Afternoon Brief, October 13th – Wine Industry Advisor

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 TRENDING STORY   California North Coast Wine Grape Harvest Eases Toward an Early Finish
A third drought-challenged wine grape season in a row is pretty much complete in the North Coast, helped to coast to an earlier finish by consistently warm fall days after an extraordinary hot and long late summer heat wave…   TODAY’S NEWS   Spotted Lanternflies Are Feasting on U.S. Grapevines and Putting Vineyards at Risk
It’s 2 p.m. in Pylesville, Maryland, and Mike Fiore is patrolling the vineyards he’s owned since 1975 for an insect that recently began wreaking havoc on his property – the invasive spotted lanternfly… Napa Valley College to Host Wine and Words
Napa Valley College will host the first in a series of Friday evening events, “Wines & Words”, celebrating the NVC wine program and its remarkable faculty. The guest speaker for the inaugural event is award winning author Paul Wagner and will feature wines from the Napa Valley College winery… Castel Wine Giant Founder Appeals $411 Million Swiss Tax Order
Pierre Castel, co-founder of one of the world’s largest wine traders, is appealing against an order to pay hundreds of millions in Swiss back-taxes, his lawyer said Thursday… Wine Industry Water Use a Topic at This Month’s Sonoma County Virtual Town Hall on Drought
Ciatti California Market Report, October 2022
Forty Hectare California Vineyard on Sale for US $9.9 Million
Harvest Compliance Training on California Grape Crush Report Now Available Online
LearnAboutWine.com Presents the 14th Annual STARS of Cabernet
Ontario Wine Producers Seek Solutions to Extreme Weather Threats
Sensi Acquitted in Golden Bottle Dispute
Italy Enjoys Another Promising Vintage
Wine2wine Business Forum Has It All: From Networking Opportunities to a Podcast Marathon to a Book Corner and More
Ungrafted Vines Prove Stars of Drought-Struck 2022 Vintage
Milano Wine Week Wraps up Successfully in Asia
  BLOGS   Industry Sentiment Index Turns Decisively Negative
Devil’s Advocate – Sex and Wine: The (Not So) Sweet Smell of COVID
Honor the Everyday with The Mill Keeper Wines by Gamble Family Vineyards
Wine 101: Italy Region Deep Dive Valpolicella
Look Down for Biodiversity
  WINEINDUSTRY.JOBS   Logistics
Recruiting Associates Network – Fairfield, CA, USA Caribbean Area Manager
Stansfeld Scott Inc. – Anywhere Tax Senior Manager
Mitroff Consulting & Associates – Santa Rosa, CA, USA More Wine Industry Jobs
  PEOPLE   Celebrating Elaine
Meet the 7 Female Wine Pros Shaping Miami’s Red-Hot Beverage Scene
RNDC Appoints Emily Xu to SVP, eCommerce
4-Time NBA Champion Tony Parker Is Ready for a Big Win with His New Wine and Champagne Labels
How the Wines of the Languedoc Entered the 21st Century Global Market: An Interview with Miren Lomgeril
  SUPPLIER NEWS   How to Start a Winery Business: You Need More Than Grapes and a Great Venue
RedChirp Launches Branded Contact Cards
Process2Wine Has Reached a Milestone in the Numbers of Users!
5 DTC Channels That Work!
More Supplier News
  VINEYARD & WINERY   Willamette Valley Vineyards Offers Preferred Stock Ownership Through TiiCKER for Limited Time
Kuhlman Cellars Announces Fall Wine & Food Tasting Menu
My Favorite Neighbor Comes Knocking with Two New Vintages
Bonterra Organic Estates Joins Science Based Targets Initiative, Refining Climate Commitments with World’s Best Available Methodology
Ruggeri – Guardians of the Viticultural Treasures of Valdobbiadene