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Weather report indicates that North Bay wine country has dodged the latest dry lightning threat

Source: Weather Channel interactive map (Click link to activate time lapse) The light green blobs moving out of the area are the weather phenomena that meteorologists considered most likely to cause dry lightning.

August 24, 2020 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Wine- & tequila-based cocktails driving consumption. Spirits growth rate almost 2X as fast as vino.

Unless otherwise noted, all trends below are for dollar sales within Nielsen U.S. off-premise channels for the one-week period ending 8/1/20 compared to the same week in 2019. We continue to remind our readers that we are only measuring some specific off premise channels, and that the impact of the health crisis on sales is […]

August 12, 2020 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Wine, resveratrol and COVID-19: This is how “stupid science” gets unleashed

This lurid headline came to our attention this morning:   “In Vino Veritas? Wine Can Mitigate the Symptoms of Coronavirus, Scientists Suggest”   The first tip-off of hype came because the article did not include a link to the study. That’s an indication this was yet another “miracle by association” among wine, resveratrol and health […]

August 7, 2020 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Solid new data on the impact of COVID-19 on wine & other AlcBevs from veteran data guru Jon Moramarco: bw166/Gomberg & Fredrikson

Total Beverage Alcohol Advance Servings +1.8% Last 12 Months through June +More At Industry Webinar Thursday Moramarco and bw166 have released the Total Beverage Alcohol Advance for June 2020 with more to come Thursday in a wide-ranging webinar. Key industry trends through June: The bw166 Serving Index has grown +1.8% over the last twelve months […]

August 4, 2020 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Drizly data breach: up to 2.5 million credit cards, other data for sale on dark web.

More details + deeper dive: ShinyHunters Offers Stolen Data on Dark Web For sale on the dark web: 2.5M customer records from alcohol delivery service Drizly Tokopedia and Microsoft Breach Broker selling fresh trove of 26 million accounts Dave data breach affects 7.5 million users, leaked on hacker forum Online alcohol delivery startup Drizly has […]

July 29, 2020 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Gallo PR tries to distance winery and Gallo Cattle Co., but no proof available.

This article is about a request for a retraction in a situation where there is no verification for — or against — the reason behind the request. However, the search for the verification, turned out to be an interesting journey and an amusing article for people interested in all things Gallo. On Jul 21, 2020, […]

July 28, 2020 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Spirits continue to lead pandemic AlcBev growth

NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, all trends below are for dollar sales within Nielsen U.S. off-premise channels for the one-week period ending 7/11/20 compared to the same week in 2019. We continue to remind our readers that we are only measuring some specific off premise channels, and that the impact of the health crisis on sales […]

July 23, 2020 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

Off-Premise spirits sales continue to soar (+23.2%). Wine grows (+15.2%). Beer also ran (+6.6%)

HIGH-LEVEL OFF-PREMISE OVERVIEW Overview: Nielsen COVID-19 insights and analysis Nielsen.com: COVID-19: Tracking the Impact on FMCG, Retail and Media Nielsen.com: How Americans are Shopping During COVID-19 Nielsen.com: Scenarios Beyond COVID-19: Rebound, Reboot, Reinvent Nielsen.com: Rebalancing the ‘COVID-19 Effect’ on Alcohol Sales   Nielsen CGA: COVID-19: Measuring the On Premise Impact Unless otherwise noted, all trends […]

July 15, 2020 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

ETS & Enartis/Vinquiry Laboratories, to Merge

NEWS RELEASE, July 6, 2020   St. Helena, CA — The Burns (ETS Laboratories) and Nulli (Enartis) families are happy to announce an agreement combining their analytical service offerings.   Enartis will continue to support wineries worldwide with enological products and technical support, while winemakers who previously worked with Vinquiry for analysis will have access […]

July 8, 2020 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More

SBA, Treasury release names of some PPP recipients

  The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Treasury released Monday the names of all organizations that received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgivable loans of $150,000 or more.   The SBA and Treasury also published data for recipients of PPP loans less than $150,000 but did not reveal the names and addresses of those businesses. […]

July 7, 2020 | Filed under Worth A Look | Read More