JUNE 7, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• NielsenIQ acquires CGA
• Survey Shows Decline in regular wine drinkers, increase in abstainers
• So Just How Many Millennials Are You Marketing Wine To?
• Calif: Much still uncertain as state water board consider historic water sharing agreement for Russian River watershed
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Napa Auction a Reserved Affair
• Why diversity will make wine industry stronger
• Brand-retailer collaboration to tap trends driving alcohol purchases among younger consumers

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• How to manage increasingly intense wildfires

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Wine’s ‘Absurd’ Prices

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Italy The Only Top Wine Producer To See Growth In 2021
• Wines of Provence: vintage report 2021
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Why Many of California’s Best-Known Winemakers Flock to Amador County
• At Napa’s Cain Vineyard and Winery, Planting a New Future Means Learning from the Past
• Why Napa, Sonoma wineries are hiring top chefs — and why so many became available
• Sullivan Rutherford Estate announces future plans for PA Vinea
• Gary Brookman of Miner Family Winery Announces Retirement

UKRAINE WINE

• Ukraine winery in area shelled by Russia wins gold at Decanter wine awards

DIVERSITY

• First Black Woman Winery Owner in US Releases Memoir
• ‘Community Breeds Support’: 5 Questions With Ikimi Dubose-Woodson

HEALTH

• Moderate Wine Consumption Linked to Reduced Tumor Risk

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• ‘Bees are Fish’ Criticism Mostly Misguided, Law Scholars Say

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Former Fresh Vine Wine executive sues company over attempted stock sale [paywall?]

AGRIFOODTECH

• Transforming viticulture and agriculture through 5G

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Burgundy and Rhône see the biggest price rises in May – Liv-ex
• In the future, edible QR codes could reveal fake whisky

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• Bordeaux 2021: Winemaking and vineyards

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Influence of Wine Critics: The Blind Leading the Blind?
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• ANNALS OF PR: The Ideal Client

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Richard Siddle on why we need a strong London Wine Fair
• Napa THRIVES Kicks Off June 7

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Italy’s Super White Wines Are Turning Critical Heads
• Mega Purple Is the Wine Ingredient Nobody Will Talk About
• Italy Strikes Back: Wine Diversity in Theory and Practice
• Graševina: Longevity and importance of Croatia’s most widespread grape variety

IN MEMORIAM

• Remembering Winemaker Sean Thackrey

WINE PEOPLE

• Interview: John Grant, CEO, Cline Family Cellars [paywall?]
• Meet the Winemaker Showing That Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Ages With the Best of Them
• Unfiltered: Miles Corish MW and Steven Smith
• Elizabeth Vianna of Chimney Rock Winery (podcast)
• Interview with Reeze Choi (video)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Wine Culture Is Evolving on the Las Vegas Strip
• Colorado Rising: Behind the World’s First High Desert Hybrid Wine Region
• WA: Area Near Rocky Reach Dam Gets Official Wine Designation
• Grape and Wine Industry Gaining Momentum in North Dakota
• Vineyard Expansion Assistance Program open in Ohio

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Parasitic Wasp Might Be a Solution for Spotted Wing Drosophila

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Plan ahead to avoid border delays for drinks consignments warns WSTA
• UK: WSTA warns that economic recover is not “assured”

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Has Sake’s Moment Finally Arrived? (podcast)