NOVEMBER 1, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Liv-ex: China will not be riding to rescue global wine trade
• Fine Wine Optimism Prepares for Reality Check
• World wine output dips slightly after year of torrid weather [paywall?]
• Severe drought and extreme heat pose a new threat to wine production
• Important Changes to Craft Beverage Modernization Act for Foreign Producers and Importers
• Wine Edges Beer As Preferred AlcBev On Thanksgiving Table
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Heitz Owner Gaylon Lawrence Buys Bordeaux’s Château Lascombes
• The Retail Forecast for Wine and Spirits Gift Packaging
• How South Africa Is Strengthening Social Justice Through Wine
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma County’s Ernest Vineyards picks former Williams Selyem exec as new president
• Napa vintner Don Sebastiani & Sons hires sales, marketing exec
• Napa Valley’s Hundred Acre Wine Group names 3 new chief officers
• Sonoma County’s SingleThread restaurant names new wine director

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

COVID-19

• Lack of Covid-19 information costs restaurants customers

DIVERSITY

• How Hispanics in the Wine Industry Aim to Improve Latinx Representation
• ‘Our Legacy Harvested’ empowering people of color in the wine industry (video)
• Jane Thomson’s key thoughts on championing women in wine

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Vintage Wine Estates’ California Estate Wineries And Vineyards All Certified Sustainable by California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance

RECYCLED WASTEWATER

• Colorado Could Become First US State to Reuse Water

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• What Is Economic Nexus and How Do I Track It?

REAL ESTATE

• Vineyard Estate In Sardinia, Italy, Exudes Rustic Charm

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Hospice de Beaune announces largest ever auction
• Santa Barbara Wine Auction Grows into Weekend Affair

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Italian Wine Sector Warns Of Glass Shortages

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• H-2A burdens expected to increase under new rule

MEDIA MATTERS

• Fourth Edition Of ‘The Complete Bordeaux’ Shows How Things Have Changed In The Past Five Years In French Viniculture [paywall?]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Halloween wine tale 2022: Star Trek: The Wine Generation [paywall]
• How We Organize Our Treasure [paywall]
• Susumaniello & Beyond: Charting the Outstanding D’Addario Puglian Wines
• Feteasca Neagră – all you need know about Romania’s flagship grape

WINE HISTORY

• Before citrus and before suburbs, L.A. made wine [paywall?]

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• This program is helping Ohio wineries expand