MAY 19, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Pix Insights: Online data allows us to see wine in a new light
• Vintners Group buys 73-acre Sacramento Delta vineyard for lower-cost grapes
• Marketing Strategy 2022: Key Elements for Successful Wine e-Commerce
• Wine ‘vintage’ means nothing to Millennials. Can this winemaker’s unorthodox plan win them over? [paywall?]
• Treasury Wine Estates looks to kill two birds with one Chinese stone as Penfolds heads east
• Overall COVID Comfort For Dining Mostly Steady, But Plunges For GenZ.
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Southern Glazer’s Hit With Wine Sales Consultant Class Action Employment Lawsuit
• How wine can keep its lead in e-commerce
• Wine-Searcher Powers Wine Investment Platform
• Embracing Technology In The Alco-Bev Industry – (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Calif: Much warmer and drier second half of May, and some thoughts about summer to come
• Frost damage and recovery… and damage and recovery
• Aguiar-Curry calls for research funding to investigate smoke taint impact on grapes [paywall?]

DROUGHT/WATER

• California’s Snowpack, Groundwater Keep Dropping
• California’s drought, relentless and inexorable, takes its toll

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• California lawmakers ponder freeing up direct shipping of beer, spirits
• Wine List & QR Codes: Wine Management with Digital Marketing – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

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

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• This winemaker is turning to a crop that has yet to take off in California — and can go for $1,000 a pound [paywall?]
• Plata Wine Partners Expansion Continues with Addition of Two New Hires
• Napa Valley Future Leaders Step Up Through Leadership Program
• Sonoma County Wine Library a Haven for History Buffs
• Lola Wines follow a path road less traveled in Napa Valley [paywall?]
• Why attend the 2022 Future Drinks Expo? – (Sponsored link)

HEALTH

• Non-Alcoholic Drinks are Having a Moment. Here’s Why.

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• Farandole Launches An NFT Marketplace For Wine & Spirits On Avalanche

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Sonoma County vintner Ames Morison tackles climate change as priority for his winery [paywall?]
• 5 technologies that will help make the food system carbon neutral
• Sustainable Winegrowing Australia impact report shows eco improvement

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Penfolds MD: made-in-China Penfolds is just the first step

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Auction of Washington Wines Hosts Private Barrel Auction with One-of-a-Kind Wine Lots, August 8
• Spain’s secondary market for fine wine
• Societe Jacques Bollinger invests further in Bordeaux Index
• Prince Robert de Luxembourg Auctions Wines Straight from Haut-Brion’s Cellars

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• Weighing Up Bordeaux’s 2021 Vintage

DATA & TRENDS

• Annual Drizly Consumer Trend Report Finds Americans Thirstier for Tequila, Cocktails in Cans and Non-Alcoholic Drinks

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Answering the 100-point scale [paywall?]
• It’s official: Cheap wine is irrelevant, part III [paywall]
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Influence of ProWein 2022 tested after 38% drop in visitor number
• Asia’s leading F&B trade show to be held annually from 2022

MEDIA MATTERS

• Australia’s Gold Coast Wine Country Stars in Netflix’s ‘A Perfect Pairing’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• American Wineries Are Getting in on the Field-Blend Game
• Pineau d’Aunis: ’delicate, detailed and deliciously de rigueur’
• Lighter reds and the rise of grenache and nebbiolo

WINE PEOPLE

• Wine labels to record labels: Ali Coyle

WINE PLACES

• Moulin-à-Vent Is a Revered French Region. Here’s Why

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Update on Growing Grapes in Virginia

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Recent advances in the aging of wine
• Precision Viticulture: Land

EUROPE & THE UK

• Appellations threaten to leave Languedoc wine council

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African consumers have an openness to alternative wine packaging options post pandemic