SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Ranchers’ rebellion: the Californians breaking water rules in a punishing drought
• New Research Reveals the Top Cultural Wine Barriers and Opportunities for Hispanic and African American Consumers
• A Lot Of Thursday Night Football Won’t Have Alcohol Ads [paywall?]
• Commerce7 and Community Benchmark Announce Integration Partnership
• Beckstoffer, cult vineyards and the ascension of the Napa Valley [paywall?]
• Drink Up, the Australians are Coming
• Sustainability Vital For Drinking & Eating Purchases Among GenZ & Millennials.
• Does Anyone Still Care About Wine Certifications? — (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Conflicting Studies Send Contrasting Messages About the Health Effects of Drinking
• Fine Wine Buoyant in a Turbulent Market
• How to tell if a wine was farmed with Roundup [paywall?]
• You want weigh tags, not a TTB summons. Click Now To Get Your Harvest Regulatory Training – (Sponsored Link.)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Mission, the first European grape planted in U.S., is coming back [paywall?]
• Winemakers Discuss the Challenging 2022 Harvest
• Champagne 2022: Big and Good
• NW Pa. winery expecting ‘good to very good’ grape quality after summer of heat, little rain
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Bronco Wine Company’s Board of Directors selects a new President/CEO
• Why The Franzia Family Stepped Away From Their Wine Company
• Lodi is a new home of… natural wines!
• Can Cutting-Edge Technology and Character Coexist in Winemaking? — (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• Napa Community Outreach Meeting: Final State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations
• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

WEATHER

• U.S. Scorches Way to Its Third-Warmest Summer on Record

DROUGHT/WATER

• Calif DWR Releases an “Incomplete” Groundwater Sustainability Plan Assessment to Madera GSAs, Initiating 180-day Timeline to Correct Deficiencies
• Calif: Agriculture hails court victory, amid ‘slow erosion’ of water rights

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Beverage alcohol retailers weigh their own on-demand delivery programs against third-party players
• FedEx hikes package rates, details cost cutting as demand weakens globally
• Time to get your visitor pass for USA Trade Tasting and meet the world Chicago – (Sponsored link

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• How Bats Are Helping Vineyards and Saving Wine
• California sustainability: latest developments and innovations
• Most Sustainability Aspect in the Wine Industry… A Best Kept Secret No More
• English Sparkling Wine pioneer Ridgeview achieve B Corp certification
• Lion New Zealand reduces emissions by 10 per cent, committed to carbon zero

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• First dry Riesling from German wine estate to be sold via La Place de Bordeaux

MARKETING & SALES

• Impact Unveils Its Latest Class Of “Hot Prospect” Wine Brands

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• As winemakers try to shake the stigma that cans are cheap, producers are delivering on quality

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Costières de Nîmes: in the Gard, on the Rhône, Influenced by the Sea

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Oregon Pinot Noir Star Lynn Penner-Ash Moves On
• BC Wineries Valley Commons & Stoneboat add Partner
• Colorado wine industry looking forward to good season as weather-damaged vines recover

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK Freezes Wine Tax Until 2025
• UK: People to choose spend more on premium drinks during recessions

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: hipsters key to unlocking organic wine sales
• The Tasmanian winemakers showing the French how it’s done [freewall?]

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine Booms Online in South Korea

SOUTH AFRICA

• How old vines are driving innovation and winemaking in Stellenbosch

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Poverty, Misery and Inequality: The Story of London’s Gin Craze