FEBRUARY 15, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Beckstoffer Vineyards (“To Kalon Illuminati?”) Sues Last Bottle for To Kalon-Related Trademark Infringement
• Treasury Wine Estate reports EBIT up 17% to $307.5 million for H1, 2023
• Moet Hennessy Buys Château Minuty In Bet on Rosy Future for Luxury Rosé [paywall?]
• Move Over, Beer and Wine: Spirits Are Now Alcohol’s Biggest U.S. Money Maker
• No Guarantee That Inflation Will Recede In A Straight Line

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Punchdown! New Online Community Gives Wine Professionals Resources Designed Just For Them
• Got Wine vs Not Wine? Wine and the Generation Gap
• Wine Institute Receives Less from FY 2023 U.S. Market Assistance Program. Northwest Wine Gets A Bit More.
• How Wine Businesses Are Maximizing Corporate Sales
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Ciatti California Report – February 2023 (PDF)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Eisele Vineyard Purchases Neighboring Frediani Ranch Property
• English nobles are selling Napa’s Juslyn Vineyards for $35 million [paywall?]
• Anderson Valley remains a haven for remarkable white wines

DROUGHT/WATER

• Wildfire and drought are shrinking California snowpack [paywall?]

CLIMATE CHANGE

• How Climate Change Threatens California Wine

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Recent Illinois, Texas Bills Would Extend DtC Shipping Permissions

DIVERSITY

• Meet the négociant behind Durham’s first Black-owned winery
• Black winemaker Aaliyah Nitoto is pursuing her dream (video)
• How Cincinnati’s Black Wine Festival is bridging a racial gap
• Exploring South Africa’s Black Wine Scene [paywall?]
• In New Jersey, Women in the Wine Industry Are Taking Control of Their Skills Training

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• The Number Of Wineries And Sustainability Initiatives Are Increasing In Mexico [paywall?]

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• New blood alcohol limit law clears WA Senate committee

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• The Duckhorn Portfolio to Report Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results on March 8, 2023
• Coca-Cola has a ‘right’ to compete in the alcohol industry, CFO says
• Premium wines help TWE deliver strong earnings growth
• Treasury Wine results: CEO Tim Ford China-bound as numbers miss the mark

AGRIFOODTECH

• Electric, self-driving capable tractors roll into California North Coast vineyards

DISTRIBUTORS

• What does it take for non-Bordeaux wines to succeed on La Place?

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• One Step Beyond on rewriting rules of drinks buyer supplier trading

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Cult Wine Investment’s Gemma Doran on why you should invest in wine
• Live offers on Liv-ex hits £70million during January

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine Label Compliance, Part 1 The Front Side

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Paris eyes ‘big potential’ to grow international reach

WINE CRIME

• Europe: Spree of 6-Figure Wine Cellar Heists Puts Somms and Retailers on High Alert

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Fresh Princes: DRC’s 2020 Vintage Unveiled
• Chianti Classico: what the new subzones mean for wine lovers
• Love, Wine and the Stream of Time
• Rethinking Fine Wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Blend Your Personal Vintage with Aperture Cellars and Jesse Katz

WINE EDUCATION

• What to do if you want to start the WSET Level 4 Diploma but are waiting on your Level 3 results

WINE HISTORY

• Plan to rebuild 15th century wine-trading Newport Ship

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: OLCC manager hospitalized with alcohol poisoning after shots and cornhole at 2019 national conference

ACADEMIA

• Science in Context: Wine Australia

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Thirst management for wine grapes
• Horizontal collaboration in the wine supply chain planning: A Chilean case study

EUROPE & THE UK

• Champagne sector to see €10 million boost
• French Government Offers Aid to Struggling Grapegrowers
• French vineyards want payout ‘to pour wine down drain’ as trade dries up
• English sparkling winery Bolney Wine reports best ever figures

DOWN UNDER

• Barossa Australia CEO Resigns

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Exclusive bottle of The Macallan smashes auction estimate to raise $250,000 for charity