JULY 30, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Second-quarter GDP plunged by worst-ever 32.9% amid virus-induced shutdown
• Food & beverages out-perform 2020’s B2C “most loved” categories
• The sham and hypocrisy behind the three-tier system
• Parents with children forced to do school at home are drinking more
• Phylloxera Breakthrough Brings Hope to Vineyards
• Streamlining a Large Custom Crush Operation for Clients and Cellar Staff (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Drizly data breach: up to 2.5 million credit cards, other data for sale on dark web.
• 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 fails to agree on 2020 yields
• How To Really Send Your Samples To Prospective Distributors and Importers (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Bouchaine Vineyard Owner Goes Totally Virtual in Purchase of 43-acre Carneros Olive Grove
• CA Lawmakers Propose COVID-19 Bills To Help Food Service Workers, Stockpile PPE
• Scheid Family Wines Announces New Hire Tim Wera, National Chain Account Manager
• Results Are Out For The First Edition Of Paris Wine Cup (Sponsored)

COVID & HOSPITALITY

• ¡Salud! brings coronavirus testing to vulnerable vineyard workers
• Survive, Advance: Harvest plans and business models evolve in Oregon

DIVERSITY

• Racism, yesterday and today, in the Italian wine industry.
• The Vinous Mentorship for BIPOC Wine Professionals

HEALTH

• Gallic acid, an antioxidant found in berries, wine and tea can increase your risk of getting colon cancer

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Spoiled wine complaint for cooked wine in a shipping container good example of altering allegations for claims governed by the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act.

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• AB InBev takes $2.5bn write-down in Africa, as Covid-19 impacts Q2

DISTRIBUTORS

• A Game Changer for Wine & Spirits Distribution

DATA & TRENDS

• Distilling Liquor With Machine Learning And Big Data

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Does what’s on the label matter? One obstinate consumer goes to great lengths to find out

MEDIA MATTERS

• Doug Frost Shares His Passion For Beaujolais In New Video Series

MATTERS OF TASTE

• More Silliness About Natural Wine

COMPETITIONS/AWARDS

• ASEV Announces 2020 Best Student Award Winners

WINE PEOPLE

• Q&A: André Mack
• Valentina Cubi’s Decade of Organic Winegrowing in Valpolicella
• Buckingham Schenk’s Craig Durham on opportunities created in lockdown

WINE TOURISM

• Reims offers free Champagne to promote tourism

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Pa. Liquor Control Board names new executive director

ACADEMIA

• WA: CWU wine studies offering two new certificate programs this fall

EUROPE & THE UK

• OIV 2020 Research grant program: call for applications
• Brits almost halve alcohol intake during lockdown

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Tokay is no longer okay from September