OCTOBER 5, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Coalition sues to force Treasury Department decision on alcohol labeling
• Court rules out-of-state retailers cannot ship wine to Ohio consumers
• Another WineTech Company Goes Down in Flames
• Pinault’s merger with Maisons & Domaines Henriot blasted in Burgundy
• 93% Of Wineries On Edge Or Seriously Concerned About Water: SVB
• How accurate are the figures on wine fraud?
• Wine Grape Harvest Quality By Region – SVB Survey
• Does Anyone Still Care About Wine Certifications? — (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• ‘Two-Buck Chuck’ Creator Fred Franzia Was a Pariah to Some and an Innovator to Others
• We Will Continue Your Work, Mr. Franzia

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

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

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• California Grape Harvest: Q&A with Sally Johnson Blum, Director of Winemaking at Robert Mondavi Winery
• Austrian producers expect ‘very special’ 2022 vintage
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• ‘Falcon Crest’ winery Spring Mountain Vineyard in Napa files for bankruptcy [paywall?]
• Can Cutting-Edge Technology and Character Coexist in Winemaking? — (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• Trial by Fire: The Story of Oregon’s 2020 Vintage
• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

DROUGHT/WATER

• Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approves temporary halt in new wells [paywall?]
• California officials warn of more water restrictions in 2023 as fourth year of drought looms [paywall?]
• California drought: Where major reservoir levels stand amid dry spell [paywall?]
• Central Valley water storage at one of the lowest points for 2023

CLIMATE CHANGE

• Too much California sun may require new wine grape vineyard systems
• The Curse Of Bordeaux
• Will climate chaos kill Burgundy?

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

DIVERSITY

• Rare wines auction funds dream world tour for promising sommeliers
• Veteran Female Winemakers Join Forces in Lompoc Wine Ghetto
• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month With Hispanic Wine And Food – A Unique Partnership With Alamos Wine From Argentina [paywall?]

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Is Regional Cannabis The Future Without Federal Legalization? What The Wine Industry Can Tell Us

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

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

REAL ESTATE

• IL: McEachran Homestead Winery on the market for more than $1 million

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Vintage Wine Estates stock slips after D.A. Davidson downgrade

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Purcari Winery acquires stake in Bulgaria’s Angel’s Estate Winery

AGRIFOODTECH

• How Deere plans to build a world of fully autonomous farming by 2030
• Driverless Waymo Trucks in Texas Transport Over 1 Million Pounds of Modelo, Corona

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Appoints Michael Housey to Executive Vice President, General Manager, Indiana

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Is Champagne’s secondary market boom set to falter?
• Fine wine market climbs again thanks to weak Sterling  – Liv-ex
• Liv-ex 1000 rebounds after August lull  – Liv-ex

DATA & TRENDS

• Central Coast Certified Organic Acreage Skyrocketing: Up 2,204 acres (2020-2022)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Importance of Review Sites

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• DTC Wine Symposium 2023 to Include Keynotes on Podcasting, Packaging, and Politics
• Cape Wine 2022 opens with splash of sustainable credentials
• CapeWine 2022 kicks off with sustainability in mind

MEDIA MATTERS

• A book review of “The Wine Bible 3rd Edition”

WINE PEOPLE

• Fullerton Wines is building a family legacy bottle by bottle
• Megan Jones, Curator, Sonoma County Wine Library [paywall?]

WINE PLACES

• Exploring Georgia: The cradle of wine
• In Vienna, taking to the hills for wine

WINE HISTORY

• The real story behind old-vine field blends

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Ontario: CCOVI introduces innovative program to assist industry with winemaking decisions

EUROPE & THE UK

• Taking an Honest Look at Bordeaux
• English sparkling wine prospers but needs to win the celebratory occasion
• Fewer wineries, but larger: Unione Italiana Vini (UIV) photographed the wine scene

DOWN UNDER

• Australian Grape & Wine announces new CEO

SOUTH AFRICA

• Stellenbosch Report: How producers are taking Chenin Blanc to new levels

AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM

• Mumm Stellar: the first Champagne made for astronauts to drink in space

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• A Better Way to Define Alcohol Product Types
• Microbiologists improve taste of beer
• Lipton to release ‘hard’ iced teas with alcohol next year