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The Wonderful World Of Wine (WWW)

By: Mark C Lenzi

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11-27-2023

Liquor Industry Week In Review

The Wonderful World Of Wine (WWW)

This Weeks Highlights:

New Products

How much wine does the United States produce?

What’s up with Mass.’s liquor laws?

Why the Wine Industry Is Worried About Ozempic

Vineyards of the future will produce more than wine

Europe is seeking to use emissions and residues from winemaking for new products ranging from animal feed to antibiotic alternatives.

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-vineyards-future-wine.html

Cornell Study Exposes Hidden Health Danger in Non-Alcoholic Beer

The study examined bacteria growth in regular, low, and non-alcoholic lager.

https://www.mensjournal.com/news/hidden-danger-non-alcoholic-beer-cornell-study

The Absolute Best Wines To Pair With Popular Pasta Dishes

Few things are as satisfying as a warm bowl of pasta, ideally paired with a glass of wine.

https://www.tastingtable.com/1435552/absolute-best-wines-pair-popular-pasta-dishes/

Wine distributors say grocery store wine sales are hurting business

A distributor of Australian wines based in Fort Collins says the law that allowed wine to be sold in grocery stores is having a harsh effect on his company and small liquor stores.

https://kdvr.com/news/local/wine-distributors-say-bill-allowing-wine-sales-in-grocery-stores-is-hurting-business/

What is Mezcal? A Guide to the Tequila Alternative

The difference between tequila and mezcal remains a little murky and for good reason

https://manofmany.com/lifestyle/drinks/mezcal-guide

The Bestselling IPA No One Talks About — How Fiddlehead IPA Built A Brewery

The Vermont brewery is one of the most successful in the country, in one of America’s most beer-competitive states.

https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2023/11/2/how-fiddlehead-ipa-built-a-brewery

Wine assists sleep after drinking coffee

The relationship between wine and coffee could be beneficial for sleep patterns, a new scientific study has discovered.

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2023/11/wine-assists-sleep-after-drinking-coffee/

Is It Finally Time For A New Wine Education?

The tide is already shifting, and how we learn about wine needs to shift too.

https://www.everydaydrinking.com/p/is-it-finally-time-for-a-new-wine

Remembering Beer Balls: The Spherical Keg of the ‘80s and ‘90s

By many accounts, beer balls were beloved. But where did they come from? And more importantly, where did they go

https://vinepair.com/articles/party-ball-beer-kegs/?utm_source=The+Drop+by+VinePair&utm_campaign=11d07aae5f-NOVEMBER_08_2023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b653fb8c99-11d07aae5f-38937345&mc_cid=11d07aae5f&mc_eid=d42ed911dc

When Pairing Wine, The Temperature Of Food Matters As Much As Flavor

When it comes to choosing the perfect vino to accompany your meal, there is a crucial factor that often goes overlooked.

https://www.mashed.com/1440223/pairing-wine-food-temperature-matters-expert/

What Makes Indian Whisky Unique

In addition to unique distillate bases, there are also blends of styles.

https://www.tastingtable.com/1440296/what-makes-indian-whisky-unique/

Why The Location Can Be The Biggest Red Flag On A Wine Label

A wine label provides a wealth of information about the beverage, and a gifted wine aficionado can give you a full description of a bottle with nothing more than a thorough inspection of the packaging.

https://www.chowhound.com/1435787/biggest-red-flag-wine-label-quality/

Is Jack Daniel’s Bourbon?

