AUGUST 29, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Europe’s 2022 Vintage a Taste of Things to Come
• Rosé Comes Of Age
• Auction of Washington Wines Raises $4 Million for Children’s Medical Care
• TTB Approves ‘New’ Winemaking Products and Processes for Export Use
• Some luxury consumers are ‘utterly immune’ to inflation: Former LVMH exec
• After taking their Post-COVID “revenge trips,” consumers’ intent to travel has cooled.
• Does Anyone Still Care About Wine Certifications? — (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Pocket Peak Aims to Top Alexander Valley
• PlumpJack buys Mondavi’s Oso Vineyard in Napa [paywall?]
• EEOC files lawsuits suit against Justin Vineyards & Wonderful Co.
• The Future of Napa Valley Wine after Years of Wildfires
• U.S. Consumers Plan to Holiday Shop Earlier, Prioritize Deals
• What it means when a winery claims to be eco-friendly [paywall?]
• AlcBev Price POS Trend Lags Versus Other Categories: IRI
• You want weigh tags, not a TTB summons. Click Now To Get Your Harvest Regulatory Training – (Sponsored Link.)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Crea: Italy vineyard resilient and healthy, but harvest quantitatively down
• With harvest already underway, Italy continues to hold its breath
• With its August 17th beginning, 2022 becomes our earliest-ever start to harvest at Tablas Creek in Paso
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Beck Family Estates Names Vice President of National Sales Bryan Schoen
• Scheid Family Wines Announces New Hire Patrick Kerrigan to Lead the Southeast U.S. Market
• Foley Family Wines Appoints Alison Crary Rodriguez as Winemaker for Silverado Vineyards
• Could California Be the Next Agave Spirit Capital?
• Sonoma’s Birdhorse label has a new take on chuggable wines [paywall?]
• Tasting room fees rise in Sonoma County in pandemic aftermath [paywall?]
• Fruit fly quarantine set near San Diego
• Can Cutting-Edge Technology and Character Coexist in Winemaking? — (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

WEATHER/DROUGHT/WATER/CLIMATE CHANGE

• How California’s drought compares to others around the world and some water saving tips
• You Can’t Always Get What You Want – A Mick Jagger Theory of Drought Management

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• ABC Issues Special Ruling to Allow Third-Party Delivery Services to Deliver Package Goods and Cocktails to NJ Customers’ Doorsteps
• Time to get your visitor pass for USA Trade Tasting and meet the world Chicago – (Sponsored link

UKRAINE WINE

• An update on the Ukraine charity auction: a Priorat tour

DIVERSITY

• How Spade and Sparrows Founder Kaitlyn Bristowe Is Revolutionizing The Industry
• Female-owned Wine Brand Mela Launches
• How Four Zimbabwean Sommeliers Took on the World of Blind Wine Tasting

HEALTH

• Cambridge University study suggests smaller glasses can reduce overall wine consumption

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• French Wine & Spirits Maker Pont des Arts is Leading the US$350bn Wine Industry into Web3.0 with NFKings

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Piper-Heidsieck, Charles Heidsieck, and Rare Champagne Achieve B Corp Certification
• B Corps explained

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Staying compliant amid new beverage alcohol industry regulations: On demand – (Sponsored Link.)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Insiders at The Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. sold US$9.9m worth of stock, possibly indicating weakness in the future
• Corby Spirit and Wine Announces Change of Director

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux’s Dominant Position Weakens
• Mouton Rothschild 2000 leads weekly trade – Liv-ex
• This bottle of KWV port is almost 100 years old – and it’s sparked a bidding war at auction
• Cellar history

DATA & TRENDS

• It’s time to pay attention to the wines from Georgia, wine’s birthplace

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• ‘You cannot change the recyclability of a pack by passing the responsibility onto the consumer’: Are packaging innovations forgetting the fundamentals? [freewall?]

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Georgia [the country] Hosted 14th Conference of American Association of Wine Economists

MEDIA MATTERS

• Alice Feiring, a long-time wine critic weaves memories and wine in new book, “To Fall in Love, Drink This – a Wine Writer’s Memoir.”

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Cooking with wine analysed
• Like Liquid Rags in Your Mouth

WINE PEOPLE

• The Steely Resolve Of Quench + Temper: Brennan Stover
• The Wine Makers – James Joiner (podcast)
• Elise Nerlove, Save the Family Farms & Co-Owner Elkhorn Peak Cellars, Napa Valley (podcast)
• Tiago Marques – Italian Wine Podcast (podcast)
• A Frenchman In New York: Louis Barruol From Gigondas Goes To Finger Lakes To Make Wine [paywall?]

WINE PLACES

• Romania: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Colorado voters will decide whether grocery stores can sell wine
• IL: McEachran Homestead Winery in Caledonia closing its doors come fall
• OH: Court Vacates WOMP’s Injunction; Winery Ordinance Restrictions Stand
• Survey of B.C. liquor, hospitality industries shows concern BCGEU strike is ‘hurting’ them

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Scores a Banner Year of Funding
• Booze Might Help Make Plants Drought-Resistant, New Study Finds

EUROPE & THE UK

• Want to win a year’s supply of wine? Majestic calls on wine lovers to help it find perfect locations for 76 potential new stores as it eyes expansion in the UK

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Grants available to help wine regions prepare for drought

SOUTH AFRICA

• How Stellenbosch has brought wine and tourism together for common goal

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• How a Distillery Graduated from LibDib to Distribution with RNDC
• Let’s Discuss Beer and Morality Further [paywall]