JUNE 5, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Pandemic Mode 2020 Harvest: Southern Hemisphere Wine Lessons
• Whiskey Edges Wine in Lockdown Boom
• U.S. court blocks sales of Bayer dicamba weed killer
• How Wineries Are Preparing for Harvest in a Year Like No Other
• Resources for Supporting Black Beverage Professionals and Black-Owned Businesses
• Granholm: 15 years of shipping wine….and more
• Remote working can help attract good employee prospects. Here’s one good thing from the COVID crisis.
• Gaining control of complex custom crush operations (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Northern hemisphere producers looking forward to an “average” season
• Harvest during Covid-19: the lessons learned
• April Results Highlight Dynamic Industry
• Mile High Club consumption cools
• UK: Online BWS sales double during May
• More drinkers cut than increase alcohol in lockdown, survey says
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business (Sponsored)

COVID-19 OPENING UP

• Will E-Commerce Stay the Same Post Pandemic?

COVID-19 SURVIVAL TIPS

• Innovative Partnerships Are Helping Wine, Food, and Hospitality Firms Stay Afloat
• Inside COVID-19: Agencies Can Help the Wine World Pivot

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Despite High Sales, COVID-19 Has Taken a Toll on California’s Independent Wineries

HEALTH

• Heat illness warning for farm workers

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

DROUGHT/WATER

• Predicting, Detecting, Understanding: Science to Inform Decision Making

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Biodymamics key to climate change mitigation says Barolo producer
• Viña Aresti conducts bee study in Curicó valley

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• LVMH wants to renegotiate $16.2 billion Tiffany deal
• Rémy Cointreau predicts ‘strong recovery’ in H2

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Campari to buy 49% of Italy’s Tannico in COVID-19-driven online push

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Cheap wine and Chinese growth: South Australian winemakers see threats and opportunities

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Chance to bid in online Sonoma County Barrel Auction

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR 2019

• Bordeaux 2019 en primeur: Lafleur, Chevalier, Batailley lead rush of releases
• Lafite 2019 released at 16% lower than 2018
• L’Evangile 2019 released
• Duhart Milon 2019 released
• Carruades Lafite 2019 released
• Lafite Rothschild 2019 released
• Valandraud 2019 released

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Tips at the discounter

MARKETING & SALES

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexpo Paris highlights benefits for early registration
• Virtual wine fairs and trade shows, here to stay?

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• WA & MI issue more coronavirus farming rules

MEDIA MATTERS

• Book Review: Palmento by Robert Camuto

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Climate Phenomenon that Produces Wines with ‘Electric Acidity’

WINE PEOPLE

• Liv-ex Interview with Ronan Laborde, President of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux
• Touraine producer becomes general secretary of AREV: an interview (part one)
• Q&A With Frederic Dufour, President And CEO Of Ruinart

WINE EDUCATION

• Washington Wine Industry Foundation awards scholarships

EUROPE & THE UK

• French winemakers to turn unsold wine into hand gel
• Alain Bouquet’s first disease-resistant varieties listed in the French catalogue
• How Louis Latour is counting the cost of Covid & Trump in the US
• Fears of Brits binge drinking through lockdown unfounded, says Portman Group
• What they’re drinking in Paris

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China: Wine imports drop but trade points to green shoots