NOVEMBER 15, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Sutter Home scion arrested on drug and gun charges [paywall?]
• What’s Ahead for U.S. Wine? Searching for a Crystal Ball
• Rising inflation triggers ‘selective uptrading’ trend
• Boxed Wine Players Diversify, Leveraging Better-For-You, Wine Cocktail Trends
• The Dollar Is Strong. Will That Make European Wines and Spirits Cheaper Here? (podcast)
• Worry About Catching COVID-19 Lowest Since June 2021
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

OBITUARIES

• France Loses the Creator of Vin de France – and a Formidable Blogeur

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• 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
• NZ Way Outpacing Aussies In Wine Imports To US
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Burgundy’s 2022 Vintage a Crowd Pleaser
• Late-Season Frost Wreaks Havoc on Argentina Vineyards

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• New owners at Jada Winery accused of unneighborly behavior
• Regional California winegrape commission unveiling dual-language pruning school

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

DROUGHT/WATER

• California drought conditions force residents to rely on bottled water [paywall?]

DIVERSITY

• Celebrating Black wine connoisseurs, on and off the vine

HEALTH

• Activ’Inside targets hyperpigmentation with Champagne grape nutricosmetic

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Calif. gearing up for sustainable cannabis study
• Colorado legalized ‘magic mushrooms.’ Could the rest of the U.S. follow?
• Watch out Wine Country, Weed Country is catching up [paywall?]

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Paso Robles Wine collective awarded grant for sustainability project
• Thirst for Sustainability Permeates the Wine Industry

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Calif: Adam Gray Pulls Ahead Of John Duarte In U.S. Congress Race
• QR Code Regulations in the Beverage Alcohol Industry
• Proposition 125, allowing Colorado grocery stores to sell wine, remains too close to call
• Colorado Wine in Grocery Stores on Brink of Becoming Law

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Willamette Valley Vineyards Posts results for Q3 2022

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Appoints John Aiello to Vice President, General Manager, Delaware

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The market reacts to Wine Spectator’s top wines of 2022 – Liv-ex
• Hospices de Beaune 2022 Charity Wine Auction Preview

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Gatekeepers Live!: Long Live The Wine Critic! [paywall]

MARKETING & SALES

• 7 Email Tips to Absolutely Nail Black Friday

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Accolade Wines disposes of The Park bottling plant

WINE CRIME

• Pernod Ricard India executive arrested over liquor scam allegations

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Labor Department floating new wage structure for H-2A farmworkers [freewall?]

WINE PEOPLE

• Sandra Oldfield remains a force within British Columbia wine industry
• The Wines that Made Us: Château Rayas for Todd Alexander
• Dundee Hills dynamo Remy Drabkin won’t be denied
• Profile of the Winemaker: Robert Rex

WINE PLACES

• Wine And Cycling – Dual Passions Celebrated At Clif Family Winery In Napa Valley [paywall?]
• Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Rive (video)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Brown marmorated stink bug outbreak threatens Oregon crops

ACADEMIA

• NC: Students team up with professors to grow the wine industry

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Still rooting for data: Eastern Washington vineyard rootstock trial enters Year 2
• Sour rot research: Cornell combating outbreaks in New York vineyards

EUROPE & THE UK

• Constrained growing cycles create unforeseen issues in Burgundy. But for families who have been growing there for centuries, it’s just another day’s work.
• UK: WSTA pens letter to Chancellor opposing alcohol duty u-turn

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Business Confidence Takes A Hit
• SA wine industry continues to be challenged by significant and complex headwinds

SOUTH AFRICA

• How Le Grande Domaine wants to push Stellenbosch’s premium image

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Champagne in UAE could vary by 145% within a 2km radius, new Gault&Millau Index reveals