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DAILY NEWS FETCH - August 9, 2021

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

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TODAY'S TOP NEWS

See how badly Delta Variant has hurt dining out, socializing, and vacations

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• Have Your Say on Wine's Future
• North Coast wine grape harvest begins early, with potential for a quick finish for the rest of the crop
• Ozone containers pique interest of Napa Valley winemakers with goal of mitigating smoke taint [paywall?]
• Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet
• Neither Wine nor Cannabis Businesses Are for the Faint of Heart
• This is how badly Delta Variant has hurt dining out, socializing, and vacations
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! - (Sponsored link)

 

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DIVERSITY

• Washington Wine Industry Foundation awards 6 of its 7 scholarships to women

HEALTH

• Cannonau: the wine of centenarians. A spectroscopic data fusion approach for the study of the polyphenol content

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Do biodynamic wines taste better than organic wines?

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Willamette: The Pinot Noir Auction raised more than $700,000  at the sixth annual trade auction on August 5
• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – Bordeaux increases its market share

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• What Ever Happened to Merlot?

 

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PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Putting a cork in misconceptions about natural wine closures [paywall?]

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Wineries Under the Influencers

MEDIA MATTERS

• Recategorizing the Wine Blog
• Cyril is right, but didn't go far enough

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Organic Farms? Vintage Variations? A New Era of Cognac Emerges
• The why, what and how of au naturel
• Interpreting a Wine is Like Interpreting a Work of Art
• On photography, personal passion and a significant occurrence

WINE PEOPLE

• Ancient Vines and High Altitudes: Meet the Rising Winemaking Stars of Etna
• Uncovering the Natural Beauty of Valpolicella: Maddalena Pasqua di Bisceglie of Musella
• Talking Fair Play With Jonathan Lachs of Cedarville Vineyard
• A hardy future for Nigel Sneyd MW
• Bouncing Back Q&A: Ted Sandbach, Oxford Wine Company
• How Blind Blending Helps Winemaker Maggie Harrison Find Beauty (podcast)
• Prema Behan & Nicole Garzin (podcast)

 

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NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• WA: Woodward Canyon Winery owners promote Jordan Dunn-Small to general manager
• CO: Western Slope vineyards bubble over with young wine drinkers raised on fizzy beverages

EUROPE & THE UK

• Women Making Changes In Their Family Wine Estates In Alsace, France [paywall?]
• C&C Group appoints Harriet Kininmonth as wine trading director
• Berry Bros & Rudd starts work on Europe’s largest fine wine store

DOWN UNDER

• From aglianico to zibibbo: Australia's 'ugly duckling' wine grapes set to become swans
• NZ: Marlborough wine hampered by shipping delays

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Confidence “shaky” over China’s anticipated crackdown on drinking
• Hong Kong: The Strong Earnings Posted By Wine's Link International Holdings (HKG:8509) Are A Good Indication Of The Strength Of The Business

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile: VSPT Wine Group sales up 11%

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Can hard seltzers find global success?
• This Chart Reveals That Only 6 Brewers Make Over Half the World’s Beer

 

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