JULY 31, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Wine off-premise dollar sales growth up 19.7%, still lags spirits up 29.3%: Nielsen
• Can Hip Hop Help Solve Wine’s Millennial Problem?
• DtC wine sales up 29% in H1 2020 over 2019: Sovos
• Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales
• Vital tasks every winery must do to supercharge their DIY marketing
• 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

• Continued deadlock over 2020 yields in Alsace
• Australian Wine Makers Riding Pandemic Wave Could Have Their Best Year Ever
• Bordeaux faces its wine oversupply
• How To Really Send Your Samples To Prospective Distributors and Importers (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Foley Johnson winery remains closed following employee COVID-19 case
• California AG files forceful response in fight against DEA over subpoena for cannabis licensees’ confidential information from state marijuana regulators.
• Results Are Out For The First Edition Of Paris Wine Cup (Sponsored)

COVID & HOSPITALITY

• COVID Bringing a Painful Evolution to the Wine Business
• California Pizza Kitchen is latest chain to file for bankruptcy

HEALTH

• Inherent Vice: The Media’s Love Affair with “Healthy” Alcohol

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

DROUGHT/WATER

• How to Use Climate Change in California Water Resource Litigation

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Oregon proposes rule to restrict use of chlorpyrifos

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• The Four Most Important Things You Can Do to Boost Your Ecommerce Program Right Now
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

REAL ESTATE

• Property in Paarl, South Africa: Four breathtaking vineyards for sale

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• CyT Q2 results show “double-digit” uplift
• Coca-Cola Will Make A Topo Chico Hard Seltzer

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – Bordeaux back in the shade
• Sotheby’s Wine HK to host sale in September
• 2021 Naples Winter Wine Festival goes virtual amid COVID-19 pandemic
• Man sends empty bottle of ‘suspicious’ Mouton for verification

DATA & TRENDS

• Wines Positioned At $20 And Up Propel Growth In Retail Channels (possible paywall)
• What SipSource data tells about wine and spirits depletions in June

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Drinking While Eating is Not Food and Wine Pairing

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Americans are now drinking so many things out of cans that it’s causing a can shortage — and it’s just one more reason many small breweries are struggling to survive the pandemic

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Despite ad boycott, monopoly probe and a pandemic, Facebook revenue grows 11%

MEDIA MATTERS

• OZ: Veteran wine writers join for the launch of Winepilot.com

MATTERS OF TASTE

• American Sparkling Wine, Untitled
• French Researchers Unlock a Secret to Wine Bitterness: Oak Barrels
• Winemaking, both art and science

WINE PEOPLE

• “Wine Girl” Author Victoria James: 10 Questions on Where We’re Headed’

WINE PLACES

• Nature and nurture at Sicilian vineyard
• Fisher Vineyards — A family’s ‘beautiful journey’

WINE HISTORY

• Grape Seeds Show How A Pandemic And Climate Change Contributed To Past Economic Crisis

WINE TOURISM

• The EU Isn’t Letting In American Tourists Anytime Soon

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• NY: Library gets 50K grant for wine/craft beverage history project

ACADEMIA

• Oregon State Professor and Viticulture Extension Specialist Confirmed as ASEV President for 2020-2021

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• European commission orders France to outlaw ‘barbaric’ glue traps for birds

EUROPE & THE UK

• Portugal’s Richest Family Doubles Down On Fine Wines And Luxury Wine Tourism

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: No August excise hike

SOUTH AFRICA

• Wines of South Africa USA Calls for Support of South African Wine Industry in Crisis
• Some early history of red blends in the Cape

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Australian Wine Crossword