. Terroir
• Are Vintage Wines Falling Out of Fashion? (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Baja California on the Rise: Getting to Know Mexico’s Top Wine Region

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Washington Wine allocates nearly $1 million for wine research
• Sommelier Caleb Ganzer Reaches Agreement with District Attorney on Arson Charges
• NY: Peter Bell retiring from Fox Run Vineyards

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Photoselective Shade Films Mitigate Heat Wave Damage by Reducing Anthocyanin and Flavonol Degradation in Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) Berries
• Grapevine killer controlled through gene editing strategy

EUROPE & THE UK

• Brescianini’s mandate as Franciacorta president renewed
• Lanchester Group on building UK’s ‘most sustainable’ wine bottling site

SOUTH AFRICA

• Geoffrey Dean discovers South Africa’s Agulhas Wine Triangle