NOVEMBER 10, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Here’s what Americans were drinking on election night
• O’Neil Vintners & Distillers Acquires Wellness Category Leader, FitVine Wine
• Vintage Wine Estates Net Revenue Grew 40% to $77.9 Million in First Quarter Fiscal 2023
• Quality of this year’s California vintage “off the charts”
• Alcohol Caused One in Eight Deaths of Working-Age U.S. Adults
• Oddly Enough, Gen Z is Least Concerned About Data Privacy
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• IWSR: consumers becoming more selective in up-trading
• California Produces a Classic Vintage
• South Napa County Vineyard May Be Rezoned For Non-Ag Use If American Canyon Passes Measure J
• 29% of Holiday Shoppers Intend To Give Alcohol & Food For Gifts This Year.
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa County revokes Mountain Peak winery approval [paywall?]
• Sonoma County judge allows lawsuit against former Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli to move forward [paywall?]
• Wine, spirits label giant opening North Bay distribution center
• How Paul Draper inspired today’s natural wine movement [paywall?]

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

WEATHER

• OR: Dry conditions a blessing during harvest

DROUGHT/WATER

• NASA prepares mission to measure all of Earth’s water as multi-year drought bears down on California
• Klamath ranch sues Oregon over water supply

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Predictions for the Future of Three Tier DTC

DIVERSITY

• Meet the women influencing Southern Oregon wine
• Queer Wino’s William Ferguson on a mission to queer wine

HEALTH

• U.S. research offers sobering look at lethal damage caused by alcohol
• Global Study Finds Wine Drinkers May Enjoy Reduced Risk of Stroke
• Green tea and resveratrol reduce Alzheimer’s

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• Cuvée Collective Launches Schug NFT on November 10th

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• How to source and sell wine sustainably

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Midterm Ballot Measures: Cannabis Legalized In Maryland And Missouri, Colorado Rejects Expanding Licenses For Alcohol Retailers [paywall?]
• Colorado ballot issue to allow wine in grocery stores too close to call

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo Claims Win In Bulleit Trademark Case; Deutsch’s Redemption To Stop Selling In Current Packaging, Pending Appeal [paywall?]
• Constellation Brands Announces Completion of Previously Announced Elimination of Class B Common Stock

DISTRIBUTORS

• RNDC Names Five New SVPs To Drive Supplier Business Development [paywall?]

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Second Barolo en primeur auction raises more than $769,000
• Investing in Wine as an Asset (Pros, Cons & Getting Started)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why Restaurant Wine Clubs are Rising in Popularity

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Smurfit Kappa introduces e-commerce wine packaging portfolio
• Premium wine packaging gets a sustainable makeover in Australia

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• 2022 New York Wine Experience: Dominus Estate’s Balancing Act

WINE PEOPLE

• Behind the headlines: new owners Château Lascombes

WINE HISTORY

• How grapevines may have arrived in the Pacific Northwest

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: As alcohol lags behind on-trade recovery, where does the trade go from here?
• Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme at risk of ‘high-profile failure’

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Condingup Vineyard in remote WA bounces back after family loss, thrives among ‘sand, gravel and clay’

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Keurig Dr Pepper Acquires $50 Million Minority Stake in Non-Alcoholic Beer Company Athletic Brewing