#164 Weekly Update Alcohol-free movement Booze ban Gen Z rave parties VR pruning foil or not foil

This week is all about severe weather, companies and regions
focusing on alcohol-free, how the industry is trying to attract
younger customers and the big discussion if we need a foil on
sparkling wines or not.





Alexander Gottschalk
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-gottschalk-641838223/)





Shownotes:


(00:00:00) French Open bans booze


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/05/french-open-bans-booze/


(00:07:56) Penedès region hit again - after the drought came the
hail


https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/penedes-hit-by-severe-hailstorm-531302/


(00:10:06) The future weather problems of England


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/06/could-english-vineyards-be-next-for-rot/


(00:17:21) Australia will produce alcohol-free wine for
Indonesian market


https://indonesiaexpat.id/news/australia-to-produce-non-alcoholic-wine-for-the-indonesian-market/


(00:19:04) Schloss Wachenheim to double alcohol-free production
with a second machine


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/germany-schloss-wachenheim-double-non-140559891.html


(00:21:45) Raves are bringing Gen Z into the wine game


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/05/wine-raves-generation-z/


(00:27:20) Blockchain is back - Bordeaux en primeur wines offered
as NFTs


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/06/bordeaux-en-primeur-wines-nft/


(00:33:58) VR pruning tool tested


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/05/shoot-ninja-bodega-cuatro-rayas-pioneers-vr-pruning-tool/


(00:36:14) Study reveals capsules prevent bacterial contamination


ttps://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/06/study-reveals-capsules-and-foils-prevent-bacterial-contamination/


https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2024/06/03/a-microbial-study-demonstrates-the-protective-capacity-of-capsules-and-foils#_ftn1


(00:45:50) Moet launches plastic free foil for Champagne bottles


https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/06/amcor-capsules-and-moet-chandon-launch-innovative-eco-foil/


(00:48:19) Snoop Dogg disrupting the RTD market


https://www.winebusiness.com/news/article/288210