FEBRUARY 21, 2023 – WINE NEWS FETCH

• Demand for this white wine grape has some Napa, Sonoma vintners eyeing wider North Coast sourcing
• Calif grape report fails to capture Solano County’s premium wine success
• Now, Hard Soda! Why PepsiCo’s and Coca-Cola’s Alcohol Drinks Worry Health Experts [paywall?]
• Arizona-based investor sues Calistoga winery over $400,000 investment
• Liquor Stores Entice Gen Z With New Signage, Health-Conscious Products, And Social Media
• NM: How To Grow an Emerging Wine State
• Why restaurant spending is up (podcast)
• Beer, Spirits Still Dominate AlcBev Preference For GenZ & Millennials

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• A Standard Drink is not what you think it is
• A Fight Over Wine Sales Highlights Push in U.S. to Expand Access to Alcohol [paywall?]
• Winter rain thrills winemakers, even amid threats of mudslide, ‘wet vintage’ [paywall?]
• Grow your wine brand awareness in restaurants and bars of USA – (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• New Zealand wine producers begin harvest in the wake of cyclone destruction
• Why Port Production Is Down, but Its Quality Is Up

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California’s North Coast Is a Paradise and Playground for Wine Blenders
• UC Davis Viticulture & Enology “On The Road” in Lodi, Thursday, March 9
• Senators Dodd, McGuire to Chair Select Committee on Wine
• Meet the makers of natural wine, a movement gaining momentum in Sonoma County [paywall?]

CLIMATE CHANGE

• As Climate Change Ravages the West Coast, Winemakers Take Refuge in the Great Lakes

DIVERSITY

• Black people in Canada’s wine industry are pushing for more representation
• Diversity Scholarships in Wine announced for MW and MS students

HEALTH

• Is the Mediterranean Diet Healthy? (YES!)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• VSPT becomes a gold member of IWCA

REAL ESTATE

• Become Brad Pitt’s neighbour with this vineyard-ready property

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Value Investing Analysis: Treasury Wine Estates Ltd

DISTRIBUTORS

• Martignetti Companies to Acquire Hartley & Parker Limited, Inc.

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• How drinks brands are using smart packaging
• Just Put Ingredients on the Label & Watch Sales Soar

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• 9th Circuit nixes Calif. employee arbitration ban
• Why This Company Says the Popular H-2A Visa is Overdue for a Tech Upgrade

WINE PEOPLE

• ‘Queen of Bubbles’ Erin Riley Is Breaking Ground in Downtown Napa
• Mia Stornetta, winery relations manager, Atlas Vineyard Management [paywall?]
• Sarah Vandendriessche, Winemaker, Elizabeth Spencer, Napa Valley (podcast)
• Cork Talk with Stephanie Toole (podcast)

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• More restaurants are trying monthly subscriptions

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• UConn Research Informs Policy Debate Over Wine Sales in Grocery Stores
• Arizona Flashback: Desert (Not Dessert) Wine

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Lisora, the grape variety of the mountains of Piacenza

EUROPE & THE UK

• Champagne’s Roadmap to the Future

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• This Smells: NM becomes first state with an official aroma