MAY 25, 2022 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• TN to drop requirement for direct wine shippers to register with the Secretary of State
• Ag groups call for withdrawal of Supreme Court brief on glyphosate
• Teamsters at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Win “Incredible” Contract
• Restaurant Revitalization Fund Renewal Fails In U.S. Senate [Paywall]
• Caprio Winery’s Unique Business Strategy Encourages Customers To ‘Pay It Forward’
• U.S. AlcBev Spending Declined 4% From March – April 2022
• Webinar – Mastering alcohol ecommerce in 2022 – (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Alcohol marketing has crossed borders and entered the metaverse – how do we regulate the new digital risk?
• A Lesson For Wine? Millennials Are Saving Golf by Rebranding It
• Wine, Stagflation, and the Strong Dollar Syndrome
• Regulatory compliance is not something that the alcohol industry is good at

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• West Coast Smoke Exposure Task Force – Smoke Summit
• As weather warms, agency warns about heat stress

DROUGHT/WATER

• Aerial tech helping California battle drought

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Cult Wine launches new trading platform
• Benchmark Wine Expands to the East Coast with New Operation in Washington, D.C.
• Can sparkling wine fizz in inflationary times?
• Austin startup Sommly eager to disrupt wine industry

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Global wine production: Northern hemisphere countries suffer while southern hemisphere winemakers thrive
• The New Emergence: Upcoming Wine Regions in the USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• CA ABC offers wineries fee waiver again for their 02 licenses
• Worldwide Bidding Starts May 30 for Collective Napa Valley Barrel Auction Weekend

UKRAINE WINE

• Family-owned winery Quilceda Creek exceeds fundraising goals with a $305,280 donation to Chef José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen
• U.S. Wineries Support Ukraine with Events, Bottle Sales and More

DIVERSITY

• Diageo partners with LGBTQ+ museum Queer Britain

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Greenhouse gas pollution trapped 49% more heat in 2021 than in 1990
• Bourgogne Grapples With Fighting Frost Without Producing Emissions
• Green Wine Future 2022 by Wineally Day Two

DISTRIBUTORS

• RNDC Appoints Brian Boeck to State Executive Vice President of California
• Breakthru Beverage Group Names Kyle Dean EVP Breakthru Beverage Nevada
• How Wineries Can Boost Their Restaurant Distribution – (Sponsored link)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Angélus, Palmer, Léoville Barton join 2021 en primeur releases

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Introducing Stompy: A better wine subscription, built to your taste
• Wineally Launches Groundbreaking Wine Matching App
• Use These Free Wine Apps and Never Overpay for a Bottle Again
• Seasoned Sommelier and Wine Buyer Thomas Brenner talks us through his focus while evaluating the effectiveness of a wine program – (Sponsored link)

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Co-founder of sommelier-backed canned wine brand claims “bottles are the past”

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Hungarian Wine Summit: what the country’s first ever wine fair taught us

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Napa’s Most Wanted Wines
• Argentina producers are finally making Malbec for themselves
• An Easy Ride? Which Wine TO Buy
• Champagne Vintage an Unlikely Classic

EUROPE & THE UK

• ‘Challenging’ 2021 Bordeaux conditions showcase leaps in viticulture

DOWN UNDER

• Legends of the Hunter Valley celebrates operators and producers

SOUTH AFRICA

• Two new Cape Wine Masters graduate