NOVEMBER 8, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Small AlcBev Markets Sue Southern Glazer’s, Alleging Illegal Secret Pricing. Case May Be Linked To Federal Agent Raid
• California wines set for increased global market share
• Impact Names Its 2021 Wine And Spirits “Hot Prospects.”
• Far Niente Wine Estates Hunts Vineyards To Keep Growth Rolling [paywall?]
• Inflation Likely To Depress Wine Prices As Consumers Trade Down Overall
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

OBITUARIES

• Evelyn De Rothschild, London Head of Banking Dynasty, Dies at 91 [paywall?]

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• When the bias becomes scientific: How WSWA works to destroy DTC Shipping
• Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain Vineyard May Be Sold
• ‘Finger pointing at women doesn’t work’: Exposing the perils of wine o’clock [paywall?]
• Americans Place 4th In The Global Drunks List
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Californian Vintners Report High Quality for 2022 Harvest
• Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +12% By Value L12M through September 2022, Packaged Exports Grow +22%

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Creating a Pest Control District in Sonoma County
• When Does a Wine Qualify for “Napa”? Training Now Available Online
• How Hahn Family Wines Embodies California’s Arroyo Seco AVA

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Rain and Snow in November Could End Fire Season [paywall?]
• Napa Valley Vintners raise money for wildfire prevention [paywall?]
• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

WEATHER

• Weather and Climate Summary and Forecast: November 2022 Report

DROUGHT/WATER

• Why California Fruit Growers Should Tap Into the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program
• Lake Sonoma at lowest level in history, but there’s still enough to get us through another year [paywall?]
• How can California boost its water supply? [paywall?]

STARTUPS & NEW BRANDS

• How to Start an Alcohol Beverage Brand Without a Distillery, Winery or Brewery

HEALTH

• Addressing the Movement Toward Low-Alcohol Wines

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Château Pédesclaux certified organic in long-term sustainability plan
• How Bees And Bats Help Bordeaux Create High Quality Sustainable Wines [paywall?]

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• National wine festival with Austin ties dissolves amid legal issues

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• LVMH Takes On New Biodiversity Project, Talks Regenerative Agriculture at Cop27

AGRIFOODTECH

• Where no harvester has gone before

DATA & TRENDS

• White Trumps Red for Wine Drinkers

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• ‘China’s Vivino’ adds cork recognition to ‘identify fine wine’

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Spokane-based startup SquareKeg to appear on ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Fourteen Years that Have Changed Wine Trade
• Alsace decides to stick with online/virtual post-pandemic
• At Chile wine gala, climate change and water use in focus [paywall?]

WINE CRIME

• Missouri: Clayton wine store owner says priest returned thousands of dollars of wine on behalf of accused thief

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Rioja to Walla Walla: Celebrating Tempranillo Day

WINE PEOPLE

• Violet Grgic on The Taste with Doug Shafer (podcast)
• Mark Henry, Owner & Winemaker, Montoliva Vineyards & Winery, North Sierra Foothills (podcast)
• Uka Winery’s Founder Flori Uka: The man without dreams is a man without wings

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OH: Really Good Boxed Wine Lands VP of Sales Rick Morrison
• Missouri: New businesses nudge Augusta toward becoming the Napa Valley of the Midwest

ACADEMIA

• Abby Hammermeister of UC Davis Wine Three-Year Award with Research Focusing on Understanding Grapevine Stress Response to Heat and Drought

DOWN UNDER

• Wine clone trial to reveal benefits to Western Australian vignerons
• Stu Devine of Devine Wine Talks New Zealand Terroir

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Price of imported wine in Japan hits new high due to weak Yen
• India: Winemaker Sula Vineyards gets SEBI nod for IPO

LATIN AMERICA

• Fresh thinking: high-altitude Malbec in Mendoza

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• America’s Ever-Evolving Relationship With Belgian Beer