OCTOBER 4, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Give data to get data! SVB Annual Wine Industry Survey: One week left!
• New Study Sheds Light On How Americans Select Beer, Wine, Or Spirits As Preferred Alcohol Beverage [paywall?]
• Warning signs for the wine auction market
• Bayer Hits Courtroom Winning Streak as It Battles Remaining Roundup Lawsuits [paywall?]
• 80% of Drinkers Tend To Stick With The First AlcBev They’ve Tasted.
• Does Anyone Still Care About Wine Certifications? — (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Spring Mountain Vineyard Has Filed For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
• Billionaire Pinault Expands Chateau Latour Wine With Henriot Champagne Deal [paywall?]
• Fire Rules a Rocky Road for Napa Wineries
• You want weigh tags, not a TTB summons. Click Now To Get Your Harvest Regulatory Training – (Sponsored Link.)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Harvest 2022, from Alto Adige to Sicily, producers in chorus: “vintage beyond expectations”
• OZ: Growers’ vintage ambitions crushed
• UK’s Ridgeview has high hopes for 2022 harvest
• UK’s Langham Wine Estate predicts harvest volume almost twice 2021
• Minnesota winemakers thriving due to near-perfect conditions for growing grapes
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Farmworkers, Napa-Sonoma trade groups react to new California unionization law
• Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission considers winery events ordinance [paywall?]
• Glancy Wine Education Foundation Announces Addition of New Board Member Maggie Heile joins as co-chair of fundraising
• Historic SF corner store reopens with wine and cookies [paywall?]
• New restaurant Forum opens at Napa’s Meadowood resort [paywall?]
• Can Cutting-Edge Technology and Character Coexist in Winemaking? — (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• Could California’s new fire regs hamper Napa’s wine industry?
• Grape Grower Mansfield to be Honored for Leading Efforts to Create Essential Ag Access During Caldor Fire
• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

WEATHER

• Greg Jone’s Weather and Climate Summary and Forecast: Oct 2022

DROUGHT/WATER

• California’s environment takes biggest hit during drought [paywall?]
• California suffering through driest three years ever recorded, with no relief in sight

CLIMATE CHANGE

• Adapting wine grape production to climate change through canopy architecture manipulation and irrigation in warm climates
• How Climate Change Is Impacting Winemakers In Texas [paywall?]
• Climate change wreaks havoc with Georgia’s emerging wine market

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

DIVERSITY

• ‘You Treat Everyone the Same with Dignity and Respect,’ Says Sommelier Tonya Pitts
• Why ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ in the wine industry matters

HEALTH

• The science of hangovers

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Calif: Consumer Watchdog Breaks Down The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Bottle Deposit Reform Legislation
• The Politics of the Three-Tier System [paywall]
• Staying compliant amid new beverage alcohol industry regulations: On demand – (Sponsored Link.)

REAL ESTATE

• OZ: Wickham Hill Winery for sale

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard reveals plans to lead in ethical consumerism

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Nordic-based Anora Group buys Glöet owner Von Elk Co.

AGRIFOODTECH

• The company that turned murky water samples into wine

MARKETING & SALES

• Sales Data Confusion: Depending on Your Source, Sales are Up…or Down

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Why wine communications is the central theme of wine2wine event

WINE CRIME

• Kuwait: fight the smuggling of 23,000 bottles of wine

MEDIA MATTERS

• Two New Guides to Global Wine
• Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2023: An Interview With The New Editor And What’s New In The Global Market [paywall?]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wines of Crete: Falling Back to Spring Forward
• Numanthia’s New Challenge

WINE PEOPLE

• Tomas Munoz on passion of making premium Chilean wine for Errazuriz

WINE PLACES

• This Mediterranean Island Is One Of The Smallest Wine-making Countries

WINE EDUCATION

• Wines of Georgia Announces Wine Certification Program in Partnership with the Napa Valley Wine Academy, Launching in November

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• OZ: Putting the spotlight on effective de-suckering of vines in McLaren Vale

EUROPE & THE UK

• Amarone has an image problem, says leading producer
• UK still a ‘very attractive market’ for Languedoc producers

DOWN UNDER

• AWRI Board announces two appointments, including next Chair

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Localisation and variety major draws for Chinese female alcohol consumers [freewall?]

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Ceder’s: non-alcoholic ‘spirits’ “should remain as expensive as alcohol”