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DAILY NEWS FETCH - July 26, 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

Wage Pressures Likely to Retreat as Labor Market Normalizes
Paychecks did not rise for 75% of workers during pandemic.

Detailed chart at Daily Data. Scroll down.

 

• Swapping Chardonnay for Cabernet in Napa
• Calif Water Board releases draft emergency regs for Delta
• California moves to cut off water to thousands of farmers, as drought dries up rivers
• Wage Pressures Likely to Retreat as Labor Market Normalizes
• Is the hard seltzer boom starting to fizzle out?
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! - (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• California says goodbye to ‘the Godfather of Barbera’

 

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California North Coast farmworker group compiles list of demands amid virus, smoke
• Tom Barrack strikes a $250 million bail deal to get out of jail
• Left Bend closing Los Gatos tasting room, but wines will still pour

COVID-19

• OZ: Are wineries more susceptible to 'super-spreader' events for COVID-19?
• As more workers fall ill, Bay Area restaurateurs weigh a dramatic step: banning the unvaccinated [paywall?]

STARTUPS & NEW BRANDS

• Will this new Sonoma County wine be a hit with millennials? [paywall?]

HEALTH

• Mycotoxins in red wine: Occurrence and risk assessment
• The Truth About Gluten-Free Wine

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Burgundy’s wine region banks on resilient older vines to cope with climate change [paywall?]

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• OZ: eBev secures $2m Series A funding to accelerate growth

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE TOP NEWS

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BREXIT

• Analysis: Cross-industry support sees government u-turn on VI-1 forms

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Willamette Valley gears up for annual Pinot Noir auction
• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – call for aid in the Ahr Valley
• Cheval-Blanc and Ausone Say Adieu to St.-Emilion Classification. Does It Matter?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Batàr than the rest
• What is a “Linear” Wine?
• Felicity Carter Tackles Clean Wine In The Circle’s “Let’s Talk About” Webinar
• I Can Still Taste and Smell the Cellars of Bordeaux
• There is no box wine in Heaven. Or is there?

WINE PEOPLE

• Mark Pisoni Talks Santa Lucia Highlands Wine
• How Tablas Creek is Leading California’s Rhône Movement with Jason Haas
• Lance Vande Hoef - Pellenc America (podcast)
• Erica Crawford, Founder & CEO Loveblock Wine, New Zealand (podcast)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Dr. Greg Jones Becomes CEO at Abacela, His Family Winery in Oregon
• Virginia vineyard invests in agriculture, community

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR LOTS MORE NEWS

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EUROPE & THE UK

• Prosecco elects new president
• Flooded Vineyards and Hot Bordeaux

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile to form organic wine growers’ association

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa lifts fourth alcohol ban

AROUND THE GLOBE

• One Of The Oldest Wine Producing Countries Growing Grapes In Conflict Zones—The Reemergence Of Armenia [paywall?]

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Across the U.S., Traditional Saké Gets a Craft Spin

 

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