JUNE 2, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• 2019 Bottled wine exports up in volume & value; Bulk volume up, value down: OIV
• Diageo Leaves Empire For Southern Glazer’s In New York
• California wants to hire more cannabis cops to get a handle on black market marijuana
• Social-distancing research fuels global on-trade debate
• How the pandemic could re-shape the on-trade
• What it’s like to be a black American wine blogger: “It was like a slap in the face, but yet just another reminder.”
• Gaining control of complex custom crush operations (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

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

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma County releases data on workplace infection rates, underlying health conditions of coronavirus patients
• Can Rootstock Trials Save Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon?
• CAWG Foundation Awards $30,000 in Student Scholarships
• Meghan Rech Joins Castle Rock Winery
• Conservation deal reached to protect 3,400-acre ranch near Lake Sonoma

COVID-19 OPENING UP

• COVID-19 Regulations and Requirements Wineries Need to Know

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Some accuracy and lots of exaggeration in the reporting of wine industry data

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Israeli scientists dig up cannabis traces in ancient temple
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels (Sponsored)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Less wine waste: Swisse to launch products containing upcycled grape seed extract in 2021

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• The FERMENTATION Interview With a Booze Wholesaler [satire]
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Champagne Billecart-Salmon invests in Chinese wine distributor

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Invasive Pest Webinar Series Starts June 3

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 100 declines 0.76% in May

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• Palmer 2019 released
• Cantemerle 2019 released

DATA & TRENDS

• Covid-19 Hub June: The Top 5 ‘supercharged consumer’ trends

MARKETING & SALES

• Technomic details the global impact of COVID-19 on the restaurant industry and its four phases of recovery
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels*(Sponsored)

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• App claims to be billion-dollar DTC wine channel for Millennials

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Book Review: Laura Catena’s Gold in the Vineyards

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Hints of jazz piano? Krug talks Champagne and music pairing

WINE PEOPLE

• The Master Winemaker 100: Héctor Gómez, Altos de Rioja Viticultores y Bodegueros
• Coronavirus conversations: Ewan Proctor, Jackson Family Wines
• An Interview With Francis Ford Coppola: Master Filmmaker And Major Wine Producer, Part One
• Young Gun: Alyson Tanenbaum

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Legacy Winery Ponzi Vineyards Announces New AVA in Oregon’s Willamette Valley
• OR: Racketeering trial for former winemaker put on hold
• Rioters loot multiple stores of Chicago AlcBev retailer Binny’s

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Identification of ants in Lodi vineyards

EUROPE & THE UK

• France decides to finance distillation to reduce volumes
• British vineyards hit by Covid crisis
• UK: Kent winery Gusbourne agrees new £10.5m loan

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa’s on-premise wine trade faces challenging times
• South African shoppers stock up on booze as sales resume

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• New York may allow distilleries to obtain DTC licenses