AUGUST 2, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Wine and the Dollar: Big Mac Index Update
• Value of spirits on the up reports IWSR
• NFTs are unique and digital, but are they good for the wine industry?
• A wine country filmmaker looked and found Roundup, the weedkiller tied to cancer, ‘everywhere’
• Two Dead As Massive McKinney Fire Rages In Northern California
• Foreign Ownership Of US Cropland Land Soars
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• Burgundy expert Clive Coates MW dies

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Sonoma Is Having an Early Grape Harvest
• Washington Wine Shipments Decline in 2Q 2022 Versus Strong Comparison
• Franciacorta is the first major Italian wine territory to kick off the 2022 grape harvest
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Bankruptcy Trustee Rips Into Rabbit Ridge Owner In Contempt Of Court Battle
• Reimers, Krasilsa Pacific Farms To Pay $925,000 To Settle Environmental Damage Lawsuit [paywall?]
• US House allocates funding for wine smoke-exposure research, permit processing

WILDFIRES

• Here’s where the McKinney Fire is in Northern California
• California’s McKinney Fire burns out of control in Klamath National Park
• California Fire Map

WEATHER

• Bordeaux, Burgundy – it’s time to irrigate
• Old vines dig deep in the heatwave

DROUGHT/WATER

• Sonoma County proposes rule changes for well permits

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Butler shows hundreds of employees the door after raising $50M for room service delivery
• Time to get your visitor pass for USA Trade Tasting and meet the world Chicago – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Farmworkers will march 335 miles through California’s Central Valley. Here’s why [paywall?]
• After fire, Larson Family Winery readies to reopen for tastings [paywall?]
• Paso Robles: Meathead Movers expands wine storage services

UKRAINE

• Russia feeling the impact of trade sanctions

DIVERSITY

• Comedian Dave Chappelle slams Napa for lack of diversity

HEALTH

• Perfectionism May Be a Risk Factor for Severe Alcohol Use Disorder

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• NFTs, crypto, metaverse: Why California North Coast vintners are diving into Web3

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cannabis, hemp firm Sonoma Lab Works picks new president

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• NBWA Announces New Efficiency and Sustainability Tools for Beer Distributors
• 100% Cork Campaign Supports Inaugural Napa THRIVES Symposium on Sustainability

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• American Single Malt Whiskey Category Tantalizing Close To TTB Sign Off
• U.S. Distilleries Applaud Federal Ruling to Designate American Single Malt Category

DISTRIBUTORS

• Wanderlust Wine to import Jim Clenenden’s rarest Californian wines to UK
• U.S. Importers Are Betting on These Up-and-Coming Wines

MARKETING & SALES

• Why Are Live Sports So Attractive to Drinks Brands? (podcast)

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Is It Possible for Bars to Leverage the Power of TikTok?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Limestone: A soil for fine wine vineyards

WINE PEOPLE

• Michel Rolland: Lessons from a Master
• Marc Almert on what life is like as the world’s best sommelier
• Andy Wahl & Bobby Donnell, Daylight Wine & Spirits, Sonoma (podcast)
• Winemaker Corinne Seely (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• How Crete can make wines like nowhere else on Earth

WINE TOURISM

• Hotel group offers ’emotional support’ wine if your flight is delayed

WINE HISTORY

• Oddero: historical foundations, substantial contributions and greater heights

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Beetle infestation ‘growing exponentially’ in Washington
• Washington wine industry helps develop new vineyard technology by investing in collaboration
• NY: Danny Meyer resigns as Union Square Hospitality Group CEO
• Drop in Euro a Bright Spot as Connecticut Wine Importers Cope with Inflation, Heat Wave

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Mechanical Harvesting – Looking Back & Looking Forward

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK heatwave dented on-trade drinks sales

DOWN UNDER

• New digital knowledge hub strengthens Australian wine exports
• Charles Sturt wine chemistry expert elected President of international research body

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Winemaker Sula to Test India IPO Market After Tech Unicorns Flop [paywall?]

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Heineken warns pressure on consumer finances could impact beer sales
• Craft cider producers in England demand same protection as champagne producers