JANUARY 25, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Congress requires marketplaces to monitor high-volume sellers
• Money, profit and financial sustainability
• How insulated is the fine wine market to macro-trends?
• Turrentine Brokerage Celebrates Half A Century With January 2023 Newsletter (PDF)
• Agrology launches Block-Level Vintage Reports
• A Detailed Look At 2022 Wine M&A
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• The Wine Group Acquires 1,300+ Acre Paicines Vineyards
• Unified Wine & Grape Symposium Opens
• DTC Wine Shipping Sees First-Ever Drop In Both Volume & Value
• Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Creditor Objections, Approves Winc Sale To Stalking Horse
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Is There a Champagne Shortage? The Truth About Bubbles Inventory

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Unified, Day One
• Napa Valley’s Beckstoffer Vineyards Farming Company announces staff changes
• California Association of Winegrape Growers announces new hire

WEATHER

• California’s winter storms: water, water, everywhere

DROUGHT/WATER

• Report: 95% of Calif. rainwater runs to ocean

CLIMATE CHANGE

• How technology is helping protect the wine sector from climate change (video)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• DTC Provider Speakeasy Raises $6.8 Mil
  

REAL ESTATE

• Renovated Buena Vista Winery Ranch estate listed at $7.15 Mil
• PA: Kennett Square Winery & Vineyard, Near Longwood Gardens, Hits the Market

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Corby Spirit and Wine Announces New Vice-President of Sales

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Direct Wine Sales Fall but Prices Rise
• Wine M&A | 2022 Summary + 2023 Outlook — Azur Associates
• Rombauer Vineyards Announces Sonoma Vineyard Acquisition

DISTRIBUTORS

• Chilean winery Vik to join La Place de Bordeaux

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• LivEx Recap: California Emerges as an Investment Powerhouse
• Vega Sicilia Único 2013 released – Liv-ex
• Collectable Expands Reach Into Fine Wine In Partnership with Cult Wine Investment

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• A word on closure listings after tasting notes

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How Saliva Changes the Flavor of Food

WINE PEOPLE

• Natural Winemaker Iruai Is Making Alpine Wine in California
• Folktale Winery & Vineyards – David Baird (podcast)

WINE HISTORY

• The Tale of the Angelo Petri

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Commercial Non-Saccharomyces Yeast – Interesting Adjuncts to Saccharomyces cerevisiae with Particular Reference to Metschnikowia pulcherrima
• Taint just smoke: Environment affects vineyards

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bordeaux vigneron to strike demanding help to rebalance supply
• The leopard’s spots of Reserva de la Tierra

SOUTH AFRICA

• Beyond Wines & Overhex on backing premium brands from South Africa