FEBRUARY 8, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• The Future of Direct-to-Consumer Wine: How AI and ChatGPT are Transforming the Industry
• The “Low And No” Trend: Momentum Continues For De-Alcoholized Drinks [paywall?]
• Are Labeling Requirements for the Alcohol Industry Misguided?
• Consumers care about sustainability—and back it up with their wallets
• Can Bar Charts Bias Your Interpretation Of Data? (Yep!)
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

OBITUARIES

• Wine Community Honors Jim Clendenen

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Margins? What Margins? The Big Squeeze in Winegrowing 2023
• The DTC Alcohol Boom Is Over (podcast)
• California fines E. & J. Gallo for wastewater in Merced River [paywall?]
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• How the Wine Industry’s Slump Will Affect Consumers
• OZ: Varied performance for wine exports as challenging global conditions linger
• Australian chardonnay beats shiraz in wine exports as China maintains punishing tariffs

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Heitz Cellar Sued Over Wages
• Andy Erickson Elected to Leadership Position for Napa Valley Vintners Board in 2023
• California wants to open up retail licenses to spirit-based RTDs
• At Marimar Estate there’s a changing of the guard
• Sonoma Valley Vintners and Growers Alliance has a new interim executive director in Taylor Serres
• Sonoma County Wine Library: A Useful Resource for Wine Professionals
• Napa Auberge resort under fire over foie gras [paywall?]

DROUGHT/WATER

• Rainstorms can’t fix California’s depleted groundwater

COVID-19

• China: Three Years Later – COVID & The Damage Done

DIVERSITY

• Black wine professionals in Sonoma County share their stories of grit and grace

HEALTH

• Wine After Dry January
• Moderate Alcohol Consumption Does Not Impact Athletic Results

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Mendocino County city considers allowing on-site consumption of cannabis

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• LVMH’s Growth Slowed In Fourth Quarter. Is It An Omen For 2023?

AGRIFOODTECH

• Groundbreaking new tech proves wine provenance

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Burgundy en-primeur: how effective comms, broad-minded customers and a plentiful 2022 helped the campaign

MEDIA MATTERS

• 7 wine podcasts for connoisseurs and ‘normal people,’ too

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Drink Memory: How Wine And Memories Intertwine [paywall?]

WINE PEOPLE

• Vicky Farrow launches Sparkling Discoveries, online community for sparkling wine lovers
• Allison Wallace, AdVINEtures Wine
• Jim Bernau: The Ramble

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Colorado Off Premises Beer Licensees to Soon Sell Wine if Needed
• Sparkling wines are bubbling up in Washington Part II: New facilities & capabilities
• WA wine conference delves into demand for experiences [freewall?]

EUROPE & THE UK

• Rioja Makes a White Turn
• Why is France spending millions to turn wine into alcohol for cosmetics?
• French government floats €160m fund to ease ‘wine crisis’
• UK market still ‘very good’ for Austrian wine

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: The Southern Highlands Food and Wine Association votes to merge with business group