FEBRUARY 24, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Beckstoffer To Kalon and the Mystery Bottle
• ‘Help us fight’: California farmers ask for more aid after deadly storms
• Napa Valley’s Silver Oak Cellars just bought a new vineyard [paywall?]
• How to Manage Alcohol Market Innovation and Avoid Sales to Minors
• How To Tell If A Survey Is Credible: Minimum Standards
• Napa Or Tahoe? Highway 29 or I-80? Tweet Reveals The Truth.
• West Paso Power Play For Winery/Vineyard: Grow your 100-point wine project here.– (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• WSWA: Drinks Market “Normalizing” After Three-Year Disruption
• California Sauvignon Blanc Revolution is Here
• What do Fine Art and Fine Wine Have in Common?

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Wines of South Africa releases its 2022 export report
• Calif Grape Crush Report reveals decade’s lightest wine crop

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Calif ABC Considers Expanded Tasting Premises
• Marin County’s O’Neill Vintners & Distillers names chief winegrowing officer
• Sonoma County’s Emeritus Vineyards names new winemaker
• Delineations of Mediterranean climate in Lodi and the rest of the world
• How California became a food and wine lover’s dream

WILDFIRES/SMOKE TAINT

• More Than One Million Acres Burn in Chilean Wine Regions
• Vineyard recovery following fire (video)

WEATHER

• Clean-up underway in cyclone-damaged regions as the New Zealand wine industry looks toward harvest

DROUGHT/WATER

• Data-driven irrigation the key to improving water use efficiencies
• California Water Board Waives Delta Rules That Protect Salmon
• Calif: After storms, Feds to deliver 35% water allocation to Valley farmers

CLIMATE CHANGE

• How can wine regions combat rising temperatures?

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• VinoShipper report finds that minors are not utilizing the internet to access alcohol

NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN, & THE METAVERSE

• Why the Metaverse Has Plenty of Potential for Ag Interests

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Rivers Have Sustained Vineyards for Centuries, Now It’s Time to Return the Favor

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Petitioning the TTB to recognize Muscardin: the 14th and final Chateauneuf du Pape grape in the Beaucastel Collection
• Oregon Court Denies State Motion to Strike but Dismisses Governor from WA Brewery Lawsuit
• Bill would allow small farm Ky. winery owners to sell, deliver products to retailer
• Governor Proposes Legislation to Update New Jersey’s Pre-Prohibition Era Liquor License Laws

REAL ESTATE

• Wine, Wine and More Wine: The Latest Amenity for Luxury Condo Owners [paywall?]

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Demand high for Burgundy 2021 wines, say merchants
• Château Latour 2010 leads weekly trade – Liv-ex

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine Enthusiast 2023 Wine Vintage Chart (freewall)

WINE CRIME

• Hong Kong to crack down on resurgence of cross-border smuggling

MEDIA MATTERS

• Boozy Book Review: Crushed by Brian Freedman

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Uncorking American Individualism: How the AVA System Defines Our Distinctive Wines
• Acidity In Wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Q&A: Simonne Mitchelson
• St. Helena’s Josh Phelps creates stunning wines [paywall?]
• “Minerality” Paul Anamosa PhD, Vineyard Soil Technologies, Napa Valley (video)

WINE EDUCATION

• New Masters of Wine from Poland and the US announced today

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• How Portland is becoming an urban hotspot for winemaking

ACADEMIA

• Viticulture solutions in focus for new scholarship recipients

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Improving site management using vineyard images (video)
• Demystifying Reduction with Thomas Savre (podcast)

EUROPE & THE UK

• France Wine Crisis: Changing Habits and Climates Are Curbing Viticulture
• Geoffrey Dean on the futuristic wine world of Italy’s Terra Moretti group
• Chiaretto eyes Provence’s crown

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Hawkes Bay’s Grapes of Wrath
• Gruner veltliner white wine varietal is getting more popular in Australia

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentina’s ‘white revolution’ moves to newer sites