MARCH 25, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• “Someone is going to get shot” – Calif tourist towns demand outsiders stay home.
• Prominent Spanish Viticulturalist Carlos Falcó dies from COVID-19
• How your business may or may not be able to tap insurance help for coronavirus shutdown
• U.S. Retailers Plan to Stop Paying Rent to Offset Virus
• Your mobile phone data is being used to monitor social distancing compliance in every U.S. county
• Study shows wine’s effects on sex drive
• 6 Vital things you can do NOW to protect your wine & hospitality business from COVID-19 (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• Muere Carlos Falcó, marqués de Griñón, a los 83 años: COVID-19 Open in Chrome browser to translate article text.

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• The California Wine Industry Adjusts to the New Not-Normal
• 3 luxury hotels in Sonoma and Napa announce temporary closures
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

COVID-19 DELAYS/CANCELLATIONS

• Vinitaly 2020 cancelled
• Postponed Walla Walla Valley Wine Month Pt 2 (podcast)
• Chengdu’s China Food & Drinks Fair is back on, slated for late May

COVID-19 LEGAL & REGULATORY RELIEF

• Tips of Timely Processing of TTB Approvals and Requests
• Production of Hand Sanitizer by Distilled Spirits Producers
• Returns of Products Purchased for Events Cancelled Due to Covid-19

COVID-19 SURVIVAL TIPS

• How wine businesses are shifting to new business strategies
• Black swans and white wine: Planning in an uncertain world

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wine, Recession & the Curse of the Unknown Unknowns
• Dueling To Kalon lawsuits — Constellation & The Vineyard House — scheduled for trial in federal court
• Survive COVID-19 by growing your bulk & private label business. IBWSS San Francisco still on for July 28-29, 2020. Get Your Visitor Pass now. (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• OZ: Wine sector seeks to complete Vintage 2020 amid fears of national shutdown
• OZ: Wine sector plea for tax relief after bleak start to 2020 vintage

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

• Agricultural employment essential during COVID-19 crisis

WILDFIRES

• Coronavirus hobbles California’s effort to prepare for fire season

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

AMAZON

• Workers In 8 Amazon Warehouses Test Positive For Coronavirus

DROUGHT/WATER

• Water management as farming practice
• Calif: Compliance with Water Board Requirements During the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Emergency

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate change in Rheingau

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

AGRIFOODTECH

• UPS partners with Wingcopter to develop new multipurpose drone delivery fleet

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• How does currency volatility impact fine wine prices, and why is it important now?
• South Africa: The Cape Fine & Rare Wine Auction returns this October

MARKETING & SALES

• Bottlerocket: Colorful New Concept in Wine Retail
• Creating A Successful Brand Launch In The US *(Sponsored)

COVID-19 DONATIONS

• Beckstoffer Vineyards donates $100,000 for COVID-19 relief

PAYMENTS

• Coronavirus Stimulus Offered By House Financial Services Committee Creates New Digital Dollar

MEDIA MATTERS

• Chablis the hero of a Netflix series

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Winemakers Cross Category Lines with Co-Fermentation
• Wine For The New Normal

COMPETITIONS/AWARDS

• 2019 Born Digital Wine Awards Shortlist

WINE PEOPLE

• Veuve Clicquot and Champagne’s Leading Lady, Barbe-Nicole
• Gerald Casale on The Taste with Doug Shafer (podcast)

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• It’s Like Starting A Whole New Restaurant: Take Out In The Time Of COVID-19

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Colorado liquor stores weathering full-strength beer competition

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: $2 million to develop biosecurity screening project
• Wine Australia protects truth in labelling

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Hong Kong Booze Ban May Wipe Out Thousands of Bars, Restaurants

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• US spirits sales rise as consumers ‘stock up’
• World’s first’ ocean water whisky goes on sale

EXTENDED CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 COVERAGE

• I’ve Run My Wine Biz From Home For 30 Years—Here Are the Rules
• The Pandemic’s Painful Toll on Restaurant and Bar Workers
• Is Wine Important During the Coronavirus Epidemic?
• NYC Liquor and Wine Store Sales Are Skyrocketing During Ongoing Shutdown
• Airlines are eliminating inflight booze, food due to coronavirus
• Whiskey Producers Are Making Hand Sanitizer. Here’s How They Organized.
• An Italian coronadiary – days 1 and 2
• Instacart plans to hire 300,000 more workers as demand surges for grocery deliveries
• UK: WSTA launches weekly coronavirus webinar
• Dispatch from Brescia: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a concentration of suffering.”
• WA: Westport Winery transforms storied grapes into hand sanitizer