MARCH 13, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Maison Louis Roederer to purchase Napa Valley’s Diamond Creek Vineyards
• NZ wine company fined $1.7m for wine fraud
• Pandemic a Double-Edged Sword for Wine
• Rabobank’s sobering US, China wine outlook highlights global worries
• Retailers see COVID-19 causing production delays, inventory shortages & ecommerce increases
• 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)

• Calif wine industry focuses on expanding exports
• Advertising integrity issues still plague Wine Business Monthly as email to advertisers fails to address concerns raised by media buyers, ad agencies and auditors
• Anemic subscription base may have prompted Wine Business Monthly’s questionable advertising promotions
• 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 SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• OZ: Queensland wine sector back on its feet and in great shape for vintage 2021
• Crémant de Bourgogne sales surge in UK and US

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 – Scroll down to bottom for in-depth, extended coverage

• How Coronavirus Is Affecting The Wine Market
• UGCB cancels primeurs week
• The coronavirus will delay agricultural export surges promised in trade deal with China
• Business as usual in wine country amid worsening coronavirus fears
• Why Coronavirus Is a Special Risk to Half of Americans
• Calif Gov signs order that allows seizure of hotels for quarantine, eases state worker restrictions as COVID-19 spreads

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Proposed Calif privacy regs on personal information (CCPA) further confuse the confusion
• Hands-on vineyard workshop on Lodi Beneficial Insect Plants
• Restaurants Embrace Creative Delivery Options Amid Coronavirus
• As the coronavirus spreads, a popular Bay Area restaurant cuts dine-in service. Is it starting a trend?
• Why attend USA Trade Tasting 2020 (Sponsored)

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Napa County delays cannabis informational forum due to coronavirus outbreak
• Depletion: Why and How To Build Your Brand Around It (Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• A Reality Check on Groundwater Overdraft in the San Joaquin Valley
• Half of California now in drought — why recent rains didn’t alter trend

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Frozen harvest: German ice wine maker defies climate change

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Beer and Wine Home Delivery Could Soon Be Reality in Atlanta
• Utahns soon may be able to join wine clubs and bring back a case of liquor from out of state
• Strategies to help you grow your Sales: Grow Your Beverage Business with Sid Patel *(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Aldi to boost core wine range by 50%

BREXIT

• WSTA in pan UK-EU talks to ensure GIs protected post Brexit

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Rare whisky value grows faster than cars, art and wine
• London Wine Fair to mark 40th anniversary show with live auction

MARKETING & SALES

• Pixelate your wine business
• Creating A Successful Brand Launch In The US *(Sponsored)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vineyard Economic Symposium Helps Us To Adjust
• Dr. Bitter’s Washington Winegrowers Convention Presentation (PDF)
• OZ: Bulk 2020 rescheduled to 2021

MEDIA MATTERS

• Book Review: John Salvi MW-The Count of Wine

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Simon Field MW on how German rosé is striving for its own identity
• Expressing terroir a complex puzzle
• Wine is improving

WINE PEOPLE

• Liv-ex interview with Matteo Ascheri, President of the Barolo Consortium
• How Eva Reh’s Teenage Plan To Live In Paris Brought Her To Domaine Bertagna
• Steve Johnson of Door 44 on Growing Grapes, Making Wine and Building Community in Door County
• 868’s Carl DiManno Hits a Winemaking Home Run
• Billie Mitchell of The 1 Wine Talks Philanthropy & Community
• Meandering Angler: Winemakers like to go fishing, too
• I’ll Drink to That: Winemaker Jason Lett (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• This Texas winery is the oldest in the state after making wine for 135 years

WINE EDUCATION

• WSET pioneers: Female empowerment through education in India

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Historic Erath Winery is closing its Dundee tasting room; Knudsen Vineyards taking over
• Oregon Wine Council Pt 1 (podcast)

ACADEMIA

• India: Pune institute develops new variety of grape
• Plumpton scholarship launched at Hazel Murphy celebration
• Travel bursary helps Shaoyang present local research on world stage

EUROPE & THE UK

• Guy Rochais hands the keys of Château de Plaisance to Vannessa Cherruau
• The Tiny But Fascinating Realm of Irish Wine

DOWN UNDER

• ‘Never again’ says whistleblower about lifting lid on large-scale wine fraud
• NZ: Marlborough couple sells wine from lounge using remote off licence

EXTENDED CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 COVERAGE

• How coronavirus is upsetting the blood supply chain
• 2008 crisis wisdom so relevant to today “The Limits of Negatism” (PDF)
• Washington’s New Leave Laws and the COVID-19 Outbreak
• Bills Aim to Ensure People Have Enough Food During Coronavirus
• Hoarding toilet paper and what it says about us in the time of the coronavirus
• Coronavirus is here – cancel everything and check your wine stocks
• In this wine-making town in Spain, the disinformation was almost as bad as the coronavirus itself
• Coronavirus has hit shipping hard, with huge shortage of cargo containers
• Napa County announces health emergency as coronavirus cases mount in U.S.
• Italian Life in a Dark Hour
• From the Field: Nielsen Italy Offers Personal Insight on Shopping Trends Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak
• Letter from Italy: “Hopeful a better human race will emerge (and ‘Nutella Biscuits’)” by Giovanni Arcari
• Michelin-star restaurant Plumed Horse drops 60% of its tables to give diners more space
• Coronavirus: Los Angeles restaurants and chefs scramble to adjust