MARCH 29, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• WSWA Announces Support for Federal Cannabis Legalization & Regulation
• Confirmed: Sale of SVB Assets to First Citizens Bank Includes Wine Division
• Small businesses weigh banking options amid bank turmoil
• DTC Wine Club & Event Sales Grow At Expense Of Other Channels
• For Sale: Exclusive “off-market” Central Coast high capacity production facility – Sponsored Link

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• 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

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Exceptional harvest for alpine wineries in Victoria, Australia

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma winery forced to close 25 days over past few months because of rain, flooding

DROUGHT/WATER

• Napa Valley groundwater pumping exceeds sustainable yield [paywall?]
• Reclamation increases Central Valley Project 2023 water supply allocations
• California farms grapple with flooded fields, ‘hundreds of millions’ in damage

UKRAINE WINE

• Russian founder of Hedonism Wines raises £4.5 Million for Ukraine

DIVERSITY

• Women-only vineyard crews divide and conquer at Redwood Empire Vineyard Management
• Women Are Flipping the Script on ‘Male’ Drinks Spaces

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Stay informed on insurance

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Willamette Valley Vineyards Posts Results for 2022
• What does the exit of Ivan Menezes mean for Diageo?

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Appoints Cassie Finley to Vice President, National Retail Sales, Strategic Accounts

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Single-owner sales: Wine auction wisdom
• Christie’s offers most spectacular private wine collection ‘in a decade’

DATA & TRENDS

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

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• What Wineries Are Getting Wrong On Their Labels

WINE CRIME

• Napa winery employee steals $10,000 worth of wine in effort to get his final paycheck [paywall?]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Do We Need Smart Wines?

WINE PEOPLE

• Master Sommelier got his start at legendary French Laundry [paywall?]
• Meet under-the-radar winemakers at Garagiste Festival [paywall?]
• Wine industry ‘enthralls’ winery president Ed Thralls [paywall?]

WINE PLACES

• Local Wine Is Having a Moment in the Santa Clarita Valley

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• The Death of a Proposed Beer and Wine Tax Highlights Vast Differences in Oregon’s Taxes on Intoxicants
• Native Grapes Finding A Home In Missouri
• Wine Growers Canada Welcomes Excise Duty Inflationary Cap of 2% in Federal Budget
• Boela Gerber to take over at Virginia’s Southwest Mountains Vineyards

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Powdery Mildew-resistant “Renstack” Vines Released to the Public Domain
• New Cornell variety raises grape expectations for NYS wine

EUROPE & THE UK

• Rising to Tuscany’s Sangiovese Supremacy
• Chapel Down to produce 3m bottles of English wine a year by 2028
• Grand cru for Les Saint-Georges?

DOWN UNDER

• Riverina grape growers warn of looming mental health crisis as prices and exports dry up
• Hunter Valley vineyard owners rally for UNESCO heritage listing for vines among world’s oldest

SOUTH AFRICA

• Former young farm worker takes the leap to executive management at South African wine estate

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• American Brandy Awakens
• How US craft brewers can get discounts to fight big beer on price