NOVEMBER 23, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Thanksgiving Boosts Wine Sales At Retail
• The Great (Sticker Shock) Thanksgiving
• 2024 California Bottle Fee Includes Wine & DTC
• Heavy Bottles and Wine Tourism – and their Carbon Footprint
• US government to issue proposed rules for abv, calorie and allergen labelling
• 2022 DTC Order Values Up So Far In Q3
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Consumer groups obtain TTB commitment to issue rulemakings on mandatory alcohol labeling
• Wine Fraud Trial Roils Bordeaux
• States Mull Limits on Foreign Ownership of Farmland
• All Case Sales Price Points Declined, But $50-70 Net Sales Held Up
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Turrentine California November Market Update (PDF)
• Rioja’s white exports grow, but overall market dips
• Central Loire harvest delivers volume and ‘fantastic’ quality
• Wisc.: Wollersheim Winery & Distillery harvests frozen grapes for Ice Wine
• Drinks trade must change its attitude to bulk wine, says The Park’s GM

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• New Winemaking Collaboration Highlights Colorado and California Wines

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

DROUGHT/WATER

• Napa Valley prepares for future drought [paywall?]
• NOAA winter outlook released: What it means for California

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• DTC Up 1% as Shipments Approach High Point
• Off-Premise Sales Decline

UKRAINE WINE

• The release of the Ukrainian ‘Grad Cru’

DIVERSITY

• How one diversity advocate is helping shape wine industry [paywall?]

HEALTH

• Study: antioxidant flavonols linked to slower

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• The Duckhorn Portfolio Stock: Good Brands But Limited Upside [freewall?]
• Budweiser to Send Unsellable World Cup Beer to Winning Country

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Valdemar Estates acquires Walla Walla vineyard from Betz Family and Siren Song

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Hopes raised for wine after China-Australia meeting in Bali

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• All Roads Lead to Beaune
• The Liv-ex Power 100 2022 – All about Burgundy – Liv-ex
• New Liv-ex Power 100: Burgundy ‘reigns supreme’

MARKETING & SALES

• Retailers Gear Up For The Holiday Selling Season

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris & its big international buyers & producers push
• Michigan conference shows how healthy soils make better vineyards
• VinoTastr – The World’s First Wine Taste Technology Company

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Cabernet Franc: A Local Hero In the Loire Valley
• A Sensorial Symphony

WINE HISTORY

• Ancient Wine Culture: Alexander the Great’s most significant export?

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Exploring the Horrors of Rich-People Food, From ‘The Menu’ to ‘Fresh’ [paywall?]

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Coloradans can buy wine in grocery stores starting in March

ACADEMIA

• With a new department and chair, WSU will soon offer a V&E degree strengthened by industry connections

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• DYK? Walnuts Are a Host for the California-Bound Spotted Lanternfly
• Pectinases and their applications in wine

EUROPE & THE UK

• France drinks lowest amount of red wine in a decade
• Chianti Launches 11 New Sub Zones. US Importers are yet to be Convinced

LATIN AMERICA

• Where next for Argentina after Malbec?

SOUTH AFRICA

• How Oldenburg is now one of South Africa’s most premium wine producers

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• What is Placomusophilia?