JUNE 8, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Calif: Licensees Beware – the Harsh New ABC Enforcement Rules Are Effective Right Now
• Does The Wine Industry Have A Racism Problem?
• Spirits still lead AlcBev sales gains, followed by beer, then wine
• Wine premiumization and the Winestream Media
• Economist Association tracks wine industry presidential campaign contributions, find Trump is overwhelming recipient
• Gaining control of complex custom crush operations (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Packaged Imports Grow +3.00% By Value Over Last Twelve Months through April 2020, Packaged Exports Grow +0.400%
• Ciatti Market Update Webinar Full Video June 3rd, 2020
• Wine consumer and product trends: What may change due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Part 3
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• How has the pandemic impacted Calif. agriculture?
• Napa Valley’s Somerston Estate hires Steve Leveque as consulting winemaker

DRINKS & SOCIAL JUSTICE

• 10 Organizations that Support Black Drinks Professionals
• 10 Fantastic Black-Owned Wines And Spirits To Add To Your Summer Shopping List

COVID-19 OPENING UP

• Relief All Round as Napa Reopens
• Napa County OKs wineries to reopen to public
• With California allowance for even faster reopening, Sonoma County lifts largest coronavirus limits since shutdown
• Ram’s Gate Winery Managing Director Taylr Cuneo on Welcoming Visitors Back to Sonoma Valley (podcast)
• New Jersey wineries to reopen outdoor service, June 15

COVID-19 LEGAL & REGULATORY RELIEF

• New PPP Law Extends 8-Week Period and Reduces Percent Payroll Cost Rule
• PPP Forgiveness Terms Substantially Relaxed

COVID-19 SURVIVAL TIPS

• Minneapolis Retailer France 44 On Navigating The Covid-19 Environment
• How Louis Latour is counting the cost of Covid & Trump in the US

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Pandemic Mode 2020 Harvest: Southern Hemisphere Wine Lessons

HEALTH

• Top Canada health official frets over higher alcohol, junk food use during pandemic

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• In rare bipartisan bill, U.S. senators tackle climate change via agriculture

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Nosecco? Wine Makers Fight Over Trademark for Non-Alcoholic Fizz
• Why New Orleans’ Recent Alcohol Ad Ban Is Unconstitutional
• Confusion is apparent with court’s dicamba ban

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• eCommerce ~ A Fight Small Wineries Can Win
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Trump’s ‘Phase One’ Agricultural Deal With China Is Falling Apart

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – First full week of ’19 releases

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR 2019

• Bordeaux 2019 en primeur: Lafite, Duhart-Milon and L’Évangile enter release market
• Cheval Blanc leads today’s flurry of 2019 releases
• Leoville Poyferre 2019 released
• Quinault L’Enclos 2019 released
• Cheval Blanc 2019 released
• Branaire Ducru 2019 released
• Gazin 2019 released
• Angelus 2019 released
• Beychevelle 2019 released
• Carruades Lafite releases with volumes down 50% on last year

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wines are judged by their covers
• Cracker Barrel Reopens with Wine and Beer Program

MARKETING & SALES

• How to Build an Online Digital Presence
• Alchemy Wines’ David Rowledge on creating a ‘community’ drinks brand
• Invivo hires international marketing manager
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels*(Sponsored)

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• What corks can reveal about the wine in your bottle

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• COVID-19 puts kinks H-2A pipeline

MEDIA MATTERS

• 3rd Edition of Beyond Jefferson’s Vines Published

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The science of flor: what’s that growing on my wine?
• Why Simple Carbon Dioxide Is the Hottest New Ingredient in Modern Winemaking

WINE PEOPLE

• Behind the Wines with Elaine Chukan Brown | Tegan Passalacqua, Turley and Sandlands (video)
• Talking Wine Consulting With Brian Graham
• Chad Melville: Honest Wines and Fair Prices Prepped Us for Difficult Times
• Roelof Lotriet from Delheim on Radio Helderberg (podcast)

WINE HISTORY

• Archaeologists might have identified Jezreel winery featured in Bible

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Wine in restaurants will change

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Virginia’s Loss is the Finger Lakes’s Gain — Jordan Harris Heads North
• BC: Kamloops doesn’t yet share the Okanagan’s bounty of tree-fruits and wine but it’s only a matter of time

ACADEMIA

• Plumpton College reveals “ground-breaking” research project

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The study of grape-vine leaves is harder than you might think
• The importance of minor practices in modern oenology: the “Governo all’uso Toscano” case study

EUROPE & THE UK

• The local market at the core of the Rhone Valley’s recovery plan
• UK: Online drinks uplift here to stay
• UK: The enduring myth of wine’s exemption from CGT
• Norway’s domestic liquor sales up 44% in May
• How lockdown has altered drinking habits in the UK

DOWN UNDER

• Lock-down restrictions eased for Aussie wineries

LATIN AMERICA

• Argentine wine province launches small-sized debt restructuring of its own

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Beer Production Is Fizzing Out with a Changing Demographic
• Hard seltzers bolster RTD growth in 2019
• US brewery seeks ‘chief hiking officer’ to complete Appalachian Trail for $20,000