MARCH 28, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Match Competitors’ Prices – or Take the High Ground?
• Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town? [paywall?]
• Old-world Wines gaining share across the US On Premise
• California’s ban on pesticides by 2050 sees the state’s wineries embracing ‘slow wine’
• High Prices Of NonAlc Beverages Keep AlcBev Drinkers Away
• For Sale: Exclusive “off-market” Central Coast high capacity production facility – Sponsored Link

OBITUARIES

• Christopher S. Peacock Jr. of Peacock Family Vineyards has died

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• SVB Assets Acquired by NC Bank. Wine Division Likely In The Deal.
• Wine’s Great Replacement Theory(s)? or “Don’t look up”
• RNDC Countersues Sazerac, Alleging It’s Undermining Three-Tier System [paywall?]

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• French Wine Declines as Nolo Category Rises
• “Cracker” vintage in north-east Victoria, Australia all but certain

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Pierce’s disease detected in Humboldt County grapevines
• Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission considers its own winery event guidelines [paywall?]

DROUGHT/WATER

• Maps compare California’s snowfall this year with past winters [paywall?]
• Calif. ups allocation as reservoirs fill

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Working Toward a Larger Kentucky DtC Spirits Channel – And Beyond
• Australia: Brunch Agency acquires direct-to-consumer sales channel VinoDirect

DIVERSITY

• Cyrenity Sips Owner Shakia Williams Runs First Black-Owned Winery in Southeast Pennsylvania

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Funding For Biodiversity Efforts Is Now Available To Wine Growers In Bourgogne [paywall?]

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo CEO Sir Ivan Menezes to retire
• Diageo’s Debra Crew to Take Over as CEO in July [paywall?]
• Constellation Brands Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know
• Are Treasury Wine Estates Limited’s Mixed Financials Driving The Negative Sentiment?

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Why First Citizens got a $16.5 billion discount for taking over Silicon Valley Bank
• Quoted: SVB hearings edition
• Nicolas Feuillatte Owner Buys Henriot

DISTRIBUTORS

• Winebow On The State Of Play In Imported Wine [paywall?]

DATA & TRENDS

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

MARKETING & SALES

• Q & A: Napa Valley winemaker Dan Petroski explores new marketing strategies [paywall?]
• Sell more wine at your tasting room with these tips
• Kylie Minogue, King Charles lll and the Lure of Celebrity Wines

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• RISE Climate & Wine Symposium Launches April 5
• First Insights into Vinitaly 2023
• ProWein 2023: a Review
• ProWein 2023: Better Always Works

WINE CRIME

• $1.7 Million Wine Heist Pair Gets 4 Years in Prison, Rare Wines Still Missing

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Bosses have forgotten how to say “good job” — and it’s driving employees to quit

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Arizona Wine Revisited

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet NYFVI Board Member John Martini: Good Science Yields Good Wine
• Sandar & Hem winemaker Rob Bergstrom (podcast)

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Restaurant sales and traffic slowed in February

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Canada is gearing up for its biggest ever alcohol tax increase
• BC: Plans to preserve Kelowna historical building intact; wine centre plans shelved
• How Mexico City Became a Natural Wine Hotspot
• WA: Chelan Wine Industry Gets Taste Of Federal Funding
• Nova Scotia: NSLC hikes prices on beer, wine and spirits

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Investigating the most effective techniques to delay ripening through a meta-analytic approach

DOWN UNDER

• NZ: Hawke’s Bay wineries open for business

LATIN AMERICA

• Towards a sustainable, egalitarian, and inclusive wine industry in Argentina (podcast)

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• New Belgium to acquire Daleville brewing facility from Constellation Brands