SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• The Silicon Valley Bank 2023 State of The Industry Survey is Now Open
• Shifts in consumer attitudes fuel the growth of sparkling wine in the US
• What’s in a Wine Label? Potential Rules Could Require an Ingredients List
• Is The Wine Industry Immune to Inflation?
• As Total DTC Falls, Cab up in Value, Volume
• Most Everyone Now Is Unconcerned About COVID Except GenZ Adults.
• Does Anyone Still Care About Wine Certifications? — (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Storied Carneros Pinot Winery For Sale By Vietnamese-American Billionaire
• US Wineries Struggle to Raise Prices
• Will GenZ Save Merlot? (PDF)
• You want weigh tags, not a TTB summons. Click Now To Get Your Harvest Regulatory Training – (Sponsored Link.)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Econometric Modeling in Wine Pricing and Inventory Decision Making
• Walla Walla Valley grape harvest, delayed by cold spring, is decided by data and intuition
• Old Douro Valley vines to produce ‘very good’ Ports despite low yields
• Vin De France wine continues to increase sales globally
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California Governor Newsom Signs Law Expanding Farmworker Union Rights
• Newsom’s signing of farmworker bill shows clout of Latinos [paywall?]
• California to Add Wine and Spirits to Recycling Bottle Bill
• Pix – the inside story (republished; paywall removed)
• Can Cutting-Edge Technology and Character Coexist in Winemaking? — (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

DROUGHT/WATER

• Over pumping will sting Madera growers, just not as much
• Four in a row: California drought likely to continue

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

• Acclaimed winemaker fed refugees at the Ukraine border [paywall?]

DIVERSITY

• Women of the Vine & Spirits Foundation Awards 74 Recipients with $174,700 in 2022

HEALTH

• The FDA issues new guidelines on what foods can be labeled ‘healthy’ [paywall?]
• New US nutrition strategy calls for front-of-pack labels

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• How is the SA wine industry tackling its carbon emissions?

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Board rejects petition for Washington wineries to sell Oregon-produced wine
• Wine Wholesalers Survey Reveals Mothers Love the Three-Tier System and Jesus
• Staying compliant amid new beverage alcohol industry regulations: On demand – (Sponsored Link.)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Luxury winemaker Duckhorn is raising prices, but thinks its customers can handle it [paywall?]
• The Duckhorn Portfolio Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results
• Treasury Wines introduces China-made $50 Penfolds with its own emojis
• Made-in-China Penfolds unfazed by recession rumblings: Treasury Wine [freewall?]

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Château Peyrabon in Bordeaux gets new owner

AGRIFOODTECH

• How one vineyard is using AI to improve its winemaking (podcast)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Come and Get Your Fine Wine Bargains!
• Liv-ex Special Champagne Report: The growing secondary market for luxury (PDF)
• UK: Champagne outperforms gold during Covid
• Cape Winemakers Guild 2022 auction: all the lots to bid on
• WineCap: Burgundy region dominates September’s top fine wine performers

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• What Are Americans Drinking?
• Some Encouraging Words about Wine’s Future
• How can alcohol-free drinks become equals at events? [freewall?]

MARKETING & SALES

• 10 Wine Marketing Tips For OND 2022
• Henkell Freixenet targets growth with brand activations and GTR exclusives

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Broc Cellars is bucking drinking conventions with its own wine glasses [paywall?]

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWine Singapore 2022 attendance up 20% on last year

WINE CRIME

• UK: Wine investment victims warned about recovery scammers

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Good coffee, bad coffee: The curious tastes of cultural omnivores
• 2022 roundup of Lodi Zinfandel styles
• Lambrusco’s new wave of vibrant, crunchy and saline fine wine

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• USDA grant boosts research to improve marketing of Washington wines
• New owners take over at NC’s first organic vineyard

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Friend or Foe? Know Your Beneficial Insects From Their Crop Pest Look-Alikes
• Making the Case for Intercropping

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: New $3.79m wine research centre opens in Marlborough
• NZ: Wine research centre reveals ‘experimental future vineyard’ plans
• Proposed Bill would support wine tourism in New Zealand

SOUTH AFRICA

• Stellenbosch Report: Celebrating best of Pinotage & where it can go next

AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM

• Astronauts Can Pop a Bottle of Bubbly in Space for the First Time