AUGUST 9, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Wine and the No-Recession Recession
• Avalara To Go Private With $8.4B Acquisition By Vista Equity
• Fed wonders if we’re in a recession yet
• Sovos ShipCompliant Mid-Year DtC Wine Shipping Report
• Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +15% By Value L12M through June 2022, Packaged Exports Grow +21%
• Wine Dollar Sales Down 5.7% Over Rolling Past 52 Weeks: IRI
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• In Memoriam: Russell Rainey

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• French wine production set to rebound after frost-hit 2021
• Are Skyrocketing Burgundy Prices Sustainable or a Bubble? (podcast)
• Northwest vineyards enter August as much as 12 days behind normal
• 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
• AlcBevs Bounce Back From COVID: Healthy Drinks Rule
• Zero-dollar Napa vineyard deal highlights handshakes

WILDFIRES

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

WEATHER

• Keeping A Close Eye on Crops After Unseasonal Rainfall

DROUGHT/WATER

• Tribes with water rights are able to farm and reclaim landscapes

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Wineshipping Announces the Completion of Its Executive Leadership Search
• Time to get your visitor pass for USA Trade Tasting and meet the world Chicago – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• This Sonoma drinks company appeared to be the next big thing. Here’s why it’s shutting down. [paywall?]
• Napa Valley’s Vice Versa plans to build ‘fireproof’ winery, cave in Calistoga
• Napa Valley’s Arrow&Branch breaking ground on new winery
• Demptos Napa Cooperage hires Central Coast sales rep
• Plans for a Napa Voodoo Ranger beer-theme water park were a hoax [paywall?]
• Santa Rosa to consider capping number of vacation rentals, additional enforcement [paywall?]

DIVERSITY

• Celebrating women in wine

HEALTH

• Alcohol-free wine market makes waves in Australia

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Mendocino County is out to change ‘a lingering stigma’ on cannabis tourism

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• NZ: Insetting emissions at Dog Point Vineyards
• Bovine and wine

AGRIFOODTECH

• Rise of precision agriculture exposes food system to new threats
• Will Space Grapes Change the Future of Agriculture?

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Sonoma County Wine Auction September 15-17

MARKETING & SALES

• Tenuta San Guido, Antinori and Planeta: the champions of Italian wine by profitability

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The Elusive Search for the Perfect Eco-Friendly Wine Closure

WINE CRIME

• Mexican beauty queen accused of €1.6m wine theft appears in court
• Wine fraudster in £38m tax scam served less than four years in Italian jail after fleeing the UK

MEDIA MATTERS

• Advocates, Provocateurs, Cheerleaders and Journalists

MATTERS OF TASTE

• You brett your life

WINE PEOPLE

• Jean Claude Mas, of Paul Mas: a Languedoc wine entrepreneur
• The Father of Mason County, TX Winemaking

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Summer slowdown continues for restaurants as record-high inflation keeps consumers questioning spend

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Ballot initiative review to sell wine in Colorado grocery stores

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Winery design – why less is now more

EUROPE & THE UK

• France introduces stricter wine rules for restaurants, bars and cafés
• UK: Conservative Party members oppose wine tax hikes

DOWN UNDER

• Positive start to Western Australian electric weed control trials

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Most people hide minor purchases from partner, and that’s a good thing, research finds

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Do Pink Spirits Really Drive Sales?
• Tequila trends: cristalino, RTDs, and global expansion