MAY 15, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• IWSR data compares BevAlc impact of COVID-19 with the 2008 recession
• Calif to move forward on new pricing district for Suisun Valley
• Integrating Wine Shopping With Social Distancing
• For Farmers of Wine Grapes, the Pandemic Sows Doubts
• Chasing millennials – a moribund or redefined art?
• Commercial real estate sales, leases, financing & construction all brutally bushwhacked by COVID-19
• Creative or creepy?: Blow-up dolls and pandas become dinner guests as restaurants try to fill empty seats
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• CA Wineries- It is time to renew your CA ABC Type 02 and Duplicate 02 licenses
• Napa Valley Vintners and The Drinks Trust lend support to fight Covid-19
• Napa Valley’s Staglin Family receives the SIRS President’s Award
• A history of Lodi winegrowing, part 2 — from Tokay to a Golden Age
• The Oldest California Wine Region Grabs Onto New Opportunities
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

COVID-19 OPENING UP

• OpenTable Welcomes Bars and Wineries
• Oregon winery tasting rooms are greenlighted to start opening May 15, 2020 with 28 counties leading the way
• Some Virginia Wineries Are Reopening This Weekend
• Napa, Sonoma counties seek California OK to reopen dine-in restaurants, other retail from coronavirus lockdown
• Wineries will continue tastings by appointment with plastic glass due to COVID-19; Big challenge – how to smell and taste with a mask
• What Wine Tasting Rooms Will Be Like For the Foreseeable Future
• Consumers hesitant to return to bars reopening in US
• Covid-19 Hub May: Zoom & drinking; Yummy Pubs: tech’s key to re-open

COVID-19 LEGAL & REGULATORY RELIEF

• Undocumented immigrants in SLO county can get $500 for coronavirus relief. Here’s how
• Napa ag employers worry about financial impact of expanded workers’ compensation benefits
• You Now Have An Extra Week to Return Your SBA PPP Loan (Updated)
• Restaurant, travel, retail industries call for liability shield for businesses
• Restaurants profit from looser alcohol regulations during coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 DELAYS/CANCELLATIONS

• Wine Media Conference Postponed to 2021

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Canned Wines and Mixed Drinks Are Winning Stay-at-Home Drinking
• O’Neill & Southern-Glazer’s Settle lawsuits over distro agreement termination in Five States

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Washington Wine Shipments Plummet in the First Quarter
• Another Blow for Burgundy Winemakers
• French Rosé Winemakers Face Long Odds in 2020
• 2020 Australian wine grape harvest is down 20% …or more
• Pre sales of Champagne banned until June in attempt to shore up prices in face of worldwide glut
• WA: Wine Grape Harvest 2019 Pt 3 (podcast)
• 464 Million Bottles of Prosecco DOC were Sold in 2018
• From overwhelmed to organized: See how well Vineyard 29’s first harvest went with Vintrace (Sponsored)

WILDFIRES

• Archie Rose pioneers spirit made from smoke-tainted grapes

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• What are Flavonoids and how do they relate to cannabis?
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels (Sponsored)

AMAZON

• USPS reportedly reassessing last-mile delivery deals with companies like Amazon

DROUGHT/WATER

• After hot start to May, spring storm to bring rain & some thunderstorms to NorCal
• Calif: Lawsuit Filed Against Long Term Water Transfer Program

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Diversify and reap the rewards
• Researchers, nutraceutical company Swisse developing Australian grape seed extract industry using wine waste (podcast)

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• How the pandemic is relaxing US drinking laws

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Drizly Group Expands Leadership Team With Executive Hires At Operating Companies, New Appointment To Board Of Directors and Naming Of General Counsel
• South Africa’s Distell warns of up to 80% drop in full-year profits

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Restaurant & Winery booking company Tock Announces $10M in Funding

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Free webinar Tues 5/19 – How to assess wine sensitivity to oxidation
• “Re’wine’ing the Clock in a Post-Covid World” webinar set for May 18

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Zachys achieves new DRC record during virtual sale
• “Never Before, Never Again” Auction: Lots Available Online for the 2020 Sonoma County Barrel Auction

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Movie Theaters Are on the Brink. Can Wine and Cheese Save Them? – NY Times

MARKETING & SALES

• Special report – Selling wine in a post-Covid-19 world: a guide for merchants
• Selling Wine In-Person to Selling Wine Online Is No Easy Task (video)
• Nearly 8 in 10 Consumers Say They’ll Continue to Cut Spending After the Pandemic
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels*(Sponsored)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Paris and Vinexpo Paris open registration for 2021

MEDIA MATTERS

• A book review of “Women Winemakers: Personal Odysseys”
• Movie ~ A Heavenly Vintage

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Understanding Wind, an Underappreciated Part of Wine
• Is there such a thing as bad wine?
• Take your wine temperature
• Art and wine – and money

WINE PEOPLE

• After COVID-19, with Calistoga winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown
• Women In Wine: Jules Taylor
• Two World-Class Women Winemakers Take To Instagram Live To Talk Terroir
• Armit’s Nicolas Clerc MS on connecting with somms online
• James Thomas on turning on-trade supplier Tiger Vines to home delivery
• Donniella Winchell in Her Own Words
• Coronavirus and South African wine: David Sadie of David & Nadia
• Coronavirus conversations: Patrick Pouvatchy of Château Sainte Roseline

WINE EDUCATION

• Champagne Laurent-Perrier Women in Wine Leadership Scholarship

WINE HISTORY

• Early Scottish settlers drank Mediterranean wine, archaeologists find

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Ohio is the sixth largest wine producing state in the United States

EUROPE & THE UK

• How to succeed in Italian food and wine sales in the COVID-19 era (video)
• Spain: Home wine consumption has significantly increased during confinement
• Finland alcohol sales remain steady during pandemic
• Austria’s wine body conducts Covid-19 research

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: COVID-19 brings home stark biosecurity message
• Australian Winemakers Persevere Amid Wildfire Damage and Coronavirus

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African Wine Industry – We can either succeed together or die alone
• New Mulderbosch Head Winemaker is Defined by Stellenbosch

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Korean Makgeolli: The Next Alcohol Trend To Watch