OCTOBER 13, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• The End of the Great Chinese Love Affair With French Vineyards [paywall?]
• Castel Wine Giant Founder Appeals $411 Mn Swiss Tax Order
• Why mass marketing will not work on Gen Z – it’s all about subcultures
• ‘Recession? What Recession?’ Say Luxury Shoppers [paywall?]
• ‘Olfactometer’ brings smells to VR worlds for wine-sniffing game
• Projected Winery Sales Growth In 2022 By Dollar & Case Sales. How Are You Stacking Up?
• Does Anyone Still Care About Wine Certifications? — (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Give data to get data! SVB Annual Wine Industry Survey: Time’s Almost Up!
• Inflation drags on wine’s return to pre-pandemic US restaurant sales
• The Flame Out of Napa Valley’s Iconic Wine Country
• Beverage Alcohol Buying Trends Reflective of Growing Consumer Consciousness, According To Provi Pulse Report
• Harvest Compliance Training on California Grape Crush Report Now Available Online – (Sponsored Link.)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Italy Enjoys Another Promising Vintage
• Ungrafted vines prove stars of drought-struck 2022 vintage
• UK: Harvest quality looks high at Pommery’s Pinglestone Estate
• Ciatti California Report October 2022 (PDF)
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Winegrapes, flowers bloom in 2021 Sonoma County Crop Report, while dairies drop [paywall?]
• Caviar is trending at Napa and Sonoma wineries [paywall?]
• Protecting Cabernet Sauvignon
• Can Cutting-Edge Technology and Character Coexist in Winemaking? — (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

DROUGHT/WATER

• Wine industry water use a topic at this month’s Sonoma County virtual town hall on drought

CLIMATE CHANGE

• Climate Changed: Ontario wine producers seek solutions to extreme weather threats

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

• Sanctions Against New Zealand’s Russia Threaten Wine Supply
• OFSI Imposes Monetary Penalty for Wine Industry Breach of Financial Sanctions

DIVERSITY

• 9 Women Who Changed the Wine World
• Meet the 7 Female Wine Pros Shaping Miami’s Red-Hot Beverage Scene

AMAZON

• TikTok chases Amazon with plans for U.S. fulfillment centers

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Constellation Brands Publishes ESG Impact Report, Advancing a Future Worth Reaching For

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Sensi acquitted in golden bottle dispute
• Regulation Today Around the Three-Tier System [paywall]
• Staying compliant amid new beverage alcohol industry regulations: On demand – (Sponsored Link.)

REAL ESTATE

• Forty hectare California vineyard on sale for US$9.9 million

AGRIFOODTECH

• New ways to spray

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine and investments are “open”, a trend that works. And the eWibe platform is growing more than expected

DATA & TRENDS

• Mapping California Wineries: This is How Regional Associations Do It

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Who cares about wine ratings?

MARKETING & SALES

• Smeg Has Collaborated With Veuve Clicquot on a Limited-Edition Fridge

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Enthusiast Makes a Very Bad Decision

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Mosel Riesling Enters Natural Wine Territory

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet Bob Brooks of Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits

WINE HISTORY

• Lower Lake Winery – Lake County’s First Since Prohibition
• How the Oldest Winery in California Got Its Roots
• Archaeologists discover mural of Aztec god of alcohol in Mexican convent

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Beverage Alcohol Retailers Ready To Defend Turf In New York
• GA: Sugar Hill City Council approves alcohol code amendment for wine tastings

ACADEMIA

• Geza Hrazdina, plant pigment pioneer, dies at 83

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Considerations for a successful malolactic fermentation (video)
• Rose wines: impact of protein fining on polyphenolic composition and color
• The Role of the Soil Microbiome in Soil Health (podcast)

EUROPE & THE UK

• How The Wines Of The Languedoc Entered The 21st Century Global Market: An Interview With Miren Lomgeril [paywall?]
• Wine, inflation emergency and expensive raw materials. But the real risk is “neo-prohibitionism”

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Latest ABAC report highlight ‘care areas’ for alcohol marketers
• OZ: Artificial intelligence tool trialled for high-risk bug detection