JANUARY 9, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Long-term negative trends for wine in the USA
• What Is the Future for American Wine Négociants?
• A pillar of the climate-smart agriculture movement is on shaky ground
• Beer Sales Drop as Consumers Balk at Higher Prices [paywall?]
• Non-alcoholic drinks ‘can increase cravings’, says expert
• US Companies May Benefit From Global Favorability Over China
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

OBITUARIES

• Luciano Sandrone 1947-2023
• The Legacy of Luciano Sandrone

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Winc Files Holiday Onslaught of Bankruptcy Documents; Unsecured Creditors Fire Back On New Year’s Eve
• The 2023 Outlook: Brutal for the wine industry but good for consumers [paywall?]
• Constellation’s Sales Rise 5%, Led By Beer, Premium Wine And Spirits [paywall?]
• Wine Shipping Bill Gives Washington Consumers Access to Rare Wines
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• The Wine Harvest 2022 Across Europe: Winemakers Say It Is Excellent [paywall?]
• Initial report on Lodi’s 2022 vintage and favorite images from the harvest
• Rueda sales buoyant as 2022 figure breaks records

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Kunde Settles Smoke Taint Insurance Lawsuit
• How California’s newly expanded agriculture overtime impacts Wine Country farmworkers, growers
• Justin Winery’s community grant applications now open for $250,000

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• California Fire Map
• Oregon Wildfire Tracker

WEATHER

• California water officials say they are prepared for record flooding as rain continues [paywall?]
• Will current storms be an opportunity lost?

DROUGHT/WATER

• How do California drought conditions compare to last week? What we know after first storm
• Drought and the Colorado River: Localizing Water in Los Angeles
• Why we can — and cannot — collect rainwater in places like California
• Precious water: Agribusiness must step up to conserve

DIVERSITY

• New Golden Vines scholarship aims for wider BAME representation

HEALTH

• The Virtues of Dry January
• Thoughts On A Dry January (and Beyond)

REAL ESTATE

• BC: Vibrant Vine Winery for sale

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Shock start to the year for Constellation

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Washington producer Va Piano Vineyards extends holding in Walla Walla

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Proof® eCommerce Platform Surpasses $3 Billion Revenue Milestone in 2022

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• O-I to host webinar (Jan 12) on sustainable glass wine bottles

DATA & TRENDS

• Where Beer Sales Have Increased

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• A six-pack of sauvignon: could canned wine help save the planet?
• Can corks make wine more astringent?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• 11th Eastern Winery Exposition to Take Place March 14-16 in Lancaster, PA
• Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris to put spirits in the spotlight

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Wine Twitter is dead, long live Wine Twitter?

WINE CRIME

• NZ: Luxury wine business ordered to pay former staff member $31k

MEDIA MATTERS

• They used to call it Payola

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why Provence rosé is the gift that keeps on giving

WINE PEOPLE

• Dan Morgan Lee of Morgan Winery on why Pinot Noir Excels in the Santa Lucia Highlands
• The Mediterranean Mindset Of Perlegos Family Wine Co.
• South African wine legend: Philip van Zyl
• Fine Wine’s Newest Superstar: Charles Lachaux Of Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux
• Dr. Kimberly Nicholas, PhD, A Must Listen! (podcast)
• Laura Diaz Munoz, Winemaker & GM, Ehlers Estate, Napa Valley (podcast)

WINE HISTORY

• Champagne: Four founding myths of a global icon

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Restaurant Operators End 2022 With Mixed Outlook

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Wine, Liquor Costs To Be Increased By 4 Percent In PA
• The Year in Review & Current Trends in Washington Wine, 2023
• Women in Wine NJ to hold inaugural meeting
• Why is the price of wine going up? What Virginia vineyards are facing

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Nitrogen fate during agricultural managed aquifer recharge: Linking plant response, hydrologic, and geochemical processes
• Gibberellic Acid for Table Grape Inflorescence Elongation: Is It Worth It?

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK wine importers on what they want to buy from Bordeaux Right Bank
• Five Reasons Wine in Italy is Cheaper

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Who wants to buy a grape farm with no income? Flooded farmers find soggy grapes a tough sell

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Further evidence shows India’s alcohol industry is booming

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Canned ‘Hard Water’ is Here, and We Have Questions
• Five times Hollywood films have influenced beer sales