JULY 15, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Off-Premise spirits sales soar 23.2%. Wine up +15.2%. Beer also ran
• 2021 Unified Symposium Goes Virtual
• Gallo Gets NZ OK to Buy Nobilo
• MW/MS bodies must rise to COVID challenges
• Wine Business Institute Research Summit starts today
• Social distancing impact on leisure and hospitality varies wildly from state to state
• Small-Business Owners’ Optimism Ticks Up From April
• Streamlining a Large Custom Crush Operation for Clients and Cellar Staff (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• SA wine industry bids farewell to Pieter Hugo

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• How to Stop the Latest Tariff Threat
• ETS & Enartis/Vinquiry Laboratories, to Merge
• Get Drinks Delivered Platform To Enable Merchant’s Products (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Pandemic weighs down on Gen Z
• Gen Z drinkers hesitant to spend again
• People in affluent neighborhoods drink alcohol more often
• 50 Tactics Wineries, Breweries, & Distilleries can use to boost their pick up & delivery sales (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• ‘It sends the wrong message’: Napa vintners react to winery reopening rollbacks (possible paywall)
• The Doyenne of California Sparkling Wine Steps Down
• Calif: Guidance on Closure of Sectors in Response to COVID-19
• ZD Wines plans an extensive renovation
• Vintage images of early 1900s when Lodi transformed from a Wild West town into a respectable City

COVID REDUX: RE-OPENING & RE-CLOSING

• COVID-19 Federal Guidelines for Reopening Tasting Rooms (Part 3)
• WA: Local wineries question new Phase 1.5 rules as health officials tell them to close again

COVID & HOSPITALITY

• COVID-19 Spikes Are Nightmare Roller Coaster for Restaurants
• I’m a software engineer turned winery owner. Here’s how working in Silicon Valley prepared me for the challenge of keeping my business going during the pandemic
• Wine Tasting After Covid-19

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Kincade fire victims sue PG&E over damage from 2019 blaze
• California Homeowners Are Repeating Their Past Wildfire Mistakes
• OZ: New research to help wineries manage smoke taint

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Lidl’s impact on grocery prices ‘unprecedented’

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• OZ: Private equity in the box seat to pick up McWilliam’s Wines
• Reybier adds Provence winery to his portfolio

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• U.S. Wine Industry Dodges One Tariff Bullet, Still Faces Another

BREXIT

• Liv-ex provides evidence for government inquiry on wine import documentation post-Brexit transition

DISTRIBUTORS

• Frederick Wildman and Sons Announces Creation of Separate Fine Wines and Spirits Selling Division

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Hawke’s Bay Wine Auction confirms date

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Consumers Are “Ready To Drink” Frozen Rosé Wine And Prosecco Cocktails

MARKETING & SALES

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

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Cork Supply announces breakthrough in TCA elimination
• Contemporary beverage producers have numerous closure alternatives available, from the traditional to the elaborate

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Learn How to Expand Your Social Media Following with Hashtags

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• Wine Owners’ Nick Martin: what’s the right IT system for your business?

MEDIA MATTERS

• Lucky Penny to offer online version of the comedy ‘The Tasting Room’ July 17-19

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Divisive Impact of Brettanomyces in Wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Remembering Mr Lebanon
• Thai wine sisters are making it for themselves
• Kim McPherson on The Taste with Doug Shafer (podcast)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• COVID-19 fallout sours B.C. wine sector outlook
• Canada, US to extend ban on non-essential border traffic

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Micro-oxygenation, a trial to test the multiparameter approach and a decision support system

EUROPE & THE UK

• New French Agriculture Minister determined to end use of glyphosate by 2021
• Irish wine consumers: pre, during and anticipated post Covid-19 wine behaviour (PDF)

DOWN UNDER

• Navigating COVID-19 insights for Australian wine

LATIN AMERICA

• Malbec Isn’t The Only Grape Grown In Argentina

SOUTH AFRICA

• How to help South African wineries during lockdown
• What happens when wine markets collapse?