FEBRUARY 1, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• How a California premium winery quickly flipped its boomer-dominated consumer base to younger generations
• Really, Neo-Prohibitionists Are Our Friends
• Wine Is Not Getting Traction With Younger Consumers (podcast)
• Donald Hess, who founded Napa’s iconic Hess Collection Winery, dies [paywall?]
• NH Is #1 In US Per Capita Drinking. The Also Rans May Surprise You
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Game Over for the Wine Game?
• Why some online wine clubs succeed as others struggle
• Drizly & Gopuff Join Forces For On-Demand Alcohol Delivery
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Anita Oberholster and Colleagues Recognized for Smoke Taint Research
• Shannon Family of Wine Adds Jill Goodrich to Sales Team

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• A clear objective for smoke research

DROUGHT/WATER

• Did the Pineapple Express End California’s Drought?
• Lake Shasta water level rises 60 feet during January

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• FDA takes a pass on CBD rules. Here’s why Northern California’s cannabis industry isn’t happy

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• The Sustainability Partnership helps drinks industry be more sustainable

BREXIT

• Champagne retailer laments Brexit on third anniversary

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Global wine trade predictions for 2023  – Liv-ex

DATA & TRENDS

• The Least Expensive Countries to Buy Wine In

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• What to Expect at ProWein 2023
• Pennsylvania Grape and Wine Industry Winter Conference slated for March 1-2

MEDIA MATTERS

• WineBid Launches the “Finally Hammered” Podcast for Wine Geeks and Collectors

MATTERS OF TASTE

• French champagne maker Krug commissions Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Boekenhoutskloof picks Old World wine style over South African
• Burrowing

WINE PEOPLE

• Meeting Napa’s Mr Fix-it
• Alma de Cattleya winemaker passionate about ‘unforgettable’ wine [paywall?]
• A natural interest leads Kelly Morris to small business ownership [paywall?]

WINE EDUCATION

• Why Wine Certifications Are More Relevant Than Ever

WINE HISTORY

• What Bob Dylan has to do with good taste in wine, Robert Mondavi and Lodi history

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• A proactive pathway for problem-solving
• A new wine word: homoclimes
• How Biofungicides Are Helping Small Fruit Growers Succeed

EUROPE & THE UK

• Premium English sparkling wine producer, Gusbourne, reports significant sales growth in 2022

DOWN UNDER

• Pinot Noir Uncorked: A trans-Tasman exploration

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Singapore puts a damp on alcohol sales

LATIN AMERICA

• Brazil’s Altos de Pinto Bandeira becomes first DO exclusively for sparkling wines in the New World

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Can you drink non-alcoholic beer after a workout?