SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• U.S. Drinkers Are Imbibing Earlier Than Before Covid
• Gallo Sues Freixenet Over Prosecco Bottle Design (Documents)
• Walmart Move Threatens Oklahoma Wine Retailers
• Women’s alcohol consumption treated differently from men’s
• Why current algorithms may not solve wine tech issues
• Wine Above $15 Still Growing, but Slowing
• The Arctic Circle: A new frontier for sustainable wine
• Does Anyone Still Care About Wine Certifications? — (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• Oregon wine industry says goodbye to Russ Rainey, Evesham Wood co-founder
• South African wine industry mourns loss of a very special woman in wine Lorna Hughes

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Gallo could reap millions from Calif bottle-recycling bill [paywall?]
• Behind the uptick in women’s alcohol consumption: stress, stereotypes, marketing
• New Temperance Movement? Not So Fast… (PDF)
• How Pop Culture Kills, And Spikes, Wine Sales [paywall?]
• Why Rosé needs to be taken more seriously
• AlcBev On-Premise Continues Recovery, But COVID, Inflation & Labor Cloud Future
• Common pesticide facing ban in California
• You want weigh tags, not a TTB summons. Click Now To Get Your Harvest Regulatory Training – (Sponsored Link.)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa and Sonoma businesses report a slow summer in Wine Country [paywall?]
• California May Add Wine, Liquor Bottles to Recycling Program [paywall?]
• Dominic Foppoli won’t run for mayor in Windsor [paywall?]
• St. Helena Cooling Center Open Saturday, September 3, 2022 through Tuesday, September 6, 2022, during the National Weather Service excessive heat watch
• Can Cutting-Edge Technology and Character Coexist in Winemaking? — (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• In wine country, Sonoma tightens limits on farm work during wildfires
• Sonoma County farmworkers win fight for wildfire protections [paywall?]
• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

WEATHER/DROUGHT/WATER/CLIMATE CHANGE

• Preparing for a potentially historic California harvest heat wave
• UC’s electric tractors reduce carbon emissions
• Rewilding California farms: grants awarded to repurpose drought-parched Central Valley land

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

DIVERSITY

• How Rasa Vineyards is leading the charge for diversity in wine in Washington state
• ‘Pan-African gastronomic collective’ launches wine club
• Let’s not use a homophobic slur when we talk about wine. On finocchi and infinocchiare, a philological clarification.

HEALTH

• Canada’s low-risk alcohol use guidelines have been slashed to 6 drinks per week. Here’s why.
• This Drinking Habit Can Help You Consume Less Wine, New Study Suggests

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• In Defense of THC-Infused Beverages

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Calif: Wine labels start at harvest
• Staying compliant amid new beverage alcohol industry regulations: On demand – (Sponsored Link.)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Brown-Forman Posts Sales Up 17% To $1 Billion In First Quarter
• Pernod Ricard announces record sales growth in 2022
• Pernod Ricard capex to speed up to “fuel future growth”
• Naked Wines investors are sitting on a loss of 83% if they invested a year ago
• Vintage Wine Estates Announces Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2022 Conference Call and Webcast
• Former Fresh Vine CEO Alleges She was Fired After Reporting $1 million in Misappropriated Funds

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• FL: Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation donates over $3.7 million to 15 charities
• Get Jane Anson scores on your website automatically – Liv-ex
• Chile’s Seña 2020 released on La Place de Bordeaux

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Neuroimaging research provides insight into sommelier training-related brain plasticity
• The Miracle of the Vintage Charts
• The Etiquette of Bringing Your Own Wine and Liquor to a Restaurant

MARKETING & SALES

• When Marketing a New Spirit Requires Building a New Category

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWine to stage in Singapore from 5 to 8 September 2022

WINE CRIME

• 50 Cent’s Former Sire Spirits Brand Manager Allegedly Embezzled $2.2M

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Book Reviews: Friends Will Be Friends (New Books by Randy Caparoso & Brian Freedman)

WINE PEOPLE

• “Never Half Ass” Bastien Lucas, Maxville Winery, Chiles Valley, Napa Valley (video)
• Unfiltered: Sophia Longhi

WINE EDUCATION

• The Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas welcomes 10 new members

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Mature wines in restaurants

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Program relaunch supports New York state’s wine, grape industry

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Researchers hope to combat grapevine trunk diseases with bio-control treatments
• Digital technologies for wine production, logistics and presentation to the final consumer: ready-to-use innovations (videos)

EUROPE & THE UK

• Why Plaimont’s great old grape revival is only the beginning
• Austria’s Eruption Winemakers ‘Generate Energy’ In Steiermark [paywall?]
• Italy: Tenuta San Guido and Sassicaia towards the future, in the name of the Incisa della Rocchetta family

DOWN UNDER

• Relief for New Zealand’s ‘severely depleted’ cellars
• OZ: Schild Estate to sell the winery side of business

NOPE NOPITY NOPE NOPE NOPE

• Woman nearly dies after drinking glass of wine with wasp inside

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Mead We Say More: The Entrepreneurs Promoting The Real African Drink