SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• How bad are law violations in the US wine industry?: Hint: Sometimes pretty bad
• Tourists keep coming to Sonoma County wineries even as tasting fees increase
• Two-Buck Chuck: Wine of the People? Or Cultural Wedge? [paywall?]
• Domestic beer and white wine showed significant gains in the on-premise in August 2022, survey
• Avalara Announces 18 Newly Certified Integrations into Business Applications
• A Community Vineyard Grows Into a Movement
• More People Than Ever Are Making Six-Figure Salaries. Good News Because Wine Tends To Be An Upper Income AlcBev
• Does Anyone Still Care About Wine Certifications? — (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• Bella Luna Estate Co-founder Sherman Smoot Dies

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• 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?]
• You want weigh tags, not a TTB summons. Click Now To Get Your Harvest Regulatory Training – (Sponsored Link.)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• The Drama, Heartbreak, and Hope of Wine Harvest Season [paywall?]
• Washington: Wine grape picking to start weeks later than usual following a cold spring and late frosts
• Japan’s female drinkers and urbanites drove Bourgogne exports to record high
• Burgundy optimistic about 2022 vintage, despite August heatwave
• Burgundy Sales and Exports Fall
• Nyetimber predicts record-breaking UK sparkling crop in 2022
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Federal Disaster Assistance to California
• Napa Valley wine firm C. Mondavi promotes for top marketing post
• Napa County eyes former school for farmworker housing
• Tonnellerie Berger & Fils hires Dan Schuler-Jones as Sales Representative for the Central Coast
• Can Cutting-Edge Technology and Character Coexist in Winemaking? — (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

DROUGHT/WATER

• California Drought: What will it take to bust out of drought?
• Water Into Wine

CLIMATE CHANGE

• Climate change is transforming Redwood Valley, a ‘holy grail’ wine region in California [paywall?]
• Climate Change Forces French Vineyards to Alter the Way They Make Wine [paywall?]
• Napa County totals up its greenhouse gas emissions [paywall?]

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

ONLINE PRIVACY

• California Consumer Privacy Act… Noncompliance can be Costly

HEALTH

• Is Natural Wine Actually Better for You? [paywall?]
• Parents influence perceptions of alcohol, study finds

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• Crurated Becomes the First Blockchain and Member-Based Wine

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• What Is Cannabis Tourism?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Where The Roundup Is: California Map Shows Wine Regions That Use It

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• New Jersey craft brewery challenges draconian state restrictions on ability to operate
• Chinese Court grants well-known trademark protection to Champagne GI
• The Three-Tier System, Product Diversity, and Consumer Access to Products [paywall]
• Staying compliant amid new beverage alcohol industry regulations: On demand – (Sponsored Link.)

REAL ESTATE

• ‘Once in a lifetime’ Napa vineyard estate on sale for US$35 million

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Naked Wines keeps faith in its range

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Amazing Lots on Offer at Charity Auction
• Three big changes making wine investment simpler
• Cheval Blanc 2019 sets new trading record – Liv-ex
• Sotheby’s announces autumn line-up in Hong Kong

DATA & TRENDS

• Essential Numbers You Need to Know as a Wine Professional

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• We Need to Talk About Wine in an Intelligent Way

MARKETING & SALES

• The Power of the Story: Influences of Narrative in Shaping Wine Perception

MEDIA MATTERS

• A book review of “To Fall in Love, Drink This”
• PD wine critic Peg Melnik: How I found myself in this agrarian paradise [paywall?]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Chardonnay: understanding the grape and its greatness
• Michael Moosbrugger on Austrian wine (podcast)
• Wine Royalty and Regional Identity
• Has Your Palate Changed? We Take the Amarone Test
• Spicy Drinks Continue to Surge (podcast)

WINE PEOPLE

• Heron Hill Winery founder John Ingle on 50 years in the wine industry (podcast)
• The Happy Accident That Is Quiddity Wines
• Interview with Wine Industry Communications Executive Caroline Shaw (podcast)
• Diana Snowden Seysses (podcast)
• Unfiltered: Matthieu Longuere MS
• Meet the winemaker behind Eye Cyder [paywall?]

WINE PLACES

• The Untold Truth Of Oliver Winery

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Eataly taken over by a global private equity conglomerate? Say it ain’t so!

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Texas grape growers concerned over herbicide

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Spotted lanternflies blanketing buildings in NYC. Scientists fear the rest of the US could be next.
• Red blotch virus detected for first time in Australia in wine grape collections
• Lateral shoots removal has little effect on berry growth of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) ‘Riesling’ in cool climate

EUROPE & THE UK

• Northern French spoil heaps warm to Charbonnay production
• UK: Will the duty-freeze be enough of a buffer for the alcohol trade?
• UK: Chapel Down reports sparkling wine growth in half-year results
• Weird Rules Royals Have To Follow When Drinking Alcohol

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Support for winemakers looking to the future

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Sauternes to release ‘certified’ barrels for whisky