DECEMBER 21, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Rising demand for Bordeaux and Champagne ahead of Christmas
• Third of long COVID patients suffer persistent smell loss, study finds
• NAS Funded to Review Grapevine Virus Research Needs
• Champagne: four founding myths of a global icon
• COVID’s Economic Impact Now Outweighs Health Issues
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Why Drizly Predicts Prosecco Will Out-Sell Champagne For NYE 2022
• Top Wholesalers Weigh In On Holiday Conditions [paywall?]
• Vintage Wine Estates Monetizes Assets and Successfully Refinances Debt
• Artificial Intelligence Rates Wine. Should Critics Worry?
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California Association of Winegrape Growers Announces Natalie Collins as President

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Wildfires Won’t Be Solved Through Public Forest Management Alone
• Why California’s 2022 Wildfire Season Was Unexpectedly Quiet [paywall?]
• Scientist presents grape smoke exposure research
• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

DROUGHT/WATER

• Tribes, growers spar over Klamath River flows
• California’s water conundrum hinges on Delta
• LandFlex Program to Help Farmers Transition Away from Groundwater
• Groundwater Replenishes Much Faster Than Scientists Previously Thought

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Wine Buyers, Fine Wine Retailers and the Value of Reputation [paywall]

DIVERSITY

• This 2-woman winery produces varietals you may not have heard of [paywall?]

HEALTH

• How to cure (or prevent) a hangover [paywall?]

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Domaine Bousquet is now certified B Corp
• Medoc producers in Bordeaux take steps to protect the environment
• Familia Torres campaigns for a European returnable bottle scheme “in less than 3 years’ time”

REAL ESTATE

• A New Jersey Property That Grows Five Kinds of Grapes Asks $18 Million [paywall?]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Vintage Wine Estates Investor Alert
• Fresh Vine Wine Celebrates First Year as Public Company

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Pinault family acquires Champagne Jacquesson
• OZ: Elderton’s Ashmead family buy prized vineyard

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The truth is in the wine, but the risk is in the storage.

DATA & TRENDS

• Pairing Technology Trends With Wine In The New Year [paywall?]

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Old Vine Conference and how old vines can transform modern viticulture
• Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris 2023 over 100% full

MEDIA MATTERS

• M. Shanken Communications Celebrates Its 50th Year [paywall?]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Devil’s Advocate Has One Last Post Before Christmas
• Christmas Wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Riccardo Pasqua, the man shaking up the Italian wine trade

WINE PLACES

• Checking in with Czechia

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Negative online reviews have increased for restaurants

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Liquor branches in B.C., Alberta sue after drinks shipment freezes en route from Montreal
• Fl: Inspector shuts down winery exceeding septic capacity for number of guests

EUROPE & THE UK

• How Ribera Del Duero continues to prove its world class status

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Kirin seeks more North American craft beer factories after strong growth [freewall?]