APRIL 14, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Sonoma County Vintners Announces Two-Fold $1.2 Million Community Aid Program
• White House Seeks To Lower Farmworker Pay To Help Agriculture Industry
• After Young’s Deal, RNDC Looks Ahead
• How Small American Wineries are Fighting to Survive the Crisis
• Sonoma County orders residents to wear face coverings
• US Rep. Nunes planing to flaunt Napa County COV-19 rules with late May winery fundraiser
• The Allure and Anxiety of Drinking Alone in Quarantine
• COVID 19: What Wineries and Distilleries Can Do In Next 60 Days, hosted by Sid Patel, CEO of Beverage Trade Network (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• Don Hewitson, Kiwi giant of UK wine industry, has died, aged 74

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• CA wineries- you do and you don’t have time for the filing of two of your CDTFA reports
• Coronavirus throws ‘a curve ball’ for Napa Valley Wine Academy
• Tablas Creek: We’re not about to reopen. Which means it’s the right time to think about what that will look like.
• Order of the Sonoma County Health Officer: Facial Coverings
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

COVID-19 SURVIVAL TIPS

• How California North Coast wineries are surviving during shelter orders that shutter big sources of sales

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Top Wholesale Players Adapt To A New Marketplace Shaped By Covid-19
• DTC merger shakes up industry, creates US’s largest AlcBev logistics provider

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• South Africa: Wine exports are now legal, or are they?
• NZ: Workers hunker down in bubble for wine harvest
• Which Covid-Caused Changes to Drinks Culture Will Last? (podcast)
• How two regions maintain their prices
• From overwhelmed to organized: See how well Vineyard 29’s first harvest went with Vintrace (Sponsored)

ONLINE PRIVACY

• Facebook, LinkedIn Sued For Allegedly ‘Eavesdropping’ On Zoom Users

HEALTH

• Wine and Health: A Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• What Does Climate Change Mean for the Future of Chablis?
• Tuscan winery experiments with Georgian grapes to fight climate change

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Coronavirus Currency Exchange Rates: Mexico, Brazil tank vs. US$ – Euro steady, Canada, UK getting better

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The year so far on Liv-ex: top traded wines by value

MARKETING & SALES

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

MATTERS OF TASTE

• So You Think You Know Malo?
• Oak in winemaking; dissecting the origin, selection and science of barrels
• Exploring the Global Footprint of a Spanish Superstar

WINE PEOPLE

• A Conversation With Alan Viader of VIADER Vineyards & Winery
• The Master Winemaker 100: Régis Camus, Rare Champagne

WINE PLACES

• Gun-Bun wine roots grow deeper

WINE EDUCATION

• Free Wine Education Podcasts Help Unite Community

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: David Hill Winery Becomes A “B Corp” — Public Benefit Corporation
• Liquor Let-down: Ohio No Longer Selling to Pennsylvania Neighbors

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• ‘Tressage’: an alternative to hedging vines, that claims to have some benefits

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK Covid Hub: More grants needed; how digital is taking over
• Champagne sales are in lockdown whilst boxed wine sales rocket in French supermarkets
• Coronavirus crisis distillation being mulled in France, and elsewhere
• Ex-United Spirits boss Vijay Mallya gets extra six months to pay back billions in debt

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Third-party spirits need more transparency
• IWSR: ‘status spirits’ grow faster than total market
• Distillers Can’t Help U.S. Fight Covid-19 Without Revised FDA Hand-Sanitizer Guidance

EXTENDED CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 COVERAGE

• Cramele Recaş: Coronavirus will lead to consolidation in wine industry