JANUARY 5, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• $15 And Over Wine Brands Resilient As Overall Market Declines [paywall?]
• New Year, New Marketing Claim: Why ‘Low-Sugar’ Wine Labels Are Misleading
• Controversial Walt Ranch will be acquired by Napa Land Trust [freewall?]
• Low/no alcohol consumption ‘to rise a third’ by 2026 [freewall?]
• Can Wine Beat The Odds In 2023?
• What the future holds
• Major Russian River Flooding Predicted in Sonoma County; Other NorCal & Central Valley Rivers Also At Risk.
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

OBITUARIES

• Allen Shoup leaves long shadow across Washington wine industry

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Winc Files Holiday Onslaught of Bankruptcy Documents; Unsecured Creditors Fire Back On New Year’s Eve
• 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
• These Are The States Where The Minimum Wage is Increasing in 2023
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Prosecco beats champagne in EU exports

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Is it time for California North Coast wineries to take back the wine shipping discounts?
• Sonoma County wine cellar cooling system maker sues Georgia installer over trademark
• Napa Valley’s Cakebread Cellars hires marketing, sales executive
• Yountville’s Jessup Cellars approved to hold twice as many special events [paywall?]
• A $17 glass of wine is normal at Bay Area restaurants now [paywall?]
• Sonoma County Wine Events in 2023

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

WEATHER

• Bay Area storm: When to expect flooding, landslides and closed roads and schools [freewall?]
• Winter storm slams Northern California, bringing flood fears [paywall?]
• California Storm: State Braces for Flooding Amid Heavy Rains [paywall?]
• ‘A truly brutal system’: atmospheric river to slam California, West Coast
• Bomb cyclone aims for California, exposes vulnerabilities

DROUGHT/WATER

• California snowpack nearly 175% of average but state not out of drought yet

CLIMATE CHANGE

• These ancient grapes may be the future of wine [freewall?]
• What can we expect from wine in 2023? Climate chaos will decide

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• What to believe on DTC shipping?
• Provi and Johnson Brothers Expand Partnership to Deliver Enhanced Online Marketplace Experience

DIVERSITY

• Latino winemakers taste success and wrestle with identity [paywall?]

HEALTH

• Mediterranean diet may benefit health in part by incorporating moderate wine consumption
• Neurosurgeon reveals how long it takes for alcohol to leave your system
• Somewhere between sober and a drinking problem: Why I need Dry January
• At 114, Mendocino County woman is now the oldest person in America. Her secret: red wine and MYOB. [paywall?]

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• PhillipCapital launches 2020 en primeur NFTs

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Wine Town Calistoga at Napa Valley to Fight Blackouts With Batteries, Hydrogen [paywall?]

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Are The Ownership Details On Your TTB Basic Permit Up To Date? (part 1)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• How Constellation is Targeting Higher Prices While Bringing New Consumers to Wine
• Constellation Brands: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot
• Constellation Brands Stock Drops on Lower Profit Forecast
• Constellation Brands turns lower after profit guidance is lowered [freewall?]
• Vintage Wine Estates (NASDAQ:VWE) Shares Down 3.4%

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Va Piano purchases 21 hectare vineyard in Walla Walla Valley
• Hong Kong’s richest man buys Margaret River vineyard

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• bw166/GFA – Q4 Webinar Jan 10th

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Champagne prices fall for second consecutive month – Liv-ex

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• In 2023, do more of your wine shopping at local stores [paywall?]

MARKETING & SALES

• Selling Eco-Friendlier Wines Requires Delicate Marketing [freewall?]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Attractions of Viticulture

WINE PEOPLE

• “Schmutz” Scott Stelzle, Winemaker Cordant Winery, Paso Robles (video)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Illinois Wine Industry Urges Lawmakers To Support Equitable Fees For Growing Small Business
• A Taste of New Mexico’s Wine Mix

EUROPE & THE UK

• Growing wine confidence amongst Italian wine drinkers
• Can the French embrace cuisine served without alcohol?
• Rioja Wine Month fuels 232% sales uplift
• UK: Off-Piste Wine’s turnover down during FY2022 but growth forecast for 2023

DOWN UNDER

• Wines of New Zealand (video)

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Exploring Champagne’s Influence on the Brewing Industry
• Beer industry outlook: Pockets of positivity in pessimistic landscape