AUGUST 11, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Vast Majority In U.S. Say Alcohol Adversely Affects Drinkers & Society: Gallup
• Men/Women Differ Greatly In Wine Price Purchases: Wine Direct/Enolytics Webinar Today
• 2022 MW exam questions and wines revealed
• Winc Treads Water, Shows Slight Q2 Revenue Losses on Increased Income
• This wellness magazine’s misleading advice on rosé is infuriating wine experts [paywall?]
• Why Women in Wine Are Hustling to Stay Afloat
• 2022 Sonoma Grape Harvest Kicks Off, Joined By Sparkling and Limited White Grapes in Napa
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• The pandemic upended alcohol consumption. Here’s where it stands and what grocers need to know.
• Website lawsuits, events regulations, environmental rules: What’s new in California wine business law
• Europe’s Low Water Levels Threaten Rhine River, Hit $80B Trade Lifeline [paywall?]
• You want weigh tags, not a TTB summons. Click Now To Get Your Harvest Regulatory Training – (Sponsored Link.)

WILDFIRES

• Sonoma County to receive $2.6 million federal grant to cover Kincade Fire costs [paywall?]
• Life of a forest/fire resilience project
• South Australian Government to provide grants for Farm Firefighting Units
• France battles ‘monster’ wildfire as heatwaves scorch Europe [freewall?]
• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

DROUGHT/WATER

• The West Is Running Out Of Water. Will California Desalinate?
• Crops fallowed, herds reduced as drought deepens in California

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• State-by-state guide for shipping beer DTC
• Time to get your visitor pass for USA Trade Tasting and meet the world Chicago – (Sponsored link

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• How Confident are you about your TTB harvest records?
• Ciatti August 2022 California Report
• TX: This year’s grape quality is outstanding, but grape quantity not so much
• Praying for rain as a hopeful harvest 2022 begins in Italy.
• What to expect from Italy’s 2022 vintage – from Alto Adige to Sicily
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma County winery Balletto Vineyards names new events director
• Sonoma County Winegrowers Launch New Weekly Post, “The Good Stuff”, to Share the Local History, Happenings and Stories
• Napa Valley Grapegrowers and Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation Harvest Stomp eAuction August 18th – August 25th

DIVERSITY

• Tom Sietsema Gets Schooled By Women Of DC’s Wine Scene
• South Africa: Celebrating the women of Brookdale

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• The Buzz on Insectaries
• At Two Mountain Winery, technology helps make irrigation practices more sustainable.

REAL ESTATE

• Falkner Winery For Sale In Temecula Wine Country for $13 Million
• ‘American Idol’ creators list Paso Robles vineyard for $22 million [paywall?]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• China’s highest court hands TWE a ‘landmark win’ against Penfolds copycat

MARKETING & SALES

• How to Hire A Winery Marketing Team

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Italian wine bottles with face of Adolf Hitler, other dictators on sale despite backlash
• Hitler wine probe launched in Italy

MEDIA MATTERS

• Mitch Frank Named Senior Editor for Wine Spectator
• Turning the Tables on Anna Maria Giambanco DiPietro

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Jalapeños in rosé? SFChron wine critic weighs in on the viral TikTok trend

WINE PEOPLE

• Life Lessons with Stefano Girelli, Sicily’s organic wine guru
• Washington Wine Profile: Joy Andersen
• Mike Sauer, Red Willow Vineyard
• Team work makes this family’s dream work in the Mendocino wine game [paywall?]

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Corollary Wines purchases site to develop Oregon’s first estate dedicated to sparkling wine
• Are wine grapes the new ‘apple’ of Washington?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• UC breeds wine vines resistant to Pierce’s disease.
• Comparing Clusters and Vine Growth in Principal Red Rhone Varieties as Harvest 2022 Approaches

EUROPE & THE UK

• Single vineyard pioneer to depart Ramón Bilbao
• Italy: First mass retail trade, and now wine is also slowing down online. Callmewine’s revenues down, -7.2%

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine Comes for Whiskey’s Indian Crown

SOUTH AFRICA

• The Buyer produces comprehensive Stellenbosch Business Report

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Working to develop self-distribution system for Virginia’s breweries