MARCH 23, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Courtroom Battle of the Giants
• 2022 DTC Impact Report for Wineries
• More younger consumers seek to be in the ‘wine lifestyle,’ Duckhorn Portfolio CEO explains
• How Wine Businesses Are Surviving the Pandemic and How to Help Them
• Domestic Wine Sales up 5% through February
• Is wine headed for a supply-and-demand déjà vu?
• Wine DTC: Younger Drinkers On The Rise 2018-2022. Boomers & Silent Gen Decline.
• For Sale: Exclusive “off-market” Central Coast high capacity production facility – Sponsored Link

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wine Grape Sales as a Percentage of Retail Wine Sales: The Grape Prices are All Right
• Fine wine favoured over gold during economic uncertainty
• Introducing Diverse Powered Brands a new Centralized B2B Marketplace

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Calif: How a cold snap this weekend could determine the 2023 wine harvest [paywall?]
• Australian Wines Showing Signs of Recovery [paywall?]
• Wine producers tackling a tough 2023

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• How the Wente Clone Came to Define California Chardonnay
• Calif: State court decision is favorable to agriculture, proves farmers are meeting obligations

DROUGHT/WATER

• Squeezing the Most Out of California’s Water Supply

CLIMATE CHANGE

• Chile’s VSPT Wine Group Announces Promotion in the International Wineries for Climate Action

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• WSWA Announces Commitment to Federal Legalization and Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• EU tables plans to tackle “greenwashing”

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• All US Wineries Are Bonded But Not All Of Them Have A Bond

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Wineries shouldn’t be ‘overly worried’ about banking crisis, says CEO
• Della Vite secures £3 million funding to expand Prosecco brand
• Champagne’s largest grower-cooperative set to acquire Henriot

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Fine wine a ‘safe haven’ in the wake of SVB failure
• Discovering the Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges wine auction

DATA & TRENDS

• How To Tell If A Survey Is Credible: Minimum Standards

MARKETING & SALES

• World’s Most Admired Wine Brands 2023 to be revealed on 29 March
• ‘Wit and playfulness’ needed to super-charge the fine wines and luxury wine sector

MEDIA MATTERS

• Phil Augusta Jackson Is Revolutionizing Wine Pairing With His Sitcom ‘Grand Crew’

WINE PEOPLE

• Steve Gross on Conversation with Jason (video)
• “Futaie” Ryan Rech, Winemaker, Beringer Vineyards, Napa Valley (video)

WINE PLACES

• The Importance of Green Valley of Russian River Valley

WINE HISTORY

• Grapes Were Probably The First Fruit Domesticated By Humans [paywall?]

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Bill to Make Cocktails To-Go Permanent Passes Vermont House, Moves to Senate for Consideration

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Faster analysis helps producers manage the risks of phos acid residues

EUROPE & THE UK

• Italy: Ornellaia’s winemaker Axel Heinz to step down

DOWN UNDER

• NZ’s Babich Wines CEO on Cyclone Gabrielle, harvest 2023, Sauvignon

LATIN AMERICA

• Race against time to rescue Argentina wine grapes