AUGUST 22, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Aren’t you sick of hearing about wine and health?
• New Class of Compounds Linked to Smoke Taint in Wines
• Billions pour into bioplastics as markets begin ramping up
• Inflation is coloring wine consumer shopping behavior
• Ireland Rocks European Boat With Proposed New Alcohol Warning Labels
• Who Cares Why Major Wine Media Refuse to Review Most States’ Wines
• Bordeaux’s Contentious Classification Strikes Again
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• Wine entrepreneur, Appreciation Guild Founder Elliott Mackey Dies
• Joe Rochioli Jr., Russian River Valley’s Pinot Pioneer, Dies at 88

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Consumers Are Cutting Back On AlcBevs, But It’s Mainly Not About Health
• Wine Site Pix Lays off Editorial Staff
• Why Green Island vineyard may threaten the future of Napa’s wine industry [paywall?]
• You want weigh tags, not a TTB summons. Click Now To Get Your Harvest Regulatory Training – (Sponsored Link.)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• A look at Washington’s 2022 growing season thus far
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• How the 1972 Class of Napa and Sonoma Winemakers Changed the Wine World
• Will Contra Costa’s Centenarian Vines Survive?
• Gabilan Mountains AVA Approved on the Central Coast

HEALTH

• Data Randomization In Alcohol Study Fails At Causality

WEATHER/WATER/CLIMATE CHANGE

• Heat Prompts Early Start for Bordeaux
• The secret strength of old grape vines
• NOAA Seasonal Drought Outlook – September, October, November
• Climate change forcing Spanish winemakers to head to higher ground to produce UK favourite Rioja reds
• Saving the Seas with Sauvignon Blanc
• Droughts Hurt World’s Largest Economies – (paywall?)
• Tracking air pollution disparities – daily – from space
• Can Africa be Continent of Solutions to Climate Crisis?

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

DIVERSITY

• In UFW march, MLK’s son likens farmworkers’ plight ‘almost as equivalent’ to slavery

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Weed Drinks Are a Buzzy Alcohol Substitute. But Are They Safe? – (Paywall?)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How to enjoy great restaurant wines at affordable prices without leaving home
• What’s the Difference Between Natural, Vegan, Organic, Biodynamic, and 00 Wine?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• What new recycling legislation means to growers, grocers

WINE CRIME

• Winemaker defends selling Hitler-branded bottles of wine, claiming customers merely want to remember history
• Exploring Stalin’s Wine Cellar

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• How Internet of Things projects can benefit the beverage industry (and why they often fail)

MEDIA MATTERS

• How a Wine Writer Spends Her Sundays

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Austrian indigenous grape: Roter Veltliner
• What Does ‘Flinty’ Mean in Wine?
• Ask Adam: How Should I Store Sparkling Wines at Home?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Cold plasma – a promising method of wine preservation

EUROPE & THE UK

• Santorini wines: why this Greek island is so unique for viticulture
• German wine: where has it been, where is it now and where is it going?

DOWN UNDER

• Australia responds to Kiwi Prosecco decision
• Pure Wine Co.signs 3 New Wineries