Sherry Lehmann’s landlord sues iconic wine shop over $3.6M in unpaid rent // B.C. wine sector readies for worst-ever year for forest fire smoke

August 23, 2023 - Wine Industry Insight Daily News Feed

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August 23, 2023

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Sherry Lehmann’s landlord sues iconic wine shop over $3.6M in unpaid rent

Defendants include Michael Aaron, whose father founded the legendary store in 1934 and who sold his interest in the company in 2007.

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Christie's on the future of wine and spirits

Adam Bilbey, global head of wine & spirits at Christie’s, outlines the challenges of the fine wine market.

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Shatter, sunburn, and millerandage: the challenge of estimating crops in a year like 2023

Exactly one year ago we started the 2022 harvest with four tons of Viognier off the estate. Not this year. Here we're still in such an early stage of veraison that there's a lot more green than red out there...

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Gene-edited grapes aim to help winemakers avoid sulfites

A biotech company has created grapes without the gene that causes oxidation, aiming to overcome potential skepticism of gene-editing among winemakers who want to avoid using sulfites.

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Projection for Crop Protection: Massive Change Is Coming

Chemical pesticides fare most poorly among young consumers — and there are a lot more of them, now, and in the future — than there are producers.

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Environment, Climate, Wildfires & Smoke

As France widens weather red alert, grape pickers told to work early

Authorities widened a heatwave red alert for the south of France on Tuesday as officials urged some mountain climbers to postpone their activities, while grape pickers were advised to start and end their work in the morning to avoid extreme heat exposure.

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Impact of BC Wildfires on BC Wine Industry

Compounding an already challenging season, the devastating impacts of climate change are being felt throughout the Okanagan, Similkameen and Shuswap regions once again with active wildfire situations evolving throughout these regions.

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Why it’s drought, not heat, that threatens Chilean viticulture

For Chile’s biggest wine producer, Concha y Toro, the challenge of climate change is not rising temperatures, but decreasing amounts of water – and the solution is drastic.

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Napa Legend on Life After Shafer

The Shafers are Napa wine royalty, but what next for the man who sold one of America's most successful family businesses? Read the latest wine news & features on wine-searcher

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Ex-Vietti couple joins Montalcino's Castiglion del Bosco

Castiglion del Bosco's winemaker, Cecilia Leoneschi, announces collaboration with Elena Penna and Luca Currado, formerly of Vietti winery in Piedmont.

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Revino Launches Groundbreaking End-to-End Refillable Glass Bottle Reuse System

Revino, an innovative and environmentally conscious company, proudly announces the launch of its pioneering end-to-end refillable glass bottle reuse system.

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Could paper bottles be the future of wine and spirit packaging?

Food Manufacture speaks to Frugalpac about the potential for paper bottles to challenge glass for wine and spirit packaging supremacy.

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Wine Clubs vs Subscriptions

Is it time to move your wine club to a subscription? Unless you’ve lived in your cellar for the past five years, you’ve noticed we live in a subscription economy. We have subscriptions for food, clothing, pets, razors, socks, movies, sports, makeup, and almost anything. You name it, and there is a box that can be delivered with options on your schedule.

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The Future Of Pricing Is Customer Centric

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Federal Court Rules for New Jersey in Retail Shipping Case

Another win for the states, this time in New Jersey. New Jersey District Judge Julien Xavier Neals has ruled for the state on dualing summary judgment motions.

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Milestone vineyard classification approved in Austria

After 30 years of lobbying by the ÖTW group of premium wineries, Austria has become the only country apart from France to introduce legal vineyard site classification.

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Today’s Most Interesting Wine Industry Data

“The drop in visitation from the prior year bottomed in May 2022 and the monthly loss has stabilized.”

Source: 2023 SVB Direct-to-Consumer Wine Survey

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