NOVEMBER 21, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Wine Drinker Drought Looms As Core & Marginal Consumers Fade
• Ste. Michelle’s new owners add rather than subtract
• Supply Chain Could Take A Hit As Railroad Strike Looms
• Hot Stuff: The Wines of the Future
• TTB Speaks up on Social Media
• The Escalating Shortage of Warehouse Space in the Beverage Industry
• Nursery Exec Duarte leading in US House vote
• Net Growth In Wine Clubs Flat: Sign-Ups Lowest Seen In 5 Years.
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• How Can Direct-to-Consumer and Three-Tier Complement One Another
• Think wine tasting fees are excessive? Try going to a Warriors game. [paywall?]
• The future for alternative packaging in wine
• Top 1% Of Income Earners Outpace All Income Groups Post-Pandemic. Bottom 50% Does OK.
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Ciatti Report: Impacts from Australia
• Xige Estate winery exports hit record high

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California Shipping Bill, the Cat is out of the bag but the wholesalers work to contain it
• California’s Future Comes into Focus at Fine Wine Summit in Napa Valley
• The painted Napa Valley [paywall?]

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• Collective Napa Valley November Auction Achieves $2 Million Goal For Wildfire Mitigation And Reforestation [paywall?]
• New ‘fireproof’ home unveiled in Wine Country
• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

WEATHER

• Major flooding in south-east Australia threatens wine production

DROUGHT/WATER

• New drought grants to boost on farm resilience
• San Joaquin Valley residents, growers vying for water in fourth year of drought
• The Flow of California Water Policy – A Chart

CLIMATE CHANGE

• Rhone varieties should be (even more) valuable in a California impacted by climate change

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Help Convince the Supreme Court To Take Up A Critical Wine Shipping Case
• Rhode Island Retailer Case Going to First Circuit

UKRAINE WINE

• Wine & the War-Life balance in Ukraine

DIVERSITY

• Dallas Black-owned wine brand lands ‘Shark Tank’ deal with Mark Cuban

HEALTH

• Despite risks, figures warn that some parents still provide alcohol to their underage teens

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Champagne: The best organic and biodynamic bottles

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• For Young Farmers, Land Access Will Make or Break the 2023 Farm Bill
• Prosecco naming rights at stake in EU free trade agreement [freewall?]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Vintage Wine Estates, Inc. Class Action Complaint Filed
• Will the LVMH Group Soon Run Out of Luxury Champagne?

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Australia Wine, Tourism Industry Learns No Replacement for China Market [paywall?]

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Weekly trade rises across all fine wine regions except Burgundy
• Record price achieved for Presidents’ Barrel
• Hospice de Beaune sale raises €31 million, double last year’s total

DATA & TRENDS

• Four Takeaways from “How to Start Using Data for Fun and Profit” at the Financial Wine Symposium
• This is what the younger generation wants from wine

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why Doesn’t Anyone Drink Dessert Wine? (podcast)

MARKETING & SALES

• Market Watch Leaders Class Of 2022: Wine.com
• From Private Parties to Paperwork: Here’s How the Luxury World Really Treats Its VIPs

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine packaging is going to change, sooner rather than later

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• TikTok Videos Are Farmers’ Tool to Reach Gen Z Gardeners, Cooks [paywall?]

MEDIA MATTERS

• 2022 book reviews – the guide
• Is Wine Writing Going the Way of Coal Mining? (podcast)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Amphoras are in Fashion, but not as Simple as they Seem
• The Red Wave Is Here: It’s Cabernet Franc
• How to Think about Mouse
• Blanc de Blancs: looking beyond Champagne

WINE PEOPLE

• Saluting Italian Varieties At Montoliva Vineyards & Winery with Mark Henry
• Scott Stelzle, Winemaker, Cordant Winery, Paso Robles (podcast)
• Meet the maker: Token
• Two Sisters Help Redefine Bardolino Wines [paywall?]

WINE PLACES

• Italy’s Unexpected New Hub for High-Quality Riesling
• Thanksgiving in Alto Adige

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Is paying for restaurant reservations the future?

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: King Estate Winery rising stars combine for elevated restaurant experience
• WA: Thoughtful winemaking, tarot card define Three of Cups

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Site characteristics determine the effectiveness of tillage and cover crops on the net ecosystem carbon balance in California vineyard agroecosystems

EUROPE & THE UK

• Etna announces nine new contrade with map update
• UK: Budget Statement leaves on-trade clutching begging bowl
• French Turn Their Backs on Wine
• Chianti Region Debuts New Way to Classify Wine [paywall?]

SOUTH AFRICA

• The Elegance of Age: Tasting South Africa’s Oldest Vines

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Don’t listen to the snobs – RTDs have a lot to offer
• What Does 5000-Year-Old Beer Taste Like?