MARCH 4, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• How wine can claw back market share
• If Coronavirus Spreads Locally, Most Consumers will avoid restaurants, sporting & social events, vacations & more
• Wine Thieves Bust Open Copenhagen Cellars, Steal $250,000 Worth of DRC and More
• No, 38% Of Americans Probably Didn’t Stop Drinking Corona Because Of Coronavirus
• Why so many epidemics originate in Asia and Africa – and why we can expect more
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wine Industry Insight: Your 98.1% solution — An exercise in meaningless data
• Anemic subscription base behind Wine Business Monthly’s questionable advertising promos?
• Attend USA Trade Tasting to discover the fastest growing and upcoming wines, beers and spirits brands for your portfolio. Register your visitor pass here. (Sponsored)

WINE & COVID-19/NOVEL CORONAVIRUS – Scroll down to where the HEALTH subhead usually is for an expanded COVID-19 section

• Wine in the time of coronavirus
• Food and AlcBev Deliverers Are Doubly Exposed to the Coronavirus
• How coronavirus is disrupting the global drinks industry
• Chinese wine volumes predicted to fall 20% due to coronavirus
• Tariffs, coronavirus fears threaten wine show buzz
• Trade show blues: Exhibitions go virtual as virus spreads
• Vinitaly postponed to June

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• More winegrapes could go unsold, analysts believe
• Australian Bulk Wine Sales
• French Winemakers Set to Cut Prices on US Imports

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• New economic report seeks to highlight significant water challenges for California communities
• Napa Wine Marketing Agency Listed in Inc Magazine’s “Hyper Growth” List
• Rampaging insect shows up in California, alarming farmers
• Why attend USA Trade Tasting 2020 (Sponsored)

COVID-19/NOVEL CORONAVIRUS

• Map shows spread of coronavirus
• COVID-19 linked to 2 more deaths; 27 cases Washington; statewide, 9 deat
• OZ: Coronavirus: Woolworths moves to ration toilet paper as panic buying empties shelves
• WHO warns of mask shortages as virus cases rise worldwide
• Thousands wait for hospital beds in South Korea as coronavirus cases surge
• Washington State could see explosion in coronavirus cases, study says
• Predicting the coronavirus outbreak: How AI connects the dots to warn about disease threats
• Coronavirus outbreak: The Australian companies worst hit by COVID-19
• How Many Americans Really Have the Coronavirus?

WILDFIRES

• Automation is part of the solution to rebuild areas hit by fires

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Depletion: Why and How To Build Your Brand Around It (Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• NOAA Monthly Drought Outlook – March

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• EU unveils climate law, Thunberg calls it ‘surrender’

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Strategies to help you grow your Sales: Grow Your Beverage Business with Sid Patel *(Sponsored)

REAL ESTATE

• Historic Concannon Winery and Vineyard Property in the Livermore Valley Listed for Sale

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Brown-Forman Posts Rising U.S. Sales, But Tempers Outlook On Global Challenges

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Can investing in fine wine see us through market uncertainty?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Tasting Vitality IV: Basic Elements of Wine Structure
• How to delineate the proliferating styles of today’s Lodi Zinfandels

MARKETING & SALES

• Creating A Successful Brand Launch In The US *(Sponsored)

MEDIA MATTERS

• Paul Caputo on the challenges of becoming a wine writer
• Wine Critics Failing to Entertain

MATTERS OF TASTE

• How a London hairdresser became an award-winning winemaker in France
• Road to Recovery: Barrister’s Block Wines
• Melvyn Minnaar: The power of wine to provoke emotion
• The World’s Most Wanted Chardonnays
• Beard award semifinalists and some wine legal doings
• 8 Cheap Wines That Absolutely Do Not Suck!
• And suddenly, Portugal was trendy

ACADEMIA

• College Cellars is changing the way Washington makes wine

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Wasps becoming more worrisome for grape growers

EUROPE & THE UK

• Emporda obtains White Carignan recognition
• Premiumisation arrives in Portugal

SOUTH AFRICA

• SA wine history: Crimes and misdemeanours in the Helderberg