SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• For most Americans, wine is not a big deal
• How climate change is reshaping the world’s most beloved wine regions
• Low Alcohol, Sweet Pinot Noir: the Shape of Things to Come?
• Are Vermont Wineries the Future of American Wine?
• Tasting Room Visitation Fell in May, June, and July
• Walmart withdraws Texas lawsuit over liquor store law
• Australian Wine Exports To The US Rising Quickly
• Does Anyone Still Care About Wine Certifications? — (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• WA: Woodinville winery owner among plane crash victims

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Choice, the problem is choice.
• Pix – What Went Wrong? What Went Right? The Paul Mabray Interview
• Calif: $1 Million Raised for the Children of Vineyard & Winery Workers
• This Napa vineyard looks totally bizarre. Here’s why it could help with climate change [paywall?]
• Boomer Wine Buying Faces Big Percentage Decline
• You want weigh tags, not a TTB summons. Click Now To Get Your Harvest Regulatory Training – (Sponsored Link.)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Five countries reporting an early harvest in 2022
• Frost, hail and heat, but Bordeaux predicts ‘quality is there’ in 2022
• Champagne Harvest 2022: Excellent Both In Quality And Volume [paywall?]
• Concerns over Champagne’s High Yields
• SLO County kicks off wine harvest early due to heat: ‘We’re seeing great flavors’ [paywall?]
• Despite hot August, 2022 vintage behind for much of Northwest
• Australia and New Zealand – Excess and Shortage
• Despite Drought, Istrian Grape Harvest Promises Quality Crop
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• The Winery Garden That Feeds Migrant Vineyard Workers
• San Francisco Giants are the first pro spots team to hire a master sommelier [paywall?]
• Newton Vineyard opens new tasting room after fire, plus other Napa and Sonoma developments [paywall?]
• Lodi Overview Educational Tool
• Ancellotta, Assyrtiko, Chardonnay rosa, Macabeo, Parellada, Prieto Picudo and Xarel-lo are among the latest grapes of Lodi
• Western Innovator: 98 years of California wine [paywall?]
• Can Cutting-Edge Technology and Character Coexist in Winemaking? — (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• Bordeaux Dodges Smoke Bomb
• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

WEATHER/DROUGHT/WATER/CLIMATE CHANGE

• Inside rush to protect Napa Valley vineyards from dangerous California heat wave, ‘shriveled’ grapes
• Landmark $369 Billion Federal Climate Bill Provides Wine Industry with Funding to Combat Climate Change
• Vine trunks rise to meet climatic changes

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

UKRAINE WINE

• ‘Wine for victory’: Ukraine’s wineries toil under Russian rockets

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• How New Tech Is Making Wine Cellars Smarter

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Will Cannabis Lose An Advantage Over Wine? [paywall]

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• ‘Organic Was Too Easy’: Why Alsace Is Leading the Biodynamic Charge
• Wine group Australian Vintage sets net-zero target

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

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

REAL ESTATE

• Downtown Napa home with underground winery for sale
• Historic cottage with English vineyard listed for sale
• Vineyard in Dorset’s Piddle Valley on market for £1.2m

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard hails ‘symbolic milestone’ as sales pass €10 billion
• Naked Wines Stock: Disappointing Results, Subscribers Grew
• What Do Analysts Say About Vintage Wine Estates Inc. (VWE)?

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Private Equity Moves Into Spanish Wine

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Napa’s Opus One released onto La Place
• Liv-ex 1000 index runs flat in August – Liv-ex
• Fine wine prices rise in Sterling but dip in other currencies – Liv-ex
• Vin de Constance 2019 released – Liv-ex

DATA & TRENDS

• 7 Alcohol Trends in 2022-23

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Stop Telling Other People What to Do

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Italy will be strongly negotiating at the upcoming WBWE

WINE CRIME

• NC: Liquor Raids Lead to Scores of Arrests
• Chinese Customs bust RMB 35m worth of smuggled Penfolds

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• The Drinks Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Ownership

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The True Story Behind Spicy Rosé, According to Its Creator

WINE PEOPLE

• Mario Paoluzi of I Custodi: Rediscovering Mount Etna’s Traditions
• Tracy Hundley, Owner & Co-Winemaker, Hundley Cellars, Harpersfield, Ohio (podcast)
• Nick Gislason – Hanabi Lager (podcast)
• Unfiltered: Chris Parker

WINE PLACES

• The Rhônedonnée Wines Journey

WINE EDUCATION

• Entering the Brave New Somm World

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• How it’s Going Since Texas Lifted Sunday Morning Beer & Wine Sales Ban
• Saint Mary’s University professor shows how chemistry can help Nova Scotia vineyards
• Virginia wine workforce keeps growing
• James King Reflects on the Past and Future of Virginia Wine
• NY: Winemaker Kelly Koch launches Poppy & Rose Wine Co.

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Vine-Killing Spotted Lanternfly Continues to Spread
• How Winter Pruning Can Make or Break a Harvest
• The role of organic nutrition in the fermentation of high alcohol wines

EUROPE & THE UK

• ABS Wine Agencies to bring California’s Hanna Winery to UK for first time
• France’s InVivo says lower crop output will help it save energy [freewall?]
• The UK wine industry: how’s it going?
• Mallorca’s wine revolution
• Defining a New Italy

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Shinji Hori, President of Enoteca

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Tequila’s dance with environmental vandalism