JUNE 19, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Why the Wine Industry Shouldn’t Be Color Blind
• How to Keep Your Database Thriving Even If Your Tasting Room is Closed or Slow
• Time to Take Tariffs Threat Seriously
• COVID disrupted winery sales channel mix, but 3 vital sectors stayed about the same
• Jefferson, Wine and the (Un)Reason of the Mob
• Winemakers, Craft Brewers and Big Beer Can’t Ignore Hard Seltzer
• Streamlining a Large Custom Crush Operation for Clients and Cellar Staff (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Why China’s 10-Point Scale for Wine Ratings Matters

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Southern Oregon starts June ahead of historically hot 2015 vintage
• Bourgogne less impacted by Covid-19 than feared
• Pinot Grigio DOC delle Venezie emerges ‘unscathed’ from lockdown
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business (Sponsored)

DIVERSITY

• Black-Owned Wine Shops to Support From Coast to Coast
• Millions observe Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the U.S.
• 7 ways your organisation can start to uproot systemic racism in the workplace

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Ag shrinking under weight of Calif. regulations
• This is where you now must wear a mask in California under sweeping new rules
• A history of Lodi winegrowing, part 7 — the Mokelumne River Viticultural Area

COVID REDUX: RE-OPENING

• Richard Siddle: what the ‘new’ on-trade can offer
• “It’s Gonna Suck”: Bars Prepare To Reopen Amidst Pandemic
• 4 Wine Country Activities That Are Worth The Wait

HEALTH

• Men Should Have No More Than One Alcoholic Drink A Day, Federal Committee Warns

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Drive-Thru Dispensaries: Cannabis Access In The Age Of COVID
• Aaron Silverstein, Managing Director of BevZero (podcast)
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels (Sponsored)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Napa’s wineries are embracing carbon farming—is it greenwash or a climate solution?
• Rain, hotter days in the decades to come prompts winemakers to change practices
• Mapping the climate future of Australia’s wine regions

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• TTB Approved 176.1K Products Over Last Twelve Months through May 2020, An Increase of 4.6K (+2.7%)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Louisiana Local Sales Tax Rules for Remote Sellers Coming Into Effect
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

REAL ESTATE

• English wine estate on sale for nearly £7 million

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Australian wine sector welcomes UK FTA

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR 2019

• Leoville Las Cases 2019 released
• Eglise Clinet 2019 released

MARKETING & SALES

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

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Business Institute  Research Summit 2020

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Gamay Noir: rare, misunderstood and capable of making great wine
• How to enjoy Burgundy wine
• In focus: Romanian wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Pete Bissell retires from over 40 years of winemaking
• Q&A with Sommelier Perrin Wolfe of Old World Wine
• Meet the winemaker: Reflections on a Champagne life
• Bay area retailer Debbie Zachareas and the new normal (podcast)

WINE TOURISM

• This Start-Up Is Making Tourism More Sustainable In Italy

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Implications of BC’s New Hospitality Pricing System for Wineries

ACADEMIA

• OR: Domaine Serene Winery donation boosts diversity in Linfield wine studies program

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Why replanting vineyards is more than just planting again
• Uncovering the genetic basis of hermaphroditism in grapes, the trait that allowed domestication
• Soft and ion-conducting hydrogel artificial tongue for astringency perception

EUROPE & THE UK

• Martell plants 123 grape varieties resistant to powdery and downy mildew
• How Fattoria Di Montemaggio, Chianti Wine Estate, Diversified In 2020
• English and Welsh wines up 40% at Waitrose