SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Diageo Leaving DISCUS At Year-End
• Federal Government’s $20 Billion Embrace of ‘Climate Smart’ Farming [paywall?]
• The potential of the natural wine market in China
• EPA: Glyphosate Can Still be Used Through 2026
• Double Squeeze! Retailers Pressured to Offer Discounts Even As They Cope With Inflation
• Does Anyone Still Care About Wine Certifications? — (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

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

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Champagne Enjoys a Blissful Vintage
• Bourgogne 2022 has ‘the potential to make a great vintage’, BIVB says
• More ‘robust’ wine crop expected from NY grape harvest
• Burgundy wines fall behind in several markets
• Booming sparkling and off-trade sales boost UK’s biggest winemaker
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California Table Grape Commission Looks to Exports for Growth
• Table grapes: Injunction could delay IFG’s sale to Spanish conglomerate
• Can Cutting-Edge Technology and Character Coexist in Winemaking? — (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

CLIMATE CHANGE

• Global warming has become a catalyst for England’s viticulture revival

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

DIVERSITY

• OR: Multnomah County launches farming program for Black farmers
• Latina Winemaker in Livermore Trades Corporate Life for Wine

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Charlotte’s Web Signs Distribution Agreement with Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

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

REAL ESTATE

• Seminar: Vineyard Valuation 2022 – Northern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Portugal: Abegoaria Group completes acquisition of Porta 6 producer Vidigal Wines

AGRIFOODTECH

• Bakersfield ag automation company wins investments, industry attention
• Dictador Rum announces the first robot CEO in a global company

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Appoints Isaiah Hultman to Senior Vice President, General Manager, Missouri

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Alternative Investments of the Ultra-Wealthy in 2022

DATA & TRENDS

• Drizly’s Top 5 Willamette Valley Wine Brands

MARKETING & SALES

• RedChirp text messaging platform announces Commerce7, Mailchimp, and Klaviyo email platform integrations (PDF)
• British Airways Announces Partnership to Launch Dedicated Online Wine Business
• 10 Wine and Spirits Swaps to Solve Supply Chain Woes

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• 2022 Sustainable Ag Expo in San Luis Obispo Nov 14-16
• China’s biggest wine and spirits fair sets new date but conflicts ProWine

MEDIA MATTERS

• Guide to JancisRobinson.com old vines coverage

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Rise of Mellow Malo in a Bid for Non-Buttery, Non-Steely Chardonnay

WINE PEOPLE

• ‘We’re the Ones That Can Make the Biggest Impact in the Industry,’ Says Jeff O’Neill
• 10 questions for DuMOL associate winemaker Jenna Davis
• Dale Stratton: Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People (podcast)
• José Andrés Talks Brine, Wine, and the Perfect (Shaken) Martini
• Unfiltered: Jaewon Jeong

WINE TOURISM

• The world’s only Hotel Clicquot is popping up in Noosa, Australia

WINE HISTORY

• Was 6,000 B.C. a good vintage? Maybe in Georgia
• Flashback: Lawyers, Wine, and Money

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• What You Need to Know About the New West Coast AVAs

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• A proxy sensor to map row crops vegetative vigor (video)
• Remote and real time irrigation management tool (video)

EUROPE & THE UK

• Italy: DO reorganization, promoting, wine and health, sustainability: UIV priorities for the new government
• The French Wine That’s Being Grown On Top Of Coal Mining Waste

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Man documents strong winds during hurricane Fiona by trying to pour wine into glass