MAY 24, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Alcohol marketing has crossed borders and entered the metaverse – how do we regulate the new digital risk?
• A Lesson For Wine? Millennials Are Saving Golf by Rebranding It
• Wine, Stagflation, and the Strong Dollar Syndrome
• Regulatory compliance is not something that the alcohol industry is good at
• Active 20-30 club denies Foppoli involvement
• What the Wine Industry Gets Wrong About Marketing to Younger Generations
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Found In Napa Valley
• West Sonoma Coast Gets Its Own AVA
• Beer, Spirits, & Wine Packaged Imports Grow
• First Future Drinks Expo A Huge Success

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Evacuation orders lifted in St. Helena area after Pope Fire

DROUGHT/WATER

• ‘Everyone loses’: Sacramento Valley struggles to survive unprecedented water cuts
• California governor pleads for more water conservation, warns of mandatory statewide restrictions

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

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

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• World Bulk Wine Exposition To Hold First U.S. Show In Sonoma
• US Labor Department: CA farms underpaid migrant workers

UKRAINE WINE

• Ukrainian wine may have a metallic edge this year as Russian rockets hit vineyards
• U.S. Wineries Support Ukraine with Events, Bottle Sales and More

COVID-19

• Corporate retreats return to California Wine Country, but COVID concerns are changing their scope
• How to prevent next pandemic?
• One in Three Americans Think Pandemic Is Over

HEALTH

• What If The Wine Industry Adopted A First Do No Harm Mentality?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Toward more sustainable wine: Scientists can now track sulfur from grapes to streams
• DPR Accepting IPM Achievement Award Nominations
• Act for Change Symposium Programme revealed

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Provi Hires DISCUS Executive, David E. Wojnar, as SrVP, Government Affairs
• Show Up, Stand Up, Speak Up: WineAmerica National Policy Conference 2022

DISTRIBUTION

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Prestigious wines set new high with US$26.6m total across two sales in Hong Kong
• Benchmark Wine Expands to the East Coast With New Operation in Washington, D.C.

DATA & TRENDS

• Sneak Peek: Q1 2022 Report on Wine DTC
• US imports of French red wine by region, 2009 – 2019

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)

MARKETING & SALES

• How to really understand your online customer
• Cheap & Healthy = Top Goals For Grocery Shoppers

TECH

• Ekos announces new wine production experience for end-to-end business management software

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Brooklyn Bridge’s Secret Wine Cellars
• The Cienega Valley Soil Secret That Gifts Affordable Bourgogne-Style Wines
• An Ode to Brooklyn Hots, the Best Place to Eat Dive-y Food and Drink Natural Wine in New York City
• Wine Expert Opens and Tastes a 159 Year Old Bottle of Port Bottled in 1863

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Fermentation Management Significantly Eased Through the Use of Innovative Liquid Yeast Nutrient

LATIN AMERICA

• Old-School Winemaking Techniques are the New Cool in South America
• Exotic wines hide in the heights of Chile’s Atacama desert