MAY 27, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Wine premiumization battered by coronavirus
• No global AlcBev rebound until 2024
• 6th Circuit Denies Rehearing in Michigan Retail Shipping Case
• Wine Goes Up the Down Staircase: Wine Economist
• SVB’s Post-Covid Wine Business Map
• Calif wine grape growers may avoid glut, achieve sustainable acreage by 2022
• Zachys’ Insurer Sues Shippers over “Cooked” Wine
• Advertise now to increase market share: Nielsen
• WSWA Slams USA Today Article on AlcBev Regulation
• Gaining control of complex custom crush operations (Sponsored)
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Hinman updates ABC COVID-19 Regulatory Relief & emergency rules (video)
• State efforts to ease restrictions on to-go wine clash with Napa County regulations
• PCC Markets CEO Cate Hardy leaving to run The Wine Group
• New California bill could allow restaurants, bars to renegotiate rent or quit leases
• St. Helena Ag Boosters hold virtual auction May 27-June 1
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

COVID-19 OPENING UP

• Dine In? Take Out? America Is Having the Wrong Pandemic Debate

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• US wine importers must not go back to old ways: Silicon Valley bank
• Vineyard House, Constellation Trial over To Kalon to start in Aug.
• JaM Cellars files for new preliminary injunction against Wine Group’s Franzia

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Bullish Chinese imported wine drinkers up purchase volume and spend on wine in wake of coronavirus
• Sales of Cognac plummet during coronavirus crisis
• Use of Low-Contact Commerce Climbs in U.S. During Pandemic
• Gaining control of complex custom crush operations (Sponsored)

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19

• The ‘Great Lockdown’: the global economic impact of COVID-19

HEALTH

• The Mediterranean Diet, Including Wine, May Decrease Frailty Among Elderly and Improve Gut Health

WILDFIRES

• PG&E’s long-running bankruptcy saga enters pivotal stage

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

DROUGHT/WATER

• Notice of Preparation: Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Treasury Wine Estates names Tracy Yu to head North Asia travel retail business
• WE Communications to handle PR for Treasury Wine Estates

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Bordeaux invests in Australian wine

AGRIFOODTECH

• Technology Today Is Accelerating The Disruption Of The Beverage Industry

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine Values Are Holding Steady Through the Pandemic
• Latour 2012 and Forts Latour 2014 released

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• #WTFWines: from reflections to resolutions

MARKETING & SALES

• Marketing spend and tone of voice labelled vital in Covid era
• Instacart Launches Self-Serve Ad Platform, Offers Alternative To Google, Amazon
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels*(Sponsored)

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Garçon Wines eyes Oceania and China with ‘sustainable’ wine bottles that fit through letterbox

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The evolving styles of Chardonnay (PDF)
• The Science Behind the Main Wine Aromas, Explained
• Australian Chardonnay is back
• The Light, Fresh California Red Winning Over Pinot Noir Fans
• Natural Lambrusco Is Just the Beginning
• Schioppettino, the forgotten grape that sounds like it tastes: crackling!
• Wine Enthusiast Podcast: California Sparkling Wine Gets Serious

WINE PEOPLE

• Q&A: Fernando Mengoni

WINE PLACES

• 2020 Piemonte Report hails ‘last great wine region in the world’

WINE EDUCATION

• Wine Tasting and Book Learning

WINE HISTORY

• Surprising Find Suggests Medieval Scotland Actually Land of Wine-Sipping Big-City Folk

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Is Oregon The New Burgundy? Ask A Wine Producer
• Are New York’s New ‘To Go’ Bars Here to Stay?

EUROPE & THE UK

• Covid-19 Hub May: Bruce Jack on wine’s future; 100-day recovery plan
• Hatch Mansfield: It’s important to avoid knee jerk reactions to Covid-19

DOWN UNDER

• Why Australia’s Fragmented Wine Industry Presents A Business Opportunity For Integration
• OZ: Victorian wineries want cellar-door tasting back for June long weekend

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African bans on tobacco, liquor amid virus stir debate