NOVEMBER 14, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Farmland Values Hit Record Highs, Pricing Out Farmers [paywall?]
• Shareholders in Treasury Wine Estates (ASX:TWE) are in the red if they invested three years ago
• AlcBev Mergers & Inquisitions
• California Exports: The Money’s in the Middle
• Retailers Stock Up On Tequila, Bourbon, And RTDs For The Holiday Season
• NZ Way Outpacing Aussies In Wine Imports To US
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Tuck Beckstoffer ordered to refund $5 Mil to winery for personal expenses [paywall?]
• E. & J. Gallo Acquires Denner Vineyards in Paso Robles
• Sands Brothers To Relinquish Constellation Exec Roles[paywall?]
• Food & beverages have the most to gain from prioritizing sustainability.
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Kanaye Nagasawa: The samurai who forever changed California

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

DIVERSITY

• Hispanics in Wine fosters advancement for wine workers [paywall?]

HEALTH

• New Research Is Exploring the Connection Between Alzheimer’s and Inflammation
• Wine expert heralds eggs as a quick hangover cure

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• RTD Cocktails and the Law

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Vintage Wine Estates, Inc. (VWE) Q1 2023 Earnings Call Transcript [freewall?]
• Constellation’s shareholders vote to end its dual class of shares

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Rare Domaine Ponsot wine auction tops £1m in sales

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Wine World’s Haves and Have-Nots

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Clare Valley winemakers and their role in taking the global wine industry from cork to screw cap

MEDIA MATTERS

• Hang Out With Top Wine Writers and Talk Shop. For Free.

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Californian Chardonnay is returning to its elegant roots
• What You Need to Know About Romanian Wine
• Can music affect the taste of wine?

WINE PEOPLE

• Saviah’s Rich Funk Talks Wine and Football
• Piper Heidsieck’s Rare Cellarmaster
• Mario Andrion of Castello di Verduno Championing Piedmont’s Pelaverga Grape
• Connor McMahon, Owner & Winemaker, Fulldraw Vineyard, Paso Robles (podcast)
• Salem winemaker Joe Dobbes returns to roots with new venture

WINE PLACES

• The Bubbly Promise Of Arabilis Wines
• Market Watch Leaders Class Of 2022: Surdyk’s

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Colorado measure allowing grocery stores to sell wine remains too close to call (video)
• Georgia: Millions of Americans to see major change in grocery stores on Sunday mornings – the new alcohol law starting next year
• NY: Queens business owner calling for updates to liquor laws
• MI: On Old Mission Peninsula, a two-year court fight about wine, weddings and amplified music
• OR: Cerebella, Pendleton’s only winery, survives hard times, aims to thrive

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Hybrids: Finding a Place
• The Science Behind UV Light in Vineyards
• Fundamentals of Vineyard Mechanization in Winegrape Vineyards (video)

EUROPE & THE UK

• How Scandinavia became Europe’s most surprising wine region
• Scientists in Spain Look to Old Vines to Save Wine Business
• Italy: “Optimism Costs Nothing”
• Britain on tenterhooks as it awaits budget announcement

DOWN UNDER

• Can you tell the difference between Australia and New Zealand (wine)?

LATIN AMERICA

• Good news for Argentina as inflation finally halts
• Argentina: Lifer Releases Prison Wine

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Does champagne or beer make more bubbles? Science explains why you explode by the second

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• How Droughts in Mexico Could Shape the Future of the Beer Industry [paywall?]