JUNE 24, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Spirits still lead growth in Nielsen Off-Premise data; Non-West Coast wineries lead DTC growth
• It’s going to take 3 years for Calif & US economies to recover from pandemic
• Shock! Awe! Horror! You actually have to SELL wine to make money!
• Tariffs on European Wines Never Went Away—the Trump Administration Begins a Review of the Duties this Week
• Naked Wines pretax loss narrows on higher revenue
• Streamlining a Large Custom Crush Operation for Clients and Cellar Staff (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Americans Are Actually Drinking LESS During the Pandemic

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Aussie winemakers aim to triple exports to $10b pushing into new markets
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Cal/OSHA Reminds Employers to Prevent Heat Illness during Period of High Heat
• The numbers behind Pacific Gas and Electric’s $58B bankruptcy exit
• Raventós Codorníu Appoints Sergio Fuster As CEO of the Company
• Josh Beckett to return to role of Winemaker at Peachy Canyon
• E. & J. Gallo Continues To Expand Its Luxury Spirits Portfolio With Luxury Tequila Brand – Don Fulano

DIVERSITY

• Black Lives Matter, the Court of Master Sommeliers and the Wine Industry’s Divide
• Have Recent Campaigns to Support Black Businesses Actually Impacted Black-Owned Wineries? For Some, Yes
• Panel of Prominent Black Wine Professionals Discuss Diversity in the Wine Industry in New Virtual Series

HEALTH

• In The Age Of Zoom Happy Hours, Addiction Treatment Goes Online Too

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Here’s What Climate Change Means for Wildfires in the West

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

AMAZON

• Amazon Counterfeit Crime Unit Launches, Follows Similar Crackdown By Google

DROUGHT/WATER

• How a historic drought led to higher power costs and emissions
• Supreme Court declines to reconsider tribes’ water rights at Klamath River
• Groundwater plans could cause up to 12,000 drinking water wells to run dry

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• New Study Finds Sivanto Insecticide – Used on 20% of California Wine Grape Acreage – Toxic to Bees
• UCR wins $10 million to develop AI for sustainable agriculture

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Reverting to type – or not
• Five learnings from lockdown
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Naked Wines reports 81% sales surge during lockdown
• Diageo Launches $100 Million Recovery Fund to Help Pubs and Bars Welcome Back Customers After Lockdown

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Distilled Spirits Council Responds to Proposed Retaliatory Tariffs on EU Spirits
• Wine company CEO talks about bond between Australia, China through wine
  
• New Zealand’s wine industry welcomes UK FTA negotiations

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Emeritus Vineyards Announce a New Six-Part Series of Educational Webinars for Wine Professionals

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Supply chain expert reveals methodology behind Bordeaux pricing model

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR 2019

• Rauzan Segla 2019 released
• Canon (Saint Emilion) 2019 released
• Bordeaux 2019 en primeur: Rauzan-Ségla and Canon lead new releases

MARKETING & SALES

• Marketing’s Reliance on Bottom-Funnel Metrics Will Likely Grow Amid COVID-19 Concerns
• Walmart, Grocery Outlet, neo-Prohibitionists
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels*(Sponsored)

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Instagram algorithm prioritises partial nudity – study

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Trump spares H-2A program in latest immigration pause

MEDIA MATTERS

• Deborah Parker Wong, new Slow Wine USA editor, discusses 2021 guide (video)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What do consumers owe wine producers?
• Artisanal Winemaking is Un-American
• A love affair with Assyrtiko

WINE PEOPLE

• Mike Boyne’s ‘anything goes’ attitude to wine transforms Padstow’s BinTwo
• Q&A: Albino Armani, president, Consorzio Delle Venezie DOC

WINE EDUCATION

• CIIC Expands Wine & Spirits Portfolio with Addition of the Florida Wine Academy

WINE HISTORY

• The Great Grape Graft That Saved the Wine Industry

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• PA: A Concrete Rose Book Bar in Lancaster would be the state’s first Black-owned winery
• NY: Why hard-hit bars and restaurants may have to stop selling takeout booze amid the pandemic

ACADEMIA

• WSU’s Viticulture & Enology program to sell student-made wines online
• Penn State Behrend student uses science to make better wine

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• The first insect-based fertiliser released in the French market

EUROPE & THE UK

• What’s the damage for UK on-trade?
• New Wines of Portugal president outlines key priorities
• The Mapman goes digital: bringing the Barolo MGA to life with Alessandro Masnaghetti
• UK: Wine and cooking ingredient sales soar during lockdown
• Historic wine families launch mentor programme

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wine sector welcomes extended relief to smoke taint
• The long-term plan to guide grape and wine businesses through challenging times and beyond

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa – a social progress report

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Hard Seltzer Hits the Brewing World (podcast)