JUNE 6, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Napa Auction a Reserved Affair
• Why diversity will make wine industry stronger
• Brand-retailer collaboration to tap trends driving alcohol purchases among younger consumers
• California drought is pushing Latino farmers and workers to make difficult decisions
• Leisure/Hospitality Job Recovery Languishes At Bottom Of The Labor Barrel.
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Provi and SevenFifty Complete Integration, Creating Single, Best-in-Class Ecommerce Marketplace for Wholesale Buyers
• UC Davis to Build New, $5.25M Greenhouse to Protect U.S. Grapevine Collection
• 4th Circuit Upholds North Carolina Retail Delivery Law

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• California Drought Conditions May Help Predict Fire Danger

DROUGHT/WATER

• California lawmakers mull buying out farmers to save water [paywall?]
• Demystifying mist as a source of water supply

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• South Africa’s 2022 will still pack a punch despite smaller grape crop
• Flowering and Fruit Set Provide Reasons for Optimism After a Challenging Beginning to 2022 at Tablas Creek, Paso Robles
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Collective Napa Valley Comes Together for Children’s Mental Health
• Reinventing Wine Auctions: Napa Valley Succeeds With $1.5 Million Raised At 2022 New, More Inclusive Auction Format [paywall?]
• World Bulk Wine Exhibition USA Conference Begins June 8th in Santa Rosa
• No charges in crash that killed former Chez Panisse wine director
• Scheid Family Wines Reports Year End Results

UKRAINE WINE

• Ukrainian wines seek independents

COVID-19

• CDC calls for masks. Here’s why North Bay counties so far aren’t requiring them

DIVERSITY

• African American Vintners and a Powerful Word for the Future
• The Male-Female Education Gap Need Not Impact a Man’s Career in Wine

HEALTH

• How to Quit Drinking: Sobriety Clubs Like Tempest Draw Millennials
• Wine with dinner to cut diabetes risk? Maybe, or maybe not
• Adult non-alcoholic beverage association launches in the UK and Europe

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• Are NFTs the future of digital wine experiences?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Calls for “competitive co-operation” to make wines and spirits sustainable

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Diageo, Deutsch Both Claim Wins In Bulleit vs Redemption Trademark Battle [paywall?]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Coca-Cola’s alcoholic beverage experiments to continue

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• GCF acquires Viña Las Niñas in Chile

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• India: Trade pact gain for Aussie wine

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Announces the Retirement of Shawn Thurman, Executive Vice President, National Accounts
• How Wineries Can Boost Their Restaurant Distribution – (Sponsored link)

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• Château Canon La Gaffelière 2021 released En Primeur – Liv-ex
• Château Gazin 2021 released En Primeur – Liv-ex

DATA & TRENDS

• Which countries are dominated by only a few alcohol suppliers?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How Ann Noble and the Wine Aroma Wheel Revolutionized the Industry
• 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

• Cornell Scientists To Be Feted at Wine Grape Conference
• China’s biggest wine & spirits fair sets dates…for now
• London Wine Fair set for return: what to expect this week

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How Shiraz Got Cool

WINE PEOPLE

• Gilles Nicault Shines A Light On Long Shadows
• Pam Starr, Founding Winemaker & Owner Crocker & Starr, Napa Valley (podcast)
• Washington Wine History Interviews: John and Scott Williams, Kiona Vineyards and Winery

WINE HISTORY

• Deep sea hunters are battling to save wine ‘worth millions’ from WW1 wreck
• Monkey Wine

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MI: Judge blocks Peninsula wineries ordinances
• How Vermont Became New England’s Natural Wine Destination
• Rocky Reach: an in-depth look at Washington’s newest appellation

ACADEMIA

• Rutgers University launches Grape and Wine Science Certificate Program

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Soil Mapping for Fine-Tuned Nutrient Management
• Automated drones could scare birds off agricultural fields
• How a new yeast can bring down ABV by 2%
• How the management of pH during winemaking affects acetaldehyde evolution and the formation of polymeric phenolics over the red wine aging

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bordeaux Producer Fined over Labeling

DOWN UNDER

• Increased excise tax means higher costs for NZ wineries and consumers

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Big prizes, big challenges for luxury drinks companies in Asia