JANUARY 19, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Creditor Objections, Approves Winc Sale To Stalking Horse
• Wine Sales Are Declining Among Young People
• This is the ‘sweet spot’ people are now willing to pay for a bottle of wine
• California’s Devastating Floods May Actually Benefit Winemakers—Here’s Why
• 2023! New Year, New Laws
• Wine Consumption In U.S. Continues to Decline: SVB
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• US Wine Industry in a Tailspin
• 2022 An OK Year For The Wine Industry: SVB Industry Report.
• California-based Wholesaler Wine Warehouse to Join Breakthru Beverage Group
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

MORE SVB REPORT COVERAGE

• SVB Report says older Americans only area of growth in wine consumption
• Report: Premium wineries enjoy sales growth but should beware looming ‘demand problem’
• US: premium wine rising but big picture less rosy, says report
• The biggest threat to the wine industry? Irrelevance with younger people [paywall?]

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Champagne Sales Rise to Record €6 Billion With Focus on Exports [paywall?]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Why 2023 will be tough for California’s wine industry [paywall?]
• Paso Robles: TH Estate Wines to close, owners Jennifer, Terry Hoage retiring
• Napa Valley’s Davis Estates selects new winemaker from its own ranks
• Napa’s Nomadica Wine picks 1st sales VP
• Far Niente Wine Estates Announces New Director of Facilities Operations

WEATHER

• Heavy rains give Wine Country’s early mustard crop a big boost [paywall?]

DROUGHT/WATER

• Farmers frustrated with lack of water storage during heavy rains

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Build A DTC Customer Funnel To Increase Wine Sales

HEALTH

• Quit Lit provides women insight and support for sobriety [paywall?]
• It’s Dry January. Pour One Out for the Bar Owners. [paywall?]
• How to Do Dry January? 7 Best Tips From ‘The Dry Challenge’ Author [paywall?]
• What’s behind Canada’s drastic new alcohol guidance

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• OR: Winery promotes adaptive reuse, sustainability [paywall?]

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Sazerac files US$38.6 million lawsuit against its distributor
• Lawsuit Filed Against WineShop At Home Over Florida Telephone Solicitation Act
• Prosecco naming rights part of migrants cultural heritage, Australia argues [freewall?]

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• OZ: ‘It’s like China’: McGuigan, Tempus Two winemaker eyes Indian millionaires [freewall?]

DISTRIBUTORS

• John E Fells & Sons welcomes first English winery into portfolio

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Case Study: How Liv-ex helped this négociant source opportunities, simplify logistics and gain leverage in negociations

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• The Long Game Of The Champagne Cork [paywall?]

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• Evins Communications Accelerates Growth with Acquisition of Teuwen Communications

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Writers Will Have to Up Their Game

MATTERS OF TASTE

• When It Comes to Terroir, Is Nature or Nurture More Important?
• The Comeback of a Cool Piedmont Red

WINE PEOPLE

• Interview With A Sommelier – Pietro Ciofi

WINE HISTORY

• Were These Giant Carved Stones Used to Make Ancient Italian Wine?

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• More Lone Star grapes supplying Texas wine industry

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Grapevine trunk diseases and management practices (PDF)

DOWN UNDER

• SA Wine Industry Leader Resigns
• New Zealand Wine launches new brand essence and visual identity

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Korea’s Wine Imports Hit a New High of US$581.27mn in 2022

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Low- and no-alcohol in high spirits as consumer trends drive growth