What You Should Know About Tennessee Whiskey

https://www.gearpatrol.com/food/drinks/a45752670/is-jack-daniels-bourbon/

Discovering ‘Il Nizza’ – home of Piedmont’s superior Barbera Nizza DOCG

This beautiful, unspoilt region produces one of Italy’s most glamorous and fashionable reds

https://www.decanter.com/sponsored/discovering-il-nizza-home-of-piedmonts-superior-barbera-nizza-docg-516239/

Biodynamics in Wine Production

As the definition at the top says, this is about a holistic approach to farming that looks at the farm as a self-sustaining system.  It takes organic a step further.  These farms work without chemicals and adhere to a lunar calendar.

https://www.crushedgrapechronicles.com/wine-education/biodynamics-in-wine-production/

 Global wine production has fallen this year to its lowest level since 1961

Output reached 244.1 million hectolitres, down seven percent from last year, the intergovernmental body said as it presented its first estimates

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231107-global-wine-production-hits-lowest-level-since-1961

Is There a Right Time to Add Vodka to Your Pasta Sauce? An Investigation

When do you add the vodka?

https://vinepair.com/articles/when-to-add-vodka-to-pasta-sauce/?utm_source=The+Drop+by+VinePair&utm_campaign=fe906f6419-NOVEMBER_07_2023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b653fb8c99-fe906f6419-38937345&mc_cid=fe906f6419&mc_eid=d42ed911dc

Penedès to become world’s first 100% organic DO

All eyes in Penedès, just south of Barcelona, are turned to 2025 when the Spanish region is poised to become the first DO in the world to go completely organic, its president tells db.

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2023/11/penedes-to-become-worlds-first-100-organic-d-o/

How 19 Crimes became ‘poster child’ for wine marketing

Freeing itself from the shackles of traditional wine marketing, 19 Crimes has instead been showing up at the Ultimate Fighting Championships and getting a priest to bury its bottles in a London graveyard (no, really).

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2023/11/07/how-19-crimes-became-poster-child-wine-marketing

EXPERTS CONFIRM: ADDING ICE TO WINE IS ACTUALLY GENIUS

Ice in wine is officially approved! Wine experts agree that putting ice in your wine is now considered a genius move.

https://www.2ec.com.au/trending/entertainment/experts-confirm-adding-ice-to-wine-is-actually-genius/

Green Chartreuse vs. Yellow Chartreuse: The Main Differences

These vibrantly hued herbal liqueurs contain complex flavors and boast centuries of history.

https://www.liquor.com/green-chartreuse-vs-yellow-chartreuse-8391171

What Does it Mean When a Wine Says “Reserve” on the Label?

Don’t let one word convince you to splurge on a bottle before you’ve done a little extra research.

https://www.foodandwine.com/reserve-wine-8401112

Why the Wine Industry Is Worried About Ozempic

The diabetes and weight-loss drug may inadvertently hurt winemakers.

https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/eat-and-drink/2023/11/ozempic-alcohol

Inside the movement to legalize magic mushrooms in Massachusetts

There are scores of people who have been growing and sharing magic mushrooms through underground networks for years support legalization because they want the therapeutic benefits to be more widely shared

https://files.constantcontact.com/cb479599001/be1920a0-b6bb-4419-ace7-95ebc5556e23.pdf?rdr=true

This Old-School Italian Party Trick Makes Red Wine So Much Better

We could all use a new way to enjoy that one bottle of red wine we’ve kept on the bar cart for months.

https://www.thekitchn.com/italian-red-wine-and-ginger-ale-23604524

Does Alcohol Never Expire? Know Shelf Life Of Liquor, Beer, And Wine

It is believed that the older the liquor, the tastier. But, it is not true.

https://www.news18.com/viral/does-alcohol-never-expire-know-shelf-life-of-liquor-beer-and-wine-8662769.html

A scientist looks at alcohol and health, and is concerned

There have been a number of sensible commentaries in the wine web universe, and I will summarize (and quote)  some of them here. Much of the rest of it leaves a lot to be desired, to say the least. Here, I offer a perspective on this.

http://winegourd.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-scientist-looks-at-alcohol-and-health.html

The ‘frightening’ way climate change will affect beer

Hop growing regions are having to find new strategies to sustain what they produce for breweries due to climate change

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2023/11/the-frightening-way-climate-change-will-affect-beer/

Is Natural Wine a Headache-Free Elixir?

Natural winemakers forgo many of the additives found in commercial wines, like sulfites, a preservative that prevents oxidation in the wine and takes much of the popular blame for the headaches

https://www.charlottemagazine.com/is-natural-wine-a-headache-free-elixir/

What’s up with Mass.’s liquor laws?

