APRIL 13, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Top Wholesale Players Adapt To A New Marketplace Shaped By Covid-19
• Pandemic Brews Battle Between Liquor Wholesalers, Distillers And Online Retailers
• As Wine Sales Boom, Distribution Channels Scramble to Keep Pace
• How Can We Make Virtual Wine Tastings Less Sucky?
• Surgeon general tells Americans to avoid alcohol during coronavirus pandemic
• Food & Beverage ads may not play well near COVID content
• COVID 19: What Wineries and Distilleries Can Do In Next 60 Days, hosted by Sid Patel, CEO of Beverage Trade Network (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Wine Country hotels suffer further occupancy declines in 3rd week of coronavirus lockdown
• Santa Barbara County Vintners Donate Wine to SoCal Hospital Workers
• California dairies dump milk, crops may be left to wither as coronavirus pandemic disrupts food system
• 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

• Economic Injury Disaster Loan: A Simple Application for a $10,000 Grant
• Hurry up and wait? Why relief to small businesses has lagged
• Trump winery eligible for bailout in virus relief law

COVID-19 SURVIVAL TIPS

• Coronavirus’ Continued Impact On The Wine Industry: Interview with Paul Mabray
• Small Changes to Pivot Your Small Business Strategy During COVID -19
• Wine’s digital revolution: adaptation amidst chaos

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Online Alcohol Sales Are Rising, But Will It Be A Long-Term Change?
• DTC merger shakes up industry, creates US’s largest AlcBev logistics provider

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Crisis in Chablis: wine hit by frost, drought and now coronavirus
• Ciatti April California Report (PDF)
• From overwhelmed to organized: See how well Vineyard 29’s first harvest went with Vintrace (Sponsored)

HEALTH

• During Self-Isolation, More People Show Online Interest In Alcohol Than Healthcare
• Did my blood test results suggest I drink too much?

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Health, Safety, Cynicism and Alcohol in a Post COVID-19 World
• Strategies to help you grow your Sales: Grow Your Beverage Business with Sid Patel *(Sponsored)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Napa Valley Opens the Wine Cellar
• Christie’s online sales shows global premium wine market in fine fettle

DATA & TRENDS

• The Wine Spectator Top-100 lists from 1988 to 2019

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Do different panellists (experienced, trained, consumers and experts) evaluate white wine in different ways?

MARKETING & SALES

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

MEDIA MATTERS

• Why Blogging Still Matters for Wineries in 2020
• Essential Wine Books to Read Now
• Wine and Barbecue, Fathers and Sons: ‘Uncorked’ on Netflix Is Delicious

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Bobal: Past, Present and Future
• Australian Chardonnay & Pinot Noir (video)
• Wine and Beauty
• The 2016 Barolo is Here at Last
• California with Just a Hint of Burgundy
• What can sherry do to win back fans? (podcast)

WINE PEOPLE

• Robin Copestick: its a time to be creative, proactive & on the front foot
• Vintner Dan Petroski on Gail Wines’ Dan O’Brien

WINE EDUCATION

• Top online wine courses to try while in self-isolation

EUROPE & THE UK

• From Asparagus To Vineyards, German Farms Show ‘Nature Struggles And Succeeds Every Year’
• With coronavirus, “paying out dividends for Vranken-Pommery Champagnes is out of the question”

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African wine bodies issue guidelines to advise producers on new exports regulations

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Tanzania: Govt, Stakeholders to Revive Viticulture, Wine Processing