JUNE 17, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• COVID off-premise boost was expected to slow by now, but are still booming
• Age of coronavirus cases dropping in California – 44% are 34 or younger
• PG&E confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California fire
• Wineries Emulate Trump Rally: Want To Taste? Sign COVID Waiver
• Volume uplift in US off-trade offsets on-trade sales drop
• Streamlining a Large Custom Crush Operation for Clients and Cellar Staff (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• US wine volumes look stable for 2020
• Australian 2020 vintage – how winemakers handled a rollercoaster vintage
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Red Flag Fire Warning issued for Northern part of Calif Central Valley
• Big almond crop grows in state’s orchards

COVID REDUX: RE-OPENING

• Winery tasting rooms reopen to uncertainty
• The Design and Science of Patio Dining During a Pandemic
• Five learnings from lockdown
• As Travel Resumes, Wineries, Cooking Schools and Others Get Creative
• These seven states might give you a tax break for working from home

COVID & HOSPITALITY

• Looking forward to a drink mid-air? You’ll have to wait a little longer.
• Good Eggs: The People Helping Restaurants the Most During COVID-19
• In N.Y.C., Bars Are Open on the Sidewalk
• Coronavirus: B.C. restaurants can soon buy discounted beer, wine and spirits
• BC Moves to Full Wholesale Pricing for Hospitality Industry

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Southwest and California wildfires are raging ahead of a long, hot summer
• Four Weather Changes to Expect From Coast to Coast in the U.S. by Later This Week
• How Does Wildfire Smoke Affect Your Health?

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

AMAZON

• Amazon using cameras to enforce social distancing rules at warehouses

DROUGHT/WATER

• Ag Groups Intervene on Navigable Waters Protection Rule Case

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Drinking for the Environment? How to Choose the Best Alcohol
• Birds flee when drones fly
• Pass the shiraz, please: how Australia’s wine industry can adapt to climate change

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• New Australian technology to help prevent fake wine
• BAR EXAM: Class action lawsuit seeks reopening for NC’s private bars

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• US retail sales surged 17%+ May 2020
• COVID DTC sales show value of mailing list, but a shocking 55% of wineries have no one analyzing their consumer data
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• There’s a one-in-three chance of a ‘massive’ disaster that could be worse than COVID-19, says Deutsche Bank

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• NZW calls on UK to come with “fresh attitude” as trade negotiations begin

DISTRIBUTORS

• Big Interview: Amber Beverage Group CEO Seymour Ferreira

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Octavian ‘wine cards’ offer investment advice

MARKETING & SALES

• Bordeaux Wine Month opens up annual promo to on-trade
• Bordeaux En Primeur 2020 Reinvents Itself With Discounts, Zoom
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels*(Sponsored)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• A Black Winemaking Revolution in the Making
• What Counts as the Same Wine?
• Bright, juicy Malbec thrives in the NW (US)
• What Wine Do You Pair With Word Salad?
• 5 Best Moscato Wine to Drink All Year

EUROPE & THE UK

• Wine Imports into the UK

DOWN UNDER

• Liquor bosses hand luxe Perth wine lab second chance at life

SOUTH AFRICA

• Winter weather causes further export losses for wine farmers
• 20 Years of Cabernet Franc

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• WSET branches out into beer qualifications
• Craft Brewers’ New Frontier: Hard Seltzer