OCTOBER 25, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Wine Retailer Association Announces Filing of Amicus Brief With Supreme Court
• Prosecco Aims for Champagne Status
• Why So Many Winemakers Are Embracing Agroforestry
• Can These Farmers Decolonize the Wine Industry?
• FTC Takes Action Against Drizly and its CEO James Cory Rellas for Security Failures that Exposed Data of 2.5 Million Consumers
• Spirits New Product Registrations Spike 20% in Q3 2022, Wine Also Grew
• Australian Wine Exports To China Have Zeroed Out.
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• The wine industry didn’t just weather the pandemic. It grew.
• Soaring Cost-of-Living Crisis Brings Back 1970s Shopping Habits
• Liz Truss resignation ‘adds another level of chaos’ for drinks trade
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• More yield than 2021: wine harvest in Germany is better than expected
• France: With no vine pulls or distillation, “2023 is going to be a tough year for bulk wine”

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine on Wall Street With Duckhorn CEO Alex Ryan (video)
• Bay Area wineries will soon ask you to return bottles [paywall?]

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• 100% containment line around 76,788 acre Mosquito Fire
• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Irish Liquor Lawyer files U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief

DIVERSITY

• Black South Africans change landscape of once white-only wine industry
• Inside the diversifying world of Chicago’s natural wine scene
• Illinois chef Thad Morrow opens up, says wine can bring unity in divisive political moment

HEALTH

• Letting my kids drink wine: Lessons I learnt in Italy [freewall?]

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• Mira Winery NFT Launches With Cuvée Collective

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• The TTB is paper free!

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands Announces Plan to Convert Common Stock Holding in Canopy Growth
• LVMH: The Leader In Modern Luxury [freewall?]

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• France’s Groupe Bollinger Investing Aggressively In The U.S. Market
• Ex-Miraval owner on letting go of the French château

AGRIFOODTECH

• Do Robotics Have a Place Behind the Bar?

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Australian wine exports to China plunge 92 per cent as tariffs and Covid disruptions decimate market
• Australian Wine Exports Slump 11% as China Tariffs Crimp Demand [paywall?]

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Number of English wines on the secondary market reaches new record  – Liv-ex

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Secret Bottle Shop’s Adam Kirkbride on Orin Swift and Californian wines
• A tasting note experiment breaks new ground

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Strong Demand to Fill Production Jobs
• Demand is strong, but North Bay manufacturers still wrestle with hiring, supply lines

MEDIA MATTERS

• Let’s Talk With Karen MacNeil (podcast)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• In Pursuit of Truffles, This Hunter Follows the Wine
• San Felice Vigorello and the Rise of the (Super) {Super} Super Tuscan

WINE PEOPLE

• Kim Laurello, Co-Owner & Co-Winemaker Laurello Vineyards, Harpersfield, Ohio
• An interview with Lynn Penner-Ash, co-founder of Penner-Ash Wine Cellars: Part I
• “I wasn’t this City whiz kid who’d made millions. We had to sell our house to start this.”

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Costco’s Struggle To Sell Wine In New York State
• Texas Wine Industry Makes Great Strides
• Canada watchdog to study grocery retail competition

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Sandridge Barton estimates 80,000 bottles after bumper harvest

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: New Gig For TarraWarra Winemaker
• Australian wineries remain resilient

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China Resources Wine to Acquire Chinese Liquor Manufacturer for $1.7 Billion [freewall?]

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa pushes premiumisation as value sales grow
• Capensis: making high-stakes Chardonnay in South Africa’s Cape

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Hard Cider Experiencing Renaissance With New Varieties, Regions, And Finishes
• Updated Filings in Oregon Lawsuit by Washington Breweries