FEBRUARY 23, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• WSWA: Drinks Market “Normalizing” After Three-Year Disruption
• California Sauvignon Blanc Revolution is Here
• What do Fine Art and Fine Wine Have in Common?
• Eisele and DuMol wineries just made major vineyard acquisitions [paywall?]
• How This Small Wine Business Grew By Offering Connection And Education [paywall?]
• Americans With a College Degree Saw Wages Decline the Most in Two Decades.
• West Paso Power Play For Winery/Vineyard: Grow your 100-point wine project here.– (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• SipSource Year End Report Tracks “Worst Performance” Since Report Inception
• Concerns Over Relationship Between U.S. Officials and Alcohol Industry
• Is It Possible To Make A Nonalcoholic ‘Grand Cru’ Quality Wine? This Winemaker Says Yes [paywall?]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa Vineyard Owner Sued for Construction of a Bridge Over Creek
• The link between ‘Joy of Cooking’ and Rombauer Vineyards [paywall?]
• Napa Valley Grapegrowers longtime executive director to leave
• Fifth generation member of Familia Torres takes reign at Marimar Estate
• Learn about California’s Sustainable Pest Management Roadmap on February 28 and March 2
• American Canyon delays warehouse amid Vallejo concerns [paywall?]

WEATHER

• NZ: Winemaker saves 12,000 bottles from silt after Cyclone Gabrielle

DROUGHT/WATER

• Calif: DWR Announces Modest Increase in State Water Project Allocation – now 35%
• Calif: Farmers race to sink water into ground after storms
• With all this rain, is California still in a drought? [paywall?]

DIVERSITY

• ‘Virginia Wine Hype Man’ Reggie Leonard Is Breaking Barriers for the Next Generation of Winemakers
• Cheers to Diversity

HEALTH

• 8 Health and Wellness Hacks For Drinks Pros
• Pill for Skin Disease Also Curbs Excessive Drinking
• Dietary polyphenols may play a role in regulating inflammatory immune responses

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• De Bortoli makes strides on impressive sustainability journey

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Senators Dodd and McGuire re-appointed to co-chair Senate’s Select Committee on Wine [paywall?]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard to raise prices again in 2023
• Zurich Cantonalbank Purchases New Holdings in Vintage Wine Estates, Inc.
• Vintage Wine Estates Shares Down 0.1%

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Bill Gates buys €850 million stake in Heineken

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The Cape Wine Auction raises almost R8 million in one evening

MARKETING & SALES

• New Technology Affecting Your Marketing Right Now
• It’s a fight between Celebrity Wines and the IYI’s. The Celebrities win
• How Archer Roose wine tapped Elizabeth Banks to become CCO

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• NLRB Rules That Employers Can’t Stifle Speech for Severance

WINE PEOPLE

• Vineyard-Hopping in France With Natural Wine Importer Jenny Lefcourt
• Interview With A Sommelier – Simone Vergamini

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• In a flurry of DFL law changes, Minnesota grocery sales of wine and beer not among them
• Michigan’s wine industry adapts to warming temps, changing tastes
• VA: Mild winter weather might mean less wine later on

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Devices help scientists study pathogens, fungicide resistance in Michigan vineyards

EUROPE & THE UK

• Meteorite crater discovered in French winery

DOWN UNDER

• $10 million earmarked for Australian wine and cider businesses

AROUND THE GLOBE

• How war, rampant inflation and earthquakes won’t stop a Syrian wine estate

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The evolution of alcohol alternatives