FEBRUARY 17, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• 7+ Years Later, Calif Regulators Act Against Lodi Pesticide Company
• The Definitive List of Black-Owned Wineries Around the Globe
• Bulk Wine Buyers Hesitant Following Preliminary California Crush Report
• Medals can give a wine prestige, but the big test is if you like it [paywall?]
• Restaurants: Gen Zers Looking Like A New Foodie Generation
• Napa Valley’s Alfred Frediani vineyard sells for $18.5 million

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• The paradox of the US wine industry: falling volumes, yet more regular drinkers
• California Association of Winegrape Growers Announces COVID-19 Financial Relief Legislation
• Who is drinking low/no?
• Beckstoffer Vineyards (“To Kalon Illuminati?”) Sues Last Bottle for To Kalon-Related Trademark Infringement
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Daou Family Estates in Paso Robles expands to Tuscany
• Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association Announces Economic Impact of Temecula Valley and Riverside County’s Wine Industry
• California needs farmworker safety net, advocates say

DROUGHT/WATER

• How better data can help Californians manage drought, floods, agriculture, fisheries, and more
• California water board urged to declare emergency at Mono Lake
• Will disruptive technology solve the challenges faced by water utilities?

CLIMATE CHANGE

• Using Viticulture as a Tool to Reverse Climate Change
• What Is Carbon Sequestration and Why Is It Important for the Wine Industry?
• Amid Climate Change, Spain’s Torres Family Bets on Ancient Grapes
• Can wine weather the storm?

DIVERSITY

• How Philosophy Winery Is Breaking Barriers
• ‘280project’ thrives for equity and diversity in the wine industry (video)
• Customers call Kroger display selling Snoop Dogg’s wine offensive during Black History Month
• Letter from Wine Paris, with an Important Takeaway for Women, Wine and Innovation

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• How sheep wool helps north Wales vineyard make better wine
• Winemakers Are Reimagining Grape Waste as a Resource

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands Announces Ricardo Dalmas as New SVP of Strategy, Insights and Analytics
• Vintage Wine Estates receives non-compliance notification for delayed quarterly report filing

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Boutinot heads ‘home’ to New Zealand with Heaphy acquisition

AGRIFOODTECH

• Scare Tactics: Robotic technologies applied to bird scaring

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Treasury Wine Estates says door to China “will remain closed”
• Australia, China Officials Will Meet to Discuss Relaxation of Trade Restriction [paywall?]

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The top traded wines and vintages in the Asia-Pacific – Liv-ex
• Opus One 2019 sets a new trading high – Liv-ex

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• How big of an issue is cork taint really?

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Paris: Not Yet International, But Certainly a Success
• ProWein promises largest English wine producer presence yet

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• France: No Likes for ‘Drinkfluencers’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Vinegar or Wine?
• The demand for esoterica [paywall?]
• Brunello 2018: Poise over Power

WINE HISTORY

• A Short History of Cocaine Wine and Coca-Cola

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• How OLCC officials circumvented liquor lottery, gamed odds to secure coveted Pappy bourbon for themselves
• Oregon: Land of Corruption and Drunkenness? [paywall]

ACADEMIA

• UC Davis Team Takes Next Big Step in Wine Research

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The Cluster, the Whole Cluster, and Nothing but the Whole Cluster? Whole-Bunch Pinot Noir in the Willamette Valley
• ‘Chelates ain’t chelates’ when feeding plants iron

EUROPE & THE UK

• New director of Consorzio Tutela Vini DOC Delle Venezie named
• Why do France’s winemakers want to destroy their vineyards?

DOWN UNDER

• State of UK on-premise sales of Australian wine

SOUTH AFRICA

• “We cannot depend on government anymore.” Seven Sisters Vineyards CEO Vivian Kleynhans (video)