MAY 7, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• DTC wine free shipping is #1 COVID marketing tactic says #SupportOurWineries survey
• US wine sales growth flat amid other alcohol growth in 6th week of coronavirus lockdown
• Wine Institute Issues Tasting Room Reopening Guidance
• Pandemic makes winery buyers skittish about buying grapes during upcoming harvest
• How wineries can survive a recession
• U.S. Restaurants Grapple with Pandemic Dilemma: When, and How, Should They Reopen?
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business (Sponsored)

SALES DATA ROUND-UP

• Cider leads COVID sales increases followed by beer, spirits, then wine
• Will the DTC Wine Sales Boom Last?

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• EEOC Partially Pulls Accommodation Guidance Issued 5/5
• Sonoma winery Gloria Ferrer names Mayacamas Olds its first general manager
• Miller Family Wine Company names Jonathan Nagy as winemaker
• Center of Effort Winery Promotes Kevin Bargetto to Associate Winemaker
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

COVID-19 OPENING UP

• Paso Robles Wine Alliance updates members on making plans to reopen wine tasting rooms
• Wine market knowledge more important than ever
• Is It Safer to Visit a Coffee Shop or a Gym?

COVID-19 LEGAL & REGULATORY RELIEF

• Workers and business owners alike face hurdles while navigating new unemployment benefits, loan options in response to COVID-19

COVID-19 SURVIVAL TIPS

• Now is the time for wineries to think BIG with online wine events
• And Suddenly There Was Life! Winery Video Genre a Work in Progress – with New Game Changing Network-ability!
• A taste of things to come?

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• While COVID-19 wine sales rose, Millennials and GenZ went for beer, spirits & non-alc bevs
• Bryant Family Vineyards owners win dismissal of consultant’s compensation case
• Special Premium Report: Industry and investor guide to Wine/Viticulture-relevant AgTech technologies and companies

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Beer, Spirits, & Wine – Packaged Imports Grow +5.50% By Value Over Last Twelve Months through March 2020, Packaged Exports Flat
• Turrentine May 2020 Market Update
• From overwhelmed to organized: See how well Vineyard 29’s first harvest went with Vintrace (Sponsored)

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels (Sponsored)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• How will coronavirus affect the e-commerce alcohol sector?
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

REAL ESTATE

• This Texas home for sale for $2.75 million has a vineyard, wine production facility and tasting room

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• US law firms advertise services for TWE shareholders’ legal battle
• AB InBev sees worse ahead, but some light in China

AGRIFOODTECH

• Welcome to the Age of Digital Agriculture
• A high-tech puppet in the vineyard
• How Cavit is transforming wine-making in Trentino with an app

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Removal of tariffs ‘very significant’ during pandemic

BREXIT

• WSTA outlines key priorities for post-Brexit trade

DISTRIBUTORS

• SipSource issues first-quarter data, providing unique industry insight with distributor depletion data

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Emeritus Vineyards Announces Series of Online Educational Webinars for Wholesalers and Wine Professionals
• Porto Protocol to host weekly climate talks
• Webinar May 12: “Open for Business: The Italian Food and Wine Supply Chain.”

MARKETING & SALES

• Winemaking and Wine Marketing in a Plague Year
• What digital actions should marketers be taking now?
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels*(Sponsored)

MEDIA MATTERS

• Listening to Levi Dalton

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Fine Wine is a Fine Art
• Sensory science

WINE PEOPLE

• Laura Catena on The Taste with Doug Shafer (podcast)
• Second Generation Winemaker Hugh Davies Continues To Produce USA’s First Blanc De Blancs
• Q&A: Gregory Doody, CEO of Vineyard Brands

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Can a Restaurant Operating at 25% Capacity Ever be Profitable?
• Small Restaurants Struggle to Stay Afloat

EUROPE & THE UK

• Corpinnat & Clàssic Penedès to form new sparkling wine, Spanish Denomination of Origin
• Viticulture in Piedmont: optimism and adaptation in the face of a changing climate
• France: Consultant Michel Rolland brings new partners onboard
• Pre-covid business like ‘halcyon days’ says leading Spanish wine player
• UK: How the drinks logistics industry has fared during Covid-19
• UK: A third of on-trade senior executives anticipate permanent closure

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Thai industry defends government alcohol ban retraction as panic-buying fuels fears of new COVID-19 infections

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa’s Glenelly and Kanonkop on coping with Covid-19 crisis
• South African wine history: On restrictions and prohibitions

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Mats Made From Nanofibers Linked To A Red Wine Chemical Could Help Prevent Oxidation

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• 10 Million Litres Of Beer To Be Destroyed In France (2.6 Million Gallons) As Bars Stay Closed