AUGUST 3, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• DTC Mid-Year Update: Q2 Report Available Now from WineDirect and Enolytics
• The dangers of consolidation in drinks sector
• Calif water official calls for permanently reducing agriculture
• Texas Best Road to Take for E-Commerce
• Fetzer Vineyards Adopts the Operating Name Change of Bonterra Organic Estates
• NZ Leads 2022 Southern Hemisphere Wine Production. Most Countries trend Down: OIV
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Drought, costs, labor: many unknowns about the 2022 harvest, at the start between Sicily and Franciacorta
• Wine and large-scale distribution in Italy: in the first 6 months of 2022 sales down for still wines (-6.9%) and sparkling wines (-8.4%)
• The drop of Italian wine on the shelves of the US, Germany and the Uk in the first half of 2022
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wine and the Dollar: Big Mac Index Update
• Value of spirits on the up reports IWSR
• Bankruptcy Trustee Rips Into Rabbit Ridge Owner In Contempt Of Court Battle

WILDFIRES

• California Fire Map

DROUGHT/WATER

• California’s megadrought is worse than you think
• US West, Already in Drought, Is Facing Dwindling Snowpacks [paywall?]
• Drought takes toll on Tuscany’s famed olive oil and wine production [paywall?]
• State can seek environmental safeguards for Oroville Dam beyond federal regulations, California Supreme Court rules [paywall?]
• California, U.S. Environmental Challenges Can Coexist

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• LibDib Names Don Farnworth Vice President of Business Intelligence
• Wines ‘Til Sold Out (WTSO.com) Launches Premium Subscription Service
• Time to get your visitor pass for USA Trade Tasting and meet the world Chicago – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Why California’s Fetzer Vineyards is rebranding as an organic company [paywall?]
• Sonoma County vineyard worker management prep course graduates 1st class

HEALTH

• Should People Under 40 Avoid Alcohol? The Numbers Tell a More Complicated Story
• Here’s Exactly How Bad Drinking Alcohol Is for Your Skin
• Many drugs (including resveratrol) have mirror image chemical structures – while one may be helpful, the other may be harmful

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Tilray Brands inks CBD beverage distribution deal with Southern Glazer’s [freewall]

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Chances of climate catastrophe are ignored, scientists say
• Why LODI RULES sustainability is as natural a fit in Lodi as it is around the world
• At Māori-Owned Kono, ‘Land Wellness’ Comes First

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Concha y Toro Doubles Down On Organic Wines In The U.S. Market [paywall?]
• Brown-Forman to up capacity at The GlenDronach site
• Citigroup Cuts Duckhorn Portfolio Price Target to $22.00
• What’s in the Stars for Constellation Brands

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Non-Alcoholic Retailer Boisson Closes $12M Seed Round to Expand Physical Footprint & Launch On-Premise Business

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Announces Retirement of Terry Brick, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Illinois

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 41st Annual Sun Valley Wine Auction Raises Over $1 Million
• Liv-ex, in the USA and Asia the labels of Brunello di Montalcino among the most traded since the beginning of the year

MARKETING & SALES

• Champagne Charlie Back in the Game

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ASEV-Eastern Section Industry Workshop: “Resiliency in Grape and Wine Production”

WINE CRIME

• 40 million bottle Catalan wine scam goes to court

MEDIA MATTERS

• Alice Feiring: The Ramble

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A Burgundian ode to joy
• Bourgogne Hidden Gem with Coulanges-la-Vineuse
• Sophia Longhi discovers the wines of Sopron, Hungary’s oldest wine region
• James Suckling on Biodynamic Wines And Soulful Vintages

IN MEMORIAM

• Remembering Clive Coates MW, an authority on Burgundy and Bordeaux

WINE PEOPLE

• This Portlander’s Side Hustle of Making Wine Has Grown Into a Full-Fledged Business
• Napa’s ‘Tog Sisters’ mix it up [paywall?]

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Despite Climate Change, Oregon’s ‘Other’ Grapes Are Thriving
• OH: Really Good Boxed Wine Announces Amy Troutmiller as COO

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Private label sales outperform branded booze in latest supermarket figures
• Wine drinking occasions are shifting in Belgium

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Tellurian plans for a warmer climate