MAY 19, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Total Wine Biz Is Booming—and Laying Off Workers
• The wine unicorns are (not) coming
• Wine Sales Benefit from Sustained Off-Premise, DtC Surge
• Even as Hoarding Declines, Americans Keep Clicking to Buy. These Are The New Online Winners
• The Evolution of Premium Canned Wine
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• Denis Durantou, Bordeaux Winemaker Extraordinaire, Dies at 62
• UK: Nick Juby passes away

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California moves forward on petition to redraw Solano wine grape district to favor North Coast pricing
• California Will Allow Expanded Alcohol Service on Sidewalks and Parking Lots
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

COVID-19 OPENING UP

• Sonoma County seeks state approval to reopen restaurants, breweries, tasting rooms for outdoor use
• Texas Moving To Phase 2 — Reopening Bars, Wineries, etc
• Oregon winery tasting rooms gear up for gradual reopening
• Oregon Wine Reopens Pt 1 (podcast)
• 1 in 4 US restaurants won’t reopen after crisis

COVID-19 LEGAL & REGULATORY RELIEF

• SBA Releases PPP Forgiveness Application and Makes Critical Clarifications and Documentation Requirements

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Calif ABC set to take away due process rights & send violations to the courts – Comments due today
• O’Neill & Southern-Glazer’s Settle lawsuits over distro agreement termination in Five States

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Argentina experiences ‘unusual’ and early harvest
• Covid-19 Hub May: Latest global consumer trends changes
• Flowering 2020 at Tablas Creek: A little delayed, but all the more welcome
• From overwhelmed to organized: See how well Vineyard 29’s first harvest went with Vintrace (Sponsored)

HEALTH

• Exposure to TV alcohol ads linked to drinking behavior

WILDFIRES

• Social Distancing and Fire Prevention: California Prepares for Wildfire Season

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Comité Champagne wins three year trademark battle

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Diageo rebuffs rumours of United Spirits delisting
• Coravin, Inc. Appoints Jeff Lasher as Chief Financial Officer

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• China Considers More Economic Pain for Australia on Virus Spat
• Australia plays down China trade war fears as barley ban reasons revealed

BREXIT

• Wine tariffs to remain after Brexit transition period ends

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• 2020 Sonoma County Barrel Auction Honors Sonoma County Icons and Innovators

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Master Somm’s Online Wine Mission

MARKETING & SALES

• The Return of Mateus Rosé
• Why Luxury Will Never Be The Same
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels*(Sponsored)

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Brands Complicit In Social Media’s Toxicity, Being Held Hostage By It Too

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Washington Farmworker Housing May Allow Bunk Beds
• Calif: The impending impact of CalSavers

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Move Over Malbec, There’s A New Grape In Town

WINE PEOPLE

• Winemaker Talk: Scala Dei’s Ricard Rofes
• Krug’s Nicole Hakli on How She’s Riding Out the Pandemic
• Troy Kalleske, Kalleske Wines
• SOMLYAY Founder and Advanced Sommelier Erik Segelbaum Believes ‘Everything Happens for a Riesling’
• Llama San Sommelier Rachael Madori Is Most Excited About Wines of the Canary Islands and Mexico
• Chris Hyde of Hyde Estate (podcast)

WINE EDUCATION

• Study Strategies: Part 2 (video)

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Some Restaurant Owners Want to Close. The Problem Is, It’s Not That Simple.

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Columbia Valley growers, winemaker look back on Mount St. Helens

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• New model gives wineries better data from existing tests

EUROPE & THE UK

• Champagne makes radical decisions to deal with Covid-19 crisis
• UK: Miles MacInnes on why Jascots has had to switch from on-trade to DTC
• UK: Drinks logistics workers call for clear health & safety guidelines as lockdown eases