FEBRUARY 13, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• California North Coast wine grape crop value up 11% in 2022
• Major study finds moderate alcohol consumption linked to decrease in Dementia
• Nonalcoholic Beer Ad in Super Bowl Spotlights ‘Dry Economy’ [paywall?]
• What crappy beer demand tells us about the economy
• Bordeaux, Napa and the Future of Wine (podcast)
• What’s Tripping Up Your E-commerce Operation, and How To Fix It
• Hate filling out the CA Grape Crush Report? Now There’s help! – (Sponsored Link.)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Punchdown! New Online Community Gives Wine Professionals Resources Designed Just For Them
• 2022 Calif Grape Crush: Price Up, Tons Down. Red Wine Largest Share: Cab Over Chard
• Spirits Outstrip Beer, Wine a Distant Third and Fading Fast for US Drinkers
• Vintage Wine Estates shares tumble as CEO hunt continues
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• European Wine Exports to Russia Grow
• Napa County leads the way in the 2022 state Crush report [paywall?]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Women for WineSense Winemaking & Viticulture Roundtable presents “Leading through LinkedIn” with Holian Associates, Friday, February 17, 2023
• Three Sticks Announces Ryan Prichard as Director of Winemaking
• Sonoma Valley warehouse ‘total loss’ following weekend fire, arson not suspected [paywall?]

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• Here’s what historic storms mean for California fire season [paywall?]
• Deadly Wildfires Devastate Vineyards in Chile’s Central and Southern Wine Regions

DROUGHT/WATER

• Lack of water is forcing major changes in San Joaquin Valley agriculture

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Shipping Wine? Send It By Boat

HEALTH

• Health and the wine drinker, yet again

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Vintage Wine Estates Stock: Risk Not Worth The Reward?
• The Duckhorn Portfolio: Great Management Execution, Still A Buy
• Will Pernod Ricard’s results eclipse the company’s legal issues?

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• ‘Fine wine’ is outdated
• The most searched wine of 2022 in Asia is?
• Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru 2018 sets a new trading high – Liv-ex
• Naples Winter Wine Festival Raises Nearly $26 Million For Collier County Children [paywall?]

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexposium opens international exhibitions up to general public

MEDIA MATTERS

• Book Review: The Wine Bible, 3rd Edition
• Monique Soltani Returns to Television After Heartbreaking Loss as Wine Oh! TV Debuts New Season

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Wine and Romance: The Eternal Connection
• Deconstructing Aged Amarone

WINE PEOPLE

• Wisdom From The Women Leading the Wine & Spirits Industries, with Katie Nelson Of Chateau Ste Michelle
• The Payback of Energy Efficiency w/ David Duncan, Silver Oak (podcast)
• BioChar – David Morell, Ph.D., Sonoma Ecology Center & Doug Beck, Science Officer at Monterey Pacific Vineyards (podcast)
• ​Meet the maker: Gocha Chkhaidze, Askaneli Brothers wine
• Master Winemaker: Neville Rowe, senior winemaker, Château Tanunda
• “Mountain” Herve Birnie-Scott, Founder, Terrazas de las Andes, Argentina (video)
• The Novel Approach Of LJ Crafted Wines
• A wine legend of the distant past

EUROPE & THE UK

• Portuguese winemakers call for urgent action over bottle prices
• New era for Mangrove following French buyout

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: New GM For TarraWarra
• Western Australia winery trials cloning Margaret River cabernet sauvignon varietals in bid to future-proof wine industry

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Israel: Turning barren desert soil into fertile wine country

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• High-Profile Kentucky Liquor Store Raid Linked to National Bourbon Investigation
• Baijiu continues to make its presence felt on the stock market