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DAILY NEWS FETCH - July 14, 2021

CREATED BY WINE INDUSTRY INSIGHT   & MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR SPONSORS

Publisher/Executive Editor, Lewis Perdue -- Editor, Becca Yeamans-Irwin

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TODAY'S TOP NEWS

Wine consumption surged in select markets in 2020 –
But how will consumer behaviour change going forward?

The chart is at Daily Data. Scroll down.

 

• Wine consumption surged in select markets in 2020 – but how will consumer behaviour change going forward?
• Is the Wine Industry Ready for Cryptocurrency? (Maybe)
• Fuel shortage could ground firefighting aircraft
• At Wine-Centric Restaurants, a Pandemic Pivot with Staying Power
• Napa's wine industry weighs in on fire protection [paywall?]
• Calistoga Ranch homeowners sue Auberge Resorts for $100M, claiming inadequate insurance for Glass Fire damage
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! - (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• Executive chef at Simi Winery in Healdsburg killed in crash [paywall?]
• WI: Orchard Country's Lautenbach, a pioneer in Door County agri-tourism, has died

 

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Hundreds Gather to Celebrate Life of Vintner Jim Clendenen
• Chlorpyrifos use draws lawsuits in California [paywall?]
• A new way to drink the Bay Area's smallest indie wines is gaining momentum: tasting collectives [paywall?]
• Palos Verdes Peninsula designated an official wine-growing region
• New winemaker at Napa Valley’s Newton Vineyard has Sonoma County roots

HEALTH

• Aim high – go low; Responding to the no and low alcohol wine opportunity

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Organic pesticide copper sulfate—unlike glyphosate—is a carcinogen, kills beneficial insects, decimates soil, pollutes water. It also works. Here are political and science reasons why regulators give it a free pass
• Brunello Di Montalcino From Col D’Orcia: Elegant Wines And Important Research On Climate Change [paywall?]
• California Table Grape Grower First To Receive Sustainable Certification

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• ALDI’s Champagne sorbet goes sour

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE TOP NEWS

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FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Tokenizing the Wine Industry with Somm Marc Flores
• NZ: Sacred Hill wine group goes into receivership
• Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Sale Pt 1 (podcast)
• Next Glass Acquires Canadian Alcohol Marketplace Company Ollie Order

AGRIFOODTECH

• Wineries get new tech to help them go digital

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Saint-Emilion Wine Classification in Question After Châteaux Cheval Blanc and Ausone Quit
• A calm H1 for Fine Wine
• Ausone and Cheval Blanc’s place in the market
• Fine wine trading tips of the week
• Fine wine market showing unprecedented levels of variety
• Current bid for rare 1951 Grange breaking world record for most expensive bottle of Australian wine ever sold

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How Virgin Atlantic Elevates the In-Flight Drinks Experience (podcast)

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• These Southern Italian Villages Will Pay You $33,000 To Move In and Start a Business

MEDIA MATTERS

• Nine One Wine Podcast explores wine and St. Helena’s colorful police log [paywall?]

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Mysteries of the Mousse

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR LOTS MORE NEWS

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TASTELESS (RETCHING EXCESS)

• These $200 French Fries Are Cooked In Champagne And Sprinkled With Gold Dust

WINE PEOPLE

• From Proof-Reading To Winemaking: Zinaschke Steyn

WINE HISTORY

• Monroe the birthplace of Michigan wine industry

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• New Disease Resistant Winegrapes Proving Popular with Growers
• For Cover Crops and Healthy Vines, Diversity Is Key
• Michael David Winery's Grape Microbiota Experiment Set To Return To Earth Aboard The SpaceX-22 Mission
• Managing Old & New Vines (podcast)
• Estimating the oxidability of wines quickly with analytical methods and voltammetry (video)
• Terraclim: an online spatial decision support system for the wine industry.

EUROPE & THE UK

• Pesquera owner cut three eldest daughters out of will
• Primum Familiae Vini (PFV) appoints new president as it opens 2022 prize applications
• OIV: New presidency, new resolutions, new official language, and new headquarters on the horizon (PDF)

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• IWSC Market Insight: the Chinese wine market
• Nascent Wine Industry in India

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa's future hanging in the balance after extension of alcohol sales ban

 

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