JULY 14, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• How to Stop the Latest Tariff Threat
• Premium wine sales channel/volume unlikely to show big post-COVID recoveries: Rabobank
• U.S. Wine Market Projected To Eke Out Volume Growth This Year, As Consumers Stock Up
• Commerce7 signs acquisition agreement to take over management of truvi’s customer accounts
• How Has Covid-19 Impacted the Competitive World of Wine Allocations?
• Premium rosé trend gathers pace
• Streamlining a Large Custom Crush Operation for Clients and Cellar Staff (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wine Dodges the Tariff Bullet
• ETS & Enartis/Vinquiry Laboratories, to Merge
• Sommeliers Choice Awards: Submission Deadline is July 20, 2020 (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Work Visa Restrictions Crimp The U.S. 2020 Wine Grape Harvest
• Drizly examines how recessionary economics impact alcohol purchasing
• How drinking could change post-pandemic
• Producers of Prosecco Superiore vote to reduce production
• OZ: Big production loss in latest grape harvest in Tasmania (podcast)
• 50 Tactics Wineries, Breweries, & Distilleries can use to boost their pick up & delivery sales (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California shuts bars, tasting rooms, indoor dining and most gyms, churches again as coronavirus cases rise
• New California coronavirus rules clamp down on Sonoma County as second shutdown begins

COVID REDUX: RE-OPENING

• COVID-19 Federal Guidelines for Reopening Tasting Rooms
• 125 Sonoma Valley businesses received loans of $150k-plus
• Don’t Reopen Your Restaurant Until You Read This

COVID & HOSPITALITY

• Which of the many Covid-19 changes to the wine industry will prove enduring?
• What Will The Post-Covid World Look Like For Restaurant Workers?
• Suntory explores protective headgear designed for drinking

DIVERSITY

• MA: The owners of The Urban Grape launched an award that they hope will change the wine industry
• Meet The First Black Woman To Open An Urban Winery in Kansas

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Chance of big San Andreas earthquake increased by Ridgecrest temblors, study suggests

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• How To Build Your Online Presence To Drive Your Delivery & Curbside Sales? (Sponsored)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Carbon crunching

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• How Importers Can Ship DtC
• Wine Consumers Get The Boot Again….Shocking!
• Kentucky Direct-to-Consumer Shipping Delayed
• Will the Future DtC Market be Global?
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands: Valuations Remain Undemanding Despite A COVID-Defying Beat
• Treasure Wine Estates profit downgrade, Penfolds demerger still preferred play
• Brokers upbeat on Naked Wines despite economic uncertainty

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Fever-Tree buys German distributor GDP

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• U.S. wine industry celebrates tariff victory
• “Any additional tariffs will basically put a nail in the coffin.” Act now to voice your concerns about European wine tariffs

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Large format DRC tops Christie’s sale
• Which Bordeaux 2019 wines sold best en primeur?
• Arnold Palmer and Investing in Wine (podcast)

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Controversy Rocks the Court of Master Sommeliers Again (podcast)

MARKETING & SALES

• Christy Frank on Finding Success as a Retailer in a Changed Era (video)
• Wineries are creating new channels to drive direct to consumer channels*(Sponsored)

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• CIVB appoints new US PR agency

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Business Institute Research Summit July 15
• Top wine business analyst Jon Moramarco to speak at July 29 industry conference

MEDIA MATTERS

• Robert Parker Jr inducted into Decanter Hall of Fame
• Book review: Peter Stafford-Bow – Firing Blancs

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Terrible Persistence of Celebrity Wine
• What Wine Collections Say About US Consumer Interests Right Now
• For and against the clean wine trend
• Bastille Day Reflections: Libertè, Ègalitè, Rosè

WINE PEOPLE

• Henry Boyes joins Freixenet Copestick
• Andrej Razumovsky, Alpamanta Estate
• Dylan Lee, winemaker, Bird in Hand
• Q&A: Rollo Gabb

WINE PLACES

• Germany’s Nahe: A Geologist’s Paradise

WINE TOURISM

• Suite Wine? Abandoned Winery Ruins Reborn as Luxe Hotel

WINE HISTORY

• In 1936, Joseph Stalin Created the Proletariat’s Very Own ‘Champagne’

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• BC: New wine producing region recognized on Vancouver Island

ACADEMIA

• BC: Penticton’s Wine Sensory Centre works with a lot more than wine

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• New San Joaquin Co. Pesticide Handbook for Growers

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK Buyers/French Producers Debate: Champagne, Crémant & sparkling
• Montpellier chosen as the capital of Grenaches du Monde

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Science to mitigate bushfire smoke in winemaking among $25 million projects

SOUTH AFRICA

• Woes mount as South African wine industry reacts to second drinking ban
• South Africa’s Distell plays chess to beat lockdown wine glut

AROUND THE GLOBE

• The Russian Wine Industry from A to Z (2020)

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Anheuser-Busch commits $530k to universities for sustainable agriculture
• Direct to Consumer Spirits Sales