JANUARY 11, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• US Wine Market Flattens Out
• Premium Beer and Wine Sales Grew in 2022, RTDs Up 38 Percent
• “Perfect storm” of challenges facing drinks industry
• Why isn’t rainwater capture more popular in Sonoma County’s wine industry?
• Pacific Bomb Cyclones Make Modest Dents In Western Drought
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

OBITUARIES

• Remembering Dan McCarthy of Seattle’s McCarthy & Schiering Wine Merchants

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Winc Files Holiday Onslaught of Bankruptcy Documents; Unsecured Creditors Fire Back On New Year’s Eve
• SCOTUS Backs Down from Another Wine Case
• US alcohol sales in 2022 led by premium spending across all categories
• Wine Hits the Language Barrier
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Ciatti California Report January 2023 (PDF)
• Spain’s vintage 2022: Challenges across the board
• English sparkling wine sales soar over Christmas

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• FTC Issues Proposed Non-Compete Ban To Spur Employee Mobility, Aligning with Existing California Law
• Andy Erickson and Annie Favia purchased a major Napa vineyard [paywall?]
• Sonoma County winery Emeritus names new sales, marketing leader
• Riboli Family Wines Announces Executive Leadership Changes
• Robert Mondavi Winery plans to shift tastings to Napa during Oakville renovations
• Yountville supports Vine Trail Coalition effort to move ‘Welcome to Napa Valley’ sign [paywall?]
• Napa Valley’s Favia Makes a Play for the Future

WEATHER

• What does all this rain in California mean for the wine?
• 3 more atmospheric rivers headed for Sonoma County. What’s driving the storm train?

HEALTH

• What is ‘Damp January’ and does it work?
• What does alcohol do to the body?

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• To Kalon Vineyard Achieves Organic Certification

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• OZ: Endeavour Snaps Up Cape Mentelle

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Promotes Lee Brian Schrager to Chief Communications Officer
• US importer partners with Chateau Lagrézette to expand US sales

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• 2023 Distribution Opportunities for Brands

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Burgundy en primeur gets underway

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Does Being an Industry Pro Blow Out Your Palate?

MEDIA MATTERS

• Life Between the Vines podcaster passes 1,200 interviews, writes book
• The Sporty Wine Guy podcast with sports writing legend Dale Robertson keeps on keepin on

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Better quality precision gives ‘more time for creativity’

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Virginia wine industry feeling the impact of inflation
• How Low Yields Are Spurring Texas Winemakers’ Creativity

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Study links spotted lanternfly and vine decline
• There’s More to Vineyard Pruning Contests Than Winning

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Endeavour Group upbeat on premium wine spend after Cape Mentelle buy [freewall?]
• Fresh new identity for New Zealand Winegrowers

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Korean conglomerates launch wine business riding on wine boom

LATIN AMERICA

• Gonzalo Bertelsen Appointed Winemaker to Viñedos Veramonte and Viña Neyen de Apalta

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Tiny owl takes 60-mile ride from Annapolis to Forestville in bin full of wine grapes [paywall?]

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• NZ breweries have CO2 rationed due to extreme shortages