JULY 8, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• The new cues driving RTD innovation
• How To Do Business In America: The Case Of Champagne Charlie, Then And Now [paywall?]
• Robotic Vehicles are Driving into the World’s Vineyards
• California deepens water cuts amid drought, hitting farms [paywall?]
• Global Wine Consumption Inched Up 1% Last Year
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Rabbit Ridge New Owner Responds To Trustee’s Contempt of Court Filing.
• Uniform Law Commission and its Questionable Constitutional Mandates

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Fire season heating up in Klamath, Lake counties

DROUGHT/WATER

• Drought continues to affect crops, diary in California

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Bulk Wine Prices: Minimal Change
• Cognac in growth due to gifting, e-commerce and changing demographics
• South Africa Harvests – Less and More
• Prosecco: Walking a Tightrope – with a Net
• Tasmanian grapes hit record value in 2022 vintage
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Grower Assessment Rate for 2022 Harvest
• Napa fine-beverage consultancy Azur Associates launches fractional CFO services

UKRAINE WINE

• Pro-Ukrainian Wine Project

DIVERSITY

• Meet The New Generation of Black American Vintners
• Renee Burton describes why recognition of all industry roles is empowering

HEALTH

• What Is Low Alcohol Wine?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Study predicts growth in UK wine production due to climate change
• Wine Australia to provide Emissions Reduction Roadmap
• Why it’s an organic and fine wine focus for Henriot

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Guala Closures acquires Labrenta
• Bordeaux’s Château Climens Changes Owners

AGRIFOODTECH

• Does Technology Trump Terroir in the Vineyard?

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• US distillers say ‘cheers to toasts, not tariffs’

DISTRIBUTORS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Strong week of trade for Burgundy and Champagne – Liv-ex

DATA & TRENDS

• Pernod Ricard on US RTD alcohol trends

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)

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Julien De Beaumarchais De Rothschild On A Longstanding Family Tradition Of Putting Art On Wine Labels [paywall?]
• Don’t Let Your Wine Go to the Grocery Store Naked [paywall?]
• Miguel Torres Chile switches to Packamama’s bottles for Río Claro Organic Carmenère in Systembolaget

MEDIA MATTERS

• In ‘Living Wine’ Documentary, Natural Wine Transcends the Clichés [paywall?]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Emerging whites of Paso Robles [paywall?]

WINE PEOPLE

• Erin Riley’s ideas keep sparkling at her Napa wine lounge [paywall?]

WINE HISTORY

• An avalanche in Italy shows how top Italian wine regions were formed. It also shows how they will be destroyed.

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• North Georgia vineyards turn wine tastings into big business — and fun
• VA: Pairing wine with rhinos, it’s the concept behind the Fredericksburg winery ‘Rhinory’
• Michigan governor signs bill slashing mark up for local distillers
• IA: Prairie Crossing Winery rebuilds after tornado
• Paul Hobbs’ Finger Lakes project [paywall?]
• Scientists finding grapes to grow in Florida; wine-making workshop coming up
• NC governor signs bills addressing sexual assaults, alcohol

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The Art of malolactic fermentation: considerations for a successful MLF (video)
• Ekos releases next phase of wine production updates and improvements to provide more visibility for winemakers

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Riverland winemaker Ashley Ratcliff calls for boycott of venues lacking local drops
• Why a cheeky glass of Aussie wine could soon set you back a lot more

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Soaring prices, plastic bottles to dampen Japan’s thirst for Beaujolais Nouveau

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• CALS professor turns yogurt byproduct into hard seltzer biz