JUNE 4, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Despite High Sales, COVID-19 Has Taken a Toll on California’s Independent Wineries
• Six weird things the wine business is doing to cut COVID costs and drum up business
• COVID clobbers consumer “Click & Collect” buying
• Canned beverages continue to grow in popularity—and producers are embracing the trend
• Gaining control of complex custom crush operations (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Prosecco drives sparkling profits to new heights
• Pandemic Mode 2020 Harvest: Southern Hemisphere Wine Lessons
• Beaujolais nouveau 2020 to be released earlier than normal
• Harvest management during COVID19 crisis in the Southern Hemisphere – what can we learn from it? (video)
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• A history of Lodi winegrowing, part 5 — establishment of the Lodi AVA

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• What’s Next in Wine’s New Normal?

WILDFIRES

• Where the Worst Wildfire Activity Is Expected This Summer

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

DROUGHT/WATER

• Klamath farmers protest early water cutoff
• Water rights 101

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Agroforestry can climate-proof grapes, French researchers show
• The problem with biodynamics: myths, quacks and pseudoscience

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• WineAmerica Changes Leadership

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• 4 steps to get started shipping DTC
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Five lessons wine teaches you about investing
• Chance to bid in Sonoma County Barrel Auction – online for 1st time
• Liv-ex 1000 rises 1.38% in May
• Online auction in aid of The Drinks Trust goes live
• Assuring Product Authenticity With Wine-Profiling™ 4.0 From Bruker

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR 2019

• Bordeaux 2019 en primeur: Lafleur, Chevalier, Batailley lead rush of releases
• Domaine Chevalier 2019 released
• Batailley 2019 released

MARKETING & SALES

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

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA and CDC Issue Guidance to Help Agriculture Workers during the Coronavirus Pandemic

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Low- and no-alcohol producers must not ‘cut corners’
• Must You Love the Wines I Love?
• Is Trendy Wine Good Wine? (podcast)

WINE EDUCATION

• Lifetime Vintage’s Blind Tasting Bundles – An Incredible Study Tool

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Canadian wine drinkers cut back during lockdown
• Oregon’s Willamette Valley gains two new AVAs
• OR: Tualatin Hills AVA Granted Official Status

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Robots armed with UV light fight grape mildew

EUROPE & THE UK

• Struggling Hungarian wineries see light at the end of the tunnel
• MEPs threaten to sink unambitious COVID-19 wine package
• UK: Alcohol sales knocked back until 2022

DOWN UNDER

• Australian alcohol industry highlights ‘obvious’ flaws in minimum unit price review

SOUTH AFRICA

• Winter fermented Sauvignon Blanc – Innovation giving South African wineries an edge

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Covid-19 hangover: UAE alcohol market set to see slump as tourism takes a hit