JULY 29, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Drizly data breach: up to 2.5 million credit cards, other data for sale on dark web.
• California farmworkers at higher risk of contracting coronavirus, survey says
• Food & Beverage Will See Biggest Gains in Retail Ecommerce Sales Growth This Year
• Hard seltzer sales could reach $14.5bn by 2027
• A Tale of Two Shoppers – Nielsen (video)
• Streamlining a Large Custom Crush Operation for Clients and Cellar Staff (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Foley Johnson winery in Napa Valley closes after worker tests positive for coronavirus
• Gallo PR tries to distance winery and Gallo Cattle Co., but no proof available.
• At least 244 California wineries and vineyards received between $145 & $328 million from Paycheck Protection Program

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Champagne has not yet set yields for 2020’s harvest – here’s why
• How To Really Send Your Samples To Prospective Distributors and Importers (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Gov Newsom signals more protections coming for essential workers, including hotel rooms for farmworkers
• Three Los Angeles food suppliers, including McDonald’s biggest provider, is forced to close due to COVID-19 outbreaks that have resulted in 140 employees testing positive
• Nordby Companies Launches New Winery Advisors Division
• Mary Melton Joins Trellis Wine Group in National On-Premise Sales
• Results Are Out For The First Edition Of Paris Wine Cup (Sponsored)

COVID & HOSPITALITY

• What’s the Future of Virtual Wine Tastings?
• Alcohol sales at N.C. restaurants ending earlier

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

DROUGHT/WATER

• Calif Governor Newsom Releases Final Water Resilience Portfolio
• Delta tunnel: DWR rejects consideration of No Tunnel alternatives in EIR

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• The scariest thing about the TTB / Anheuser-Busch offer in compromise and suspension agreement over sponsorship and advertising practices is what wasn’t written… assertions of verbal agreements require vigorous enforcement.

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Bordeaux Looks Directly Beyond La Place
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Majestic reports 150,000 new lockdown customers and announces growth strategy

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• A compliance checklist for beverage alcohol business acquisitions

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Brexit, Australian style: will leaving the EU breathe new life into an old friendship?

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Grape Day Webinar Features Advancements in Viticulture and Enology Research
• Exploring Columbia Alumni Association Wine Industry Network (CAA-WIN) with Jon Bonné
• Virtual ‘Books on Wine’ program to feature famed Napa Valley women winemakers

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The broadening market in the first half of the year
• Upcoming rare wine and whisky auctions that you won’t want to miss

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine knowledge and culture: Are they related?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Paper Beer, Wine and Spirits Bottles are Becoming a Reality

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• First International Wine Event In Italy Since The Coronavirus: Milan Wine Week

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• ‘Hooked on the Facebook drug’: Media buyers say smaller brands will return to the platform, but bigger brands will continue to boycott

MEDIA MATTERS

• The Wine Show branches out with TWS Creative

MATTERS OF TASTE

• What Is Clean Wine And Should You Care?
• Premox explained
• To drink wine is to travel

WINE PEOPLE

• Robert Kamen on The Taste with Doug Shafer (podcast)
• John and Reed Skupny – Lang and Reed (podcast)
• Old World in Sonoma: A Live Chat with David Ramey
• Interview with Sam Lindo Winemaker at Camel Valley
• Interview with Gareth Davies Winemaker at Fitz
• Lyme Bay Winery’s James Lambert on the UK’s still wine capabilities

WINE PLACES

• Exploring Liguria Through the LAN Cable

WINE EDUCATION

• France’s 8-Year-Olds Head Off to Wine School

WINE HISTORY

• Schloss Johannisberg and the story of Riesling

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Our Ghost-Kitchen Future
• Why This Reopening Could Signal A New Future For London’s Restaurants

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Sparkling shifts towards everyday in Canada
• Ga.: Commissioners approve first winery in Floyd County
• WA: J. Bookwalter Winery’s $4 million expansion to include new Richland tasting room

ACADEMIA

• UT Tyler fermentation program partners with East Texas wineries, distilleries as industry continues to grow

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Why, When, and How to Measure YAN
• Spotting alternative controls for SWD
• Understanding (and Destroying) Grape Phylloxera

EUROPE & THE UK

• DOC delle Venezie gains protection from European Commission
• Why champagne houses are in a tussle with vineyard owners in northeastern France
• Former OIV director Jean-Marie Aurand to chair the 2022 Saint-Émilion classification

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: The last word in regional pride