MAY 17, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Southern Glazer’s Hit With Wine Sales Consultant Class Action Employment Lawsuit
• Wine & Stagflation: What Will Happen When Wine Prices Rise?
• U.S. Wine Exports Show Significant Gains in 2021 Despite Challenges
• California Sparkling Wines Drive Premiumization Trend [paywall?]
• USDA Announces Availability of Disaster Assistance for 2020 and 2021 Losses
• How Great Is Wildfire Risk For Your Calif Zip Code? This Interactive Map Tells All.
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• How wine marketing can steal your personal data
• Global wine consumption recovers from pandemic-hit 2020, but remains down on 2019
• U.S. Still #1 In World Wine Consumption. France, Italy Also Ran.
• Embracing Technology In The Alco-Bev Industry – (Sponsored link)

UKRAINE

• WA: Tinte Cellars donation drive for Ukraine enters final week
• The Russian invasion of Ukraine made everyone nervous, upending trade patterns for exporting countries like New Zealand

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• California properties at risk of wildfire expected to see sixfold increase in 30 years [paywall?]
• La Nina looks like best bet for next winter [paywall?]

DROUGHT/WATER

• How California Can Survive Another Historic Drought [paywall?]
• Drought already a challenge for this year’s French wine harvest

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Vino Vault Receives Strategic Growth Investment from Manhattan West
• Sonoma Valley hotel is part of Brookfield’s $3.8 billion play for Watermark Lodging portfolio
• Why attend the 2022 Future Drinks Expo? – (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• China’s wine and spirits imports pummeled by Covid in Q1

DIVERSITY

• Get sparkling wine delivered to your door with this Black women-owned service

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• Alcohol Brands Are Getting into the NFT Space. What Does This Mean for Legal Compliance?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Is criticism of organic or sustainable winegrowing programs adding to consumers’ distrust or confusion?
• How Pancho Campo is Tackling the Climate Crisis Through Green Wine Future 2022
• Adapting vineyards to a changing climate: Torres look to the future
• ‘Organic Viticulture and a Sustainable Future’: 5 Questions With Ludovic du Plessis
• Beyond flora and fauna: Why it’s time to include fungi in global conservation goals

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• When does a wine qualify for Napa?

REAL ESTATE

• Amador County winery in Shenandoah Valley AVA for sale [paywall?]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Vintage Wine Estates Reports Revenue Growth of 68% to $78.9 Million in Third Quarter Fiscal 2022 and Raises Full Year Fiscal 2022 Revenue Expectations
• Vintage Wine Estates, Inc (VWE) CEO Pat Roney on Q3 2022 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
• Fresh Vine Wine Announces First Quarter 2022 Financial Results

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine Critic Robert Parker Auctions Off One-Off Bottle For Charity

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• Demand for en primeur expected to be 20% lower this year, survey finds
• Pessac-Leognan, Graves & Bordeaux Blanc sec 2021: ‘best whites since 2017’
• St Estephe & Haut-Medoc: left-bank Merlot ‘a tough and tricky proposition’ in 2021
• Pessac-Leognan & Graves rouge 2021: impressive but patchy

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Predicting Palates: Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Wine Buying?
• Young drinkers want variety over varietals [paywall?]
• 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

• Has Boxed Wine Finally Overcome Its Negative Stigma?
• Corkscrews to cans: WA wineries adapt to sustainable packaging

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Vintners.co Launches New Global B2B Platform for the Craft Wine Industry

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How to Navigate the Growing Diversity of Orange Wine
• Luretta Winery Goes Its Own Way In Tradition-Bound Emilia-Romagna [paywall?]

ACADEMIA

• NZ & China: Marlborough-Ningxia viticulture degree proposed

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Winemaking options for the improvement of the attributes of the wines from grapes with different oenological potential and sanitary status

EUROPE & THE UK

• Returning Historic Varieties to Germany’s Vineyards

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Spirits RTD Label Approvals slow from 2021 Highs But Still Many New Entrants