MARCH 27, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• WineAmerica Survey shows major COVID-19 Economic Impact
• Animated map shows brutal declines in on-premise food & alcbevs
• French Laundry owner sues insurer over refusal to cover pandemic losses
• Sonoma growers battling virus & vineyard frost
• The Fastest Route to Market for Alcohol Brands
• Heitz’s PR lesson in what NOT to do in times of disaster
• Look! A bunny delivering wine (video)
• 6 Vital things you can do NOW to protect your wine & hospitality business from COVID-19 (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Bogle Vineyards hires New VP Sales
• Ryan Render joins Tonnellerie O & Creative Oak
• ICE releases California woman amid coronavirus pandemic. Will other detainees be freed?
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

COVID-19 LEGAL & REGULATORY RELIEF

• Help for Employers and Employees Affected by COVID-19
• Business Insurance & Employment Law During COVID-19 (videos)
• Department of State waives interview requirement for H-2A workers

COVID-19 SURVIVAL TIPS

• Announcing Enolytics Lite: An “Emergency Kit” to Address Immediate Needs
• Wine lessons from a past epidemic
• A New Website Is Helping NYC Restaurants Sell Off Their Wine Cellars
• Rajat Parr on Winemaking in a Time of Crisis (podcast)

COVID-19 DELAYS/CANCELLATIONS

• ProAsia cancelled as Singapore cracks down on Coronavirus
• Winemasters cancelled, but on a note of hope

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Nielsen: AlcBevs soar during crisis, but lag growth rates for consumer goods
• Winc’s registered investment offering closes Friday
• 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

• Washington grape production down in 2019, quality high
• Bordeaux has two years’ worth of wine sales in stock
• Global Trends in Wine 2020 report updated and released as open-source – Wine Intelligence
• Turrentine Market Update (PDF)
• Tasmanian wine harvest presses on despite challenges
• Wine Is Going Out of Style—in France

HEALTH

• Restaurants, Food Safety and Coronavirus: A Comprehensive Guide
• The impact of white wine on your health

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

DROUGHT/WATER

• Depletion of interconnected surface waters: Not that simple

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Updating organic viticulture for tomorrow’s world
• Natural Wine Joins the Mainstream

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• 11 Need-to-Know Stats from 2020 DtC Wine Shipping Webinar
• Strategies to help you grow your Sales: Grow Your Beverage Business with Sid Patel *(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands revises timing of conference call by one hour to report full fiscal year and fourth quarter 2020 financial results

BREXIT

• WSTA and CEEV call for regulatory alignment post-Brexit

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How one diner’s toxic behaviour nearly cost a youngest sommelier her career

MARKETING & SALES

• Marketing Is Still Important—Even During a Crisis
• When is a gimmick a genuine innovation?
• Creating A Successful Brand Launch In The US *(Sponsored)

COVID-19 DONATIONS

• Constellation Brands partners with its flagship brands to commit more than $2.5 million to COVID-19 relief efforts

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Ending the Aesthetic Fallacy of Heavy Bottles

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Facebook Retargeting Ads For Wineries – Free Webinar

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Pandemic affects H-2A applications; ag called ‘critical’
• Growers move to protect farmworkers from virus
• Workers Critical to World’s Food Supply Are Starting to Fall Ill

MEDIA MATTERS

• Great wine books to read while in self-isolation
• Uncorked review – sub-par Netflix wine drama is far from vintage
• How the Netflix Film ‘Uncorked’ Breaks New Ground for Black Wine Drinkers
• Radio is ‘Comfort Food’ As Media Consumption Rises Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why Highland Wines Are Different In Napa Valley
• What you might not have known about Georgian wine & food, Part II
• Who likes Cabernet?

WINE PEOPLE

• Auction of WA Wines salutes Rob Mercer
• Celebrating women winemakers

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African wine industry warns of collapse if harvesting, exporting halted
• Viticultural work listed as ‘essential’ in South Africa

EXTENDED CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 COVERAGE

• Voters More Worried About Health Than Economy, Want Social Distancing to Stay
• What’s It Like to Work in Wine Right Now?
• COVID-19 and Changes in the Beverage Alcohol Industry
• Jamie Goode’s brush with COVID-19
• Coronavirus Continues To Disrupt The Wine Industry
• Bizarre And Surreal: The Wine Business In The Time Of Coronavirus
• How Does This End? And What Are the Likely Consequences?
• No, We’re Not Going to Run Out of Groceries
• The study that Pres. Trump cited to justify his COVID-19 testing strategy has been retracted
• Best wine-related exercises and crafts to get through lockdown