JANUARY 4, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• The beverage alcohol industry in uncertain economic times
• How Wine Businesses May Need to Change in 2023
• A golden age for nonalcoholic beers, wines and spirits
• Agrology and Partners Receive Approximately $5M in USDA Grants for Climate-Smart Agriculture
• U.S. Spirits Market Climbs 6% In 2022, Boosted By RTDs
• These Are The States Where The Minimum Wage is Increasing in 2023
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Winc Files Holiday Onslaught of Bankruptcy Documents; Unsecured Creditors Fire Back On New Year’s Eve
• Spirits-based RTDs, Premium Wines, And Upscale Spirits Kept The Beverage Alcohol Industry Afloat In 2022
• America’s Pandemic Drinking Binge Just Keeps Going [paywall?]
• Wine sales are slowing. How long will the dip last?

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Why Michigan’s Climate Is Perfect For Producing Ice Wine
• Champagne Sales To Reach New Record In 2022, Producers Say

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

WEATHER

• “Severe Weather for NapaCo starting 4am Wed 01/04. Possible flood & power outages, exercise caution.
• Russian River expected to flood as powerful storm expected to topple trees, knock out power [paywall?]
• La Niña expected to serve up a hat trick

DROUGHT/WATER

• From Years of Drought in the West to Water, Water, Everywhere? We Can Do It … with Interstate Pipelines
• Snow Survey Shows December Storms Provided Big Snow Totals with More Systems, Flooding in Forecast
• California’s snowpack nears decade high. What’s it mean to drought? [paywall?]

COVID-19

• COVID Smell Loss: ‘Retraining’ Mostly Flops in Trial

DIVERSITY

• Hannah Crosbie on Shaking Up the Wine World

HEALTH

• What happens to your body when you give up alcohol for a month?
• How CrossFit Athlete Khan Porter Stays Fit While Enjoying Alcohol

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• How Margaret River wine producers are protecting their land and terroir

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Is Vintage Wine Estates (VWE) an Undervalued Stock?

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Wine investing service Vint pours $5M capital raise into hiring

DISTRIBUTORS

• Sazerac Shakes Up Distribution, Departing RNDC Across Two Dozen States
• Bijou wine shoots for the US in 2023

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 index finishes 2022 with a dip – Liv-ex

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine Labels and their Discontents
• Why You Should Only Buy Half-Bottles of Vermouth

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Amendments proposed to Oregon’s farmworker overtime law

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine show host returns to airwaves after tragic loss
• Can We Trust The Wine Media? [paywall]

WINE PEOPLE

• Shauna Rosenblum reflects on a winery childhood; being the first woman winemaker at Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs winery [paywall?]
• Do you know the Sonoma County winemakers behind these iconic brands? [paywall?]
• All Napa Cab Roads Lead to Fay
• Couple make dreams come true with the opening of Scenic Valley Ranch Vineyard
• Meet the maker: Alex Virgili

WINE EDUCATION

• WSET appoints Kirsten Grant Meikle to its board of trustees

WINE HISTORY

• The Tradition Of Raising A Glass And Toasting Dates Back To The Ancient Greeks

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: A Love Letter to our Wine Industry
• CT is one of 8 states that don’t let food stores sell wine

ACADEMIA

• WSU scientist presents grape smoke exposure research during trip to Japan

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Sri Lanka sees duty on alcohol raised by 20%

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• 2023 outlook: aged spirits can steer through testing waters
• Scientists work to revive heritage barley