Massachusetts liquor laws, and how the traditions of the Puritans may or may not inform how they exist today.

https://www.wbur.org/the-common/2023/11/13/field-guide-liquor-alcohol-laws

The Healthiest Alcoholic Drink, From A Registered Dietitian

Hardly ground-breaking news, alcohol—however moderate consumption may be—is not healthy. But what you choose to drink, according to Registered Dietitian Megan DeChatelets, can certainly impact the negative physical side effects

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyaakim/2023/11/12/the-healthiest-alcoholic-drink-from-a-registered-dietitian/?sh=60cfe1c06165\

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A New England Distillery Is Launching Trout-Flavored Brandy

Something’s fishy here …

https://www.foodandwine.com/tamworth-distilling-launches-trout-flavored-brandy-8400149

How much wine does the United States produce?

The US produced just over 752 million gallons in 2022, with 92% of that coming from California, Washington, New York, and Oregon vineyards.

https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-wine-does-the-united-states-produce/

Think Twice Before Drinking Draft Beer

Bars often fail to maintain clean beer lines. Here’s what that means for your pint.

https://thetakeout.com/danger-of-draft-beer-dirty-vs-clean-beer-lines-bacteria-1851021087

You’d have to drink this much Champagne and other alcohol to gain 1 pound, says influencer

To calculate the adult beverage amounts, she multiplied each drink’s individual calorie count per serving by the number of servings it would take to equal 3,500 calories.

https://nypost.com/2023/11/17/lifestyle/youd-have-to-drink-this-much-alcohol-to-gain-1-pound-says-influencer/

Rolling Stones release rum

Crossfire Hurricane is a new rum brand created by English rock band The Rolling Stones.

https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2023/11/rolling-stones-release-rum/

Duckhorn to acquire Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards for US$400 million

The Duckhorn Portfolio has agreed to acquire Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards, a major player in luxury Chardonnay, from Brown-Forman

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2023/11/duckhorn-to-acquire-sonoma-cutrer-vineyards-for-us400-million/

So Long to the Somm

About 10 years ago, the word “sommelier” was in the middle of both a PR glow-up and an identity crisis.

https://punchdrink.com/articles/somm-sommelier-wine/

Whoopi Goldberg relaunches her Prosecco brand

Sister Act star Whoopi Goldberg unveils the second release from her Whoopi Prosecco Superiore DOCG brand with a bold new look.

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2023/11/whoopi-goldberg-relaunches-her-prosecco-brand/

Sicily’s Etna region gears up for DOCG status

Winemakers in the historic Etna DOC denomination have begun down the path towards prestigious DOCG recognition in Italy, with changes to the production rules planned.

https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/etna-docg-status-sicily-517085/

Josh Cellars Founder Joseph Carr, Deutsch Family Launch Upscale Force & Grace Brand

After building Josh Cellars into a 5.4-million-case juggernaut atop the U.S. wine market, Joseph Carr and Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits are taking aim at the high end with a new brand called Force & Grace. Carr joined forces with winemaker Jean Hoefliger to create the brand, which is debuting nationally at select retailers, highlighting a range of different California appellations.

The initial offering from Force & Grace includes a Carneros Chardonnay ($33), Paso Robles Cabernet ($35), Napa Valley Cabernet ($55), Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon ($90), Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon ($100), and Revelist Cabernet Sauvignon ($125). At the top of the ladder, Revelist is a luxury cuvee sourced mainly from the Oakville and Rutherford appellations.

“The wines are available in limited quantities, and we will gradually grow the availability from vintage to vintage,” Tom Steffanci, president of Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, told SND. “Thanks to Jean’s careful selection of outstanding vineyards and his expertise in crafting the wines, we can showcase the delicate balance between Force and Grace from California’s finest appellations.” The brand’s name refers to Carr’s background. Before embarking on his wine career, he was a high school wrestling champion, and later studied modern dance in college.

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