DECEMBER 16, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Low & no growth in the fast lane to 2026
• Ciatti Report: Caution Advised
• The Wonderful Company Buys Robert Sinskey Property in Napa Valley in $26 Million Leaseback Deal
• Can We Trust AgTech With the Solution to Climate Issues?
• Navigating the minefield of the current wine market at this year’s WBWE
• A Response to Wine’s Diminishing Place in the Society
• Net Sales & Cases Sold In Most Key Channels Declined Against A Very Strong Q3 Driven By On-Site Sales (POS) Last Year
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

OBITUARIES

• South Australian wine icon d’Arry Osborn has passed away
• Much-Loved d’Arry Osborn Passes Away

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• RNDC Invests in E-Commerce Platform Thirstie; Deal Will Transform Alcohol Industry
• TTB Releases Updated Social Media Advertising Guidelines
• Jackson Family Wines Inc. filed lawsuit against insurance company for not paying millions of dollars in fire coverage
• When Crisis Comes Knocking
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Ciatti Global Market Report Nov-Dec 2022 (PDF)
• OZ: Riverland wine industry calls for assistance during grape glut crisis, River Murray flood

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Valley auction puts low-income students through college
• Santa Rosa Food and Wine Shop Miracle Plum Closing after 4 Years

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

DROUGHT/WATER

• Nation’s largest water supplier declares drought emergency
• Regional Drought Emergency Declared For All Of Southern California

CLIMATE CHANGE

• How Australia’s wine regions and companies are preparing for climate change

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Age Verification Reminders for DtC Shippers
• The Future of Wine E-commerce
• CellarDirect & Commerce7 Sign South African DTC Deal

STARTUPS & NEW BRANDS

• Prisoner Wine Company Releases Collection to Benefit Justice Reform

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Champagne: With or Without Herbicide?
• The Slow Wine Movement

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands Employees Activate Everyday Inclusion at the Global Inclusion Summit

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Rising demand for Bordeaux and Champagne – Liv-ex
• Areni Global’s Pauline Vicard on its ambitions to define and drive fine wine
• Why We Need a Fine Wine Definition

DATA & TRENDS

• 2022 Highlights for Wine + Data: Year-End Note from Enolytics’ Founder
• Americans drink more during holidays; many would give up social media for no hangovers

WINE CRIME

• Norwegian restaurants the latest target of fine wine thefts

MEDIA MATTERS

• Reliving the 2004 Movie ‘Sideways’ in 2022

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine, Music, and Perceptual Ability
• Savouring chocolate and wine
• Is Blaufränkisch a great variety?

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet the Father-Son Duo Pairing Wine With Visual Art
• Erin Mason on Conversation with Jason (video)
• Washington Wine History Interviews: Jerry Bookwalter, J. Bookwalter Winery
• 23 to watch in 2023: Kara Groom [paywall?]
• 23 to watch in 2023: Rosalind Reynolds [paywall?]
• The legacy of Jerry Luper [paywall?]

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Corliss Announces Promotion of Katie Davis to President of Wine Operations
• NYC’s Sherry-Lehmann owners enjoyed rare wines as clients waited

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Sentinels on guard for disease management
• Co-designing the future direction of grapevine breeding and germplasm
• Detailed vineyard analysis using precise digital maps (video)

EUROPE & THE UK

• How English fizz newcomer Hundred Hills has got wine critics purring
• Florent Latour steps into top role at Maison Louis Latour

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: WISA management committee elects new chair and deputy

LATIN AMERICA

• Viña Doña Paula appoints first CEO

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Wine and Beer for Pets? It’s Now a Thing.

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Jury Asked to Define What ‘Beer’ Is In Battle Over Corona Hard Seltzer
• Brewers Association’s 2022 ‘Year in Beer’ Defined by ‘Long and Unsteady Recovery’