OCTOBER 21, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• French Wine Attracts Younger US Men
• Women-founded, DTC winery BOXT Raises $9.35 Million
• Winc’s IPO: The Biggest Winners in its NYSE Debut
• All Drinking Increases Heart Disease Risk? New Study Says Not So Fast
• New Alcohol/Heart Disease Study Confirms Earlier 2019 Independent Analysis
• Glassy-winged sharpshooter detected near Calif wine country
• ‘Disneyland of fakes’ at China Food & Drinks Fair in Tianjin
• The Fed says shortages are what’s hammering your business right now.
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Avalara Acquires CrowdReason to Help Businesses Manage Property Tax Compliance
• 2021 will be the best year ever for a lot of wineries!
• Riboli drilling test water wells for possible Rabbit Ridge Winery Purchase
• The existential terror of choosing wine & how consumers will soon be able to avoid it
• 2021 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced – (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• 8 feet of snow? Storm train could deal deathblow to wildfire season

DROUGHT/WATER

• Gov Newsom declares statewide drought emergency, urges California to conserve water

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Be part of the biggest gathering of Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits, and Private Label professionals in the US. –  (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• ‘Shock, despair, anger’: French winemakers reveal the emotional impact of this year’s harvest
• Italian Wine Sales in Retail Channel Up 9.7% In Value in 9M 2021

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Infestation of glassy-winged sharpshooters making Wine Country nervous [paywall?]
• Sunridge Nurseries Announces New CA Central Coast Regional Sales Manager
• Continued Expansion for the Scheid Family Wines National Sales Team
• Wine.com Adds Industry Veterans to Merchandising Team to Support Growth
• Land Trust of Napa County acquires 77 acres of land in Lake Hennessey watershed [paywall?]
• Wild pigs destroy Livermore winery’s yard
• Wine tanker overturns on Chardonnay Lane near Santa Maria
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• Dr Erna Blancquaert: what it means to win Golden Vines MW Scholarship

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• New Zealand’s Grape Growers Are Flocking to Sheep
• French agencies to check pesticide exposure of residents in wine-growing areas

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard reports ‘very dynamic’ Q1
• UK in ‘good growth’ for Pernod Ricard
• Could the Treasury Wine share price hit $14 by the end of 2021?

AGRIFOODTECH

• A robot for spraying narrow, steep vines

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• New Zealand deal is a ‘win’ for UK business

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Sotheby’s Goes to France, Opening Offices and Beginning Auctions in Burgundy and Bordeaux
• Livermore Valley Wine Auction raises $275,000
• Bordeaux prices rise over 9% in the past year

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine Needs Stories But it Doesn’t Need a Prop

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• More Information Please: Wine Information on Label

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Dressed-down Vinitaly

MEDIA MATTERS

• Come work with Esther Mobley as The San Francisco Chronicle’s next wine writer
• At This Australian Winery, Making Pét-Nat Is Not a Spectator Sport (book excerpt)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Study of cross-modal interactions through sensory and chemical characteristics of Italian red wines
• Rieussec rings the changes in Sauternes

WINE PEOPLE

• South African Wine Legend: John Loubser
• Stellenbosch University wine researcher rises above many challenges to achieve global recognition

WINE PLACES

• Clos du Val Gets Back on Course

WINE EDUCATION

• WSET breaks out into virtual events

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Relation between phenolic content, antioxidant capacity, oxygen consumption rate of diverse tannins
• Phenolic characterization of red dessert wine produced with innovative technology

DOWN UNDER

• Deep Planet brings VineSignal tech to South Australian wineries

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Bordeaux ups its game in China
• Research finds over half of Chinese netizens drink wine to relax

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• There are nearly 9,000 craft breweries in the US – but big beer dominates
• Diversity, equity and inclusion initiative to launch across the spirits industry