AUGUST 31, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Wine DtC Shipment Volume & Dollars Now Lagging 2020 COVID Boost: Nielsen
• Bringing wine sense to cannabis marketing: Terry Wheatley of Sonoma County’s Vintage Wine Estates
• JancisRobinson.com Sold To Recurrent Ventures
• Napa Winemakers Using Sunscreen to Deal With Climate Change
• No more Nazi nerve gas for Calif vines
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Sangiovese Struggles to Gain a Foothold
• Simultaneously evicted and not. Is Rabbit Ridge the Schrödinger’s Cat of Wineries?
• Rabbit Ridge Winery Bankruptcy Trustee Hires Farm Operator for 2021 Harvest; Most Grapes Still Unsold
• Right-wine extremist from L.A. who turned a Lodi vineyard into a shooting range cops a plea with Feds
• 2021 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced – (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Saureel Vineyards Animal Evacuation Site for Caldor Fire
• See a map of where wildfires are burning in California [paywall?]

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Sovos DtC Wine Special Report
• DtC Shipping Essentials: Alcohol Not of Own Production
• Be part of the biggest gathering of Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, and Private Label professionals in the US. –  (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Napa Valley harvest report: 2021 harvest begins with high hopes [paywall?]
• Niagara wineries in for banner year, says St Catharines university research
• Italy wine exports to China surpass pre-pandemic levels
• Lodi is about to pick its first Assyrtiko

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Free Ag Mediation Available in California
• The Vineyard Team executive director to retire as program director
• Spring Mountain’s Wineries Re-Open, But Struggles Continue
• The Wine Press: A fundraiser for the Napa Valley Wine Library [paywall?]
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• This Black Female Vintner Launched A Wine Brand “For The Culture”
• 20 Minutes With: The McBride Sisters, Founders of the Largest Black-Owned Wine Brand in the U.S.
• DLynn Proctor Chats Live on His Storied Career
• OR: Forum raises female voices

HEALTH

• A single glass of wine or beer immediately boosts risk of irregular heartbeat
• How Alcohol Can Cause A-Fib and Other Heart Issues [paywall?]

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Champagne group gets sustainability certification for English vineyard

AGRIFOODTECH

• Facial recognition AI helps save multibillion-dollar grape crop

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Willamette: The Pinot Noir Auction goes hybrid, earns high praise

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine Scholar Guild to develop new way to assess wine

MARKETING & SALES

• New Strategies for Building Your Alcohol Brand

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Flexible Packaging, the One to Dethrone Plastics and Glass

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Matter of Media

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• California North Coast high-profile internship program launches industry careers

MEDIA MATTERS

• Influential Bitish wine critic Jancis Robinson sells her website, with plans to increase California focus [paywall?]
• All change, no change

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sparkling Wine Surprises from England to Bali
• White Wine Categories That Deserve A Second Look [paywall?]
• For these barrels of wine, it’s “merroir” … not “terroir”

WINE PEOPLE

• Randall Grahm Now Speaking the Language of Yes
• Bouncing Back Q&A: David Gates, Direct Wines

WINE PLACES

• Why Lodi Is the Most Exciting US Wine Region

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• QR codes have replaced restaurant menus. Industry experts say it isn’t a fad

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Leadership changes at Walla Walla’s Seven Hills Winery

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Organic cure for Pierce’s Disease will save vineyards
• How early heat stress affects your vineyard
• Deep dive into the vineyard’s winged worker

EUROPE & THE UK

• Opportunities for Luberon wines in UK wine market

DOWN UNDER

• Wet and warm spring for eastern Australia

SOUTH AFRICA

• Black-owned wine enterprises get own trading hub

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• ‘Great Hops Make Great Beer’: How U.S. Agriculture Grows with Craft Breweries
• Cartoons Are Becoming the Beer Industry’s Best New Sales Tool