MAY 8, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Rebalancing the ‘COVID-19 Effect’ on Alcohol Sales – Nielsen
• The Wine Industry’s Vision For A Post Covid-19 World
• California’s Cabernet Glut Deepens
• More than 2 in 5 Voters view Small-Business Lending Program as unfair
• The Wine World is Prejudiced Against Higher Alcohols
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Reopening Proposal Gives Peek Into Big Changes Coming for California Restaurants
• Sonoma Cheese Factory for sale
• A history of Lodi winegrowing, part 1 — before there was a Lodi
• Firebelles and research vineyards: 125 years of history at Larkmead Vineyards
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

COVID-19 OPENING UP

• Napa Valley wineries plan for tasting room reopenings
• Highlights of Napa County’s Updated Shelter in Place Order Including Cloth Face Covering Requirement
• Covid-19 Hub May: Top consumer hopes & fears from around the world

COVID-19 LEGAL & REGULATORY RELIEF

• New eligibility for Economic Injury Disaster Loan

COVID-19 SURVIVAL

• After 20 Years, A Wine Events Business Owner Has To Almost Start Over
• The Future of Virtual Tastings (video)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• DTC wine free shipping is #1 COVID marketing tactic says #SupportOurWineries survey
• 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

• Wine sales are up (maybe)
• From overwhelmed to organized: See how well Vineyard 29’s first harvest went with Vintrace (Sponsored)

HEALTH

• Alcohol can make coronavirus worse – so why was it treated as essential in New Zealand’s lockdown?
• Sage Advice On Drinking Sensibly—Albeit From The Sixteenth Century

WILDFIRES

• Regulators waive $200M fine on PG&E for causing deadly Northern California fires in 2017 and 2018

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• California Regulators Prepare for the Champagne of Cannabis
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels (Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• Delta Conveyance Project: Why not a western alignment?
• Just pour water on it? Melting the Wicked Witch of the West and other challenges with restoration science

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• The pandemic has driven consumers online to purchase alcohol—and many of them will stay there.
• The Fastest Way to Fill a Distribution Gap
• Post-Pandemic DTC Planning: Your Top Three Questions, Answered Here
• We’re a Bunch of Lushes (Thoughts on the Wine Intelligence US COVID-19 Impact Report)
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Locked-Down Drinkers Lose Their Thirst for Budweiser, Stella

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• US “Virtual Winery Summit Series” Launches 5/19 for Winery Owners and Association Members

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – 2017s on the rise

MARKETING & SALES

• New Ways of Looking at Luxury, with Maggie Henriquez, CEO of Krug (video)
• It’s finally Official! Millennials have now overtaken Boomers as largest US Generation
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels*(Sponsored)

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• TikTok is coming after Snapchat with a new augmented reality ad format

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Zoom tries to buy its way out of its security problems

MEDIA MATTERS

• Blogging and wine journalism come full circle

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Bad wine and bottle variation
• The Polarizing Power of Orange Wine
• Remember, Remember: 1945 Bordeaux

WINE PEOPLE

• Pablo Chevrot, Of Les Aligoteurs, On Burgundy’s Other White Wine
• Flying Winemakers, with Nayan Gowda (video)

WINE PLACES

• An Insider’s Guide to a World-Famous German Wine Region
• Pennsylvania’s Emerging Wine Scene Surprises Even Those Closest to It

WINE HISTORY

• The Nazi Origins of Your Favorite Natural Wine

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Restaurants sue the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board over wine handling fees
• Pa. Senate examines liquor store closures during pandemic. The big question: When will they reopen?
• WA: Wine Foundation elects new board members

EUROPE & THE UK

• Chianti Classico launches a regional portal
• C10 is “not convinced that people will rush to bistros or that wine consumption will rise”

DOWN UNDER

• Optimism in the Barossa wine industry on the rise following poor start to 2020