JUNE 1, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Some accuracy and lots of exaggeration in the reporting of wine industry data
• Most consumers are super wary about resuming lockdown activities including eating out
• North Coast wineries fight for survival amid the coronavirus pandemic
• Sonoma County puts a target on all its wineries by not identifying the one reporting 14 employees testing positive for COVID-19
• Gaining control of complex custom crush operations (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• OZ: Patriarch of the Zema Family, Demetrio Zema dies aged 87

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• The price of vineyards continues to climb in France in 2019
• Italian wine producers expect sales to drop off during 2020 with pessimism greater than during global financial crisis
• Near Term Prospects for the Wine Industry
• Coronavirus Prompts Slump in Champagne Sales
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Part 2: Legal FAQs on reopening restaurahts, brewpubs, bars and tasting rooms
• California Brings On the Winery Tasting Room Silliness
• Sonoma County: Wine event/concentration ordinance out, guidelines possible by the end of the year

COVID-19 OPENING UP

• Business professor develops guidelines for wineries returning to business
• Oregon’s tasting rooms reopen slowly, cautiously
• Restaurant consumers may favor delivery and carryout even as dining rooms reopen

COVID-19 SURVIVAL TIPS

• 4 Resiliency Tips From Inside (And Outside) The Wine World

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Caymus Sues Calif To Speed Tasting Room Reopening

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Familia Torres reaches its 30% carbon emissions reduction target a year ahead of schedule

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TTB seeks comment on 3 proposed new AVAs in California and Washington

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bordeaux en primeur 2019: on…off…on…

MARKETING & SALES

• What can we learn from four decades of Majestic Wine prices?
• Henkell Freixenet group breaks €1bn in turnover
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels*(Sponsored)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexpo NY provides free resources for exhibitors

MEDIA MATTERS

• Richard Hemming, MW, and why wine writing isn’t necessarily objective (podcast)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Consider Burgundy’s Côte Chalonnaise For Wine Values
• Why The Small But Mighty Savennières Should Be on Your Radar

WINE PEOPLE

• Andy Beckstoffer: An Eye to the Past and the Future of Napa Valley
• Q&A: David Adelsheim
• Tim Phillips does English wine differently in Clos du Paradis
• Meet the entrepreneur making tours of Napa Valley wineries a (virtual) reality
• Talking Domaine Divio With Bruno Corneaux
• Gideon Beinstock of Clos Saron Talks Cults and Cultivation
• Ron Alvarado, Ficks Hard Seltzer (podcast)
• Meet the winemaker: Ernie Loosen, Weingut Dr. Loosen, Mosel, Germany (video)

WINE PLACES

• Milton-Freewater’s AVA acclaimed for its singular sense of place

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Hawksmoor’s Mark Quick: what it takes to be Restaurant Buyer 2020

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• OR: Legacy of Family Ponzi celebrates five defining decades

EUROPE & THE UK

• New Champagne Cellar Master Focuses On Terroir

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: New backpacker app aims to improving farm labour shortages in north-west Victoria
• New Wildlife Safe label to identify food produced without killing Australian native wildlife

LATIN AMERICA

• Santa Rita appoints new winegrowing director and marketing lead

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa’s wine industry will not be saved by the eased lockdown rules

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• AB InBev completes sale of Carlton & United Breweries to Asahi