JULY 21, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Patent Lawsuit Against Gallo by Vineyard Investigations May Be Nearing End
• U.S. Wine Market Projected To Slip By Volume, Rise By Value This Year
• Trucker protests over gig worker law shut Port of Oakland terminals
• New Study Links Wine to Better Cognitive Function in Elderly
• Is Bordeaux’s Scoring Window Closing?
• The Strong Dollar May Help Wine Imports, But Cut Your Cost of Barrels & Other Imported Goods.
• 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.
• Beer/Malt New Product Registrations Inch Upward, Wine Drops in Q2 2022
• DoorDash introduces dual ID verification for alcohol deliveries

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• California fire season is quiet so far, resembles a ‘normal summer’ [paywall?]

DROUGHT/WATER

• California Water Crisis to Leave 800,000 Acres of Farmland Empty This Year
• Lake Mead level decline worse than anticipated
• New rules for well permits in Sonoma County proposed [paywall?]

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Time to get your visitor pass for USA Trade Tasting and meet the world Chicago – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Off-Premise Sales Fall 4%
• Supply Chain Pivots – How to Overcome Disruptions
• New shipping law means voyages may get slower still next year
• Prosecco Rising
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• The unexpected ingredient in this $275 Napa wine: S.F. Bay water [paywall?]
• Napa’s Robert Mondavi Winery hires new winemaker Sally Johnson Blum [paywall?]

DIVERSITY

• Santa Ynez Valley’s Iris Rideau’s Inspiring Life Story

HEALTH

• Don’t blame it on the sulphur
• Wine, bad teeth, and gut bacteria may increase the chances of Alzheimer’s

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• Behind the Scenes: Creating the Bordeaux Legends NFT

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Big Wins for Organic in California
• The Challenge of Regenerative Agriculture
• Washington man turns wine bottles into glass sand

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Here’s Jay-Z’s Perspective On Selling Half of Champagne Brand To LVMH

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• How To Invest In Wine
• The most traded wine labels in H1 2022 – Liv-ex

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Is Boxed Wine Becoming Cool?
• One in four UK adults willing to pay more for sustainable packaging

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• CCOVI affiliates presenting leading-edge research at International Cool Climate Wine Symposium

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Optimizing Your Ads Strategy for Facebook and Instagram

WINE CRIME

• Mexican beauty queen, Romanian-Dutch man arrested after chase across Europe over $1.7 million wine theft

MEDIA MATTERS

• Carolyn Dismuke documents two-year wine country pilgrimage across California in new book, ‘Drink Your Words’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Dirty Truth Soil Health Plays In Wine [paywall?]

WINE PEOPLE

• Elise Mérigaud, La Dame de Pic
• Dawnine Dyer Of Dyer Vineyards (video)
• Clint Thomas of Cellar Rat Wine Tours (podcast)

WINE HISTORY

• Why Do People Christen Ships With Champagne?

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Canada’s wine market paradox
• KS: Twin Rivers Winery to close permanently in September

ACADEMIA

• WSU: Founding chair to focus on students in new viticulture and enology department
• Passion for winemaking yields success for Brock grads

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• List of TTB Certified Wine Chemists
• Yeast Protein Extracts (YPE) for the treatment of musts and wines
• Effect of microwave maceration and SO2 free vinification on volatile composition of red wines

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK importer labels – how to minimize the cost impact on your business
• Native Grapes Prosper in Puglia

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Barossa Vines Continue a 134-Year-Old Legacy
• OZ: Wine Industry Workforce Guide released

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• What’s behind the Irish whiskey revival?