AUGUST 6, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Moderate Wine consumers must cut drinks by half: Trump Dietary Panel
• Viticulturist buys entire NorCal AVA for $2.7 Mil
• Wine e-commerce boost vital for future: Rabobank
• Restaurant Failures In 2020 And Beyond Hurts Wine
• 12% of Americans have eaten at a restaurant indoors in the past 24hrs
• Convenience store wine sales 2019
• Streamlining a Large Custom Crush Operation for Clients and Cellar Staff (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Ruby Grapes sues Intercoastal Wine charging criminal pandemic profiteering.
• 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

• Grape harvest kicks off in Napa Valley with muted celebrations
• 2020 vintage for Northwest tracks dry, warm but not hot
• WA: COVID-19 outbreaks in agricultural communities raise harvest fears
• Sherry: Tio Pepe sales rise during lockdown
• How To Really Send Your Samples To Prospective Distributors and Importers (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Lede Family Wines welcomes industry veteran Tony Baldini as President and COO
• Chronic Cellars Welcomes New Winemaker Kip Lorenzetti
• Hahn Family Wines Promotes Thomas Duhameau to President
• Allied Grape Growers: Vineyard Removals Still Needed? (PDF)
• Wine Country Women Fight Glyphosate
• Results Are Out For The First Edition Of Paris Wine Cup (Sponsored)

COVID REDUX: RE-OPENING

• Napa County’s COVID-19 restrictions won’t be lifted soon, public health officer says
• Farmworker Pandemic Safety Campaign Launched

COVID & HOSPITALITY

• How a Restaurant Leaves New York

DIVERSITY

• Calif: Nottingham Cellars Rebrands Supremacy Wine Label

HEALTH

• Demand Sound Science in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Weather and Climate Summary and Forecast August 2020 Report

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

DROUGHT/WATER

• Klamath Irrigation District scores victory in water rights case

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• States where breweries, distilleries, retailers, and wineries can ship DTC
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

REAL ESTATE

• Calif: Talbott Estate in Carmel Valley for sale after three generations for $14.5 million

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Naked Wines reaps benefits of pandemic-driven deliveries boom

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Sotheby’s Hong Kong Will Offer Dr. Gordon Ku’s Private Wine Collection
• Tencent takes on bootleggers with blockchain-backed wine-tracker

DATA & TRENDS

• Crystal Ball Gazing

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Influencers Have Come Far, But Have a Long Way to Go

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Four reasons why some people become ‘super smellers’ – from pregnancy to genetic differences
• The Wines of Spain: Part 2 (video)

WINE PEOPLE

• Vice Wine Company Founder Goes From Moroccan Street Dealer To Luxury Winemaker

WINE PLACES

• Wine Region Spotlight: Tasmania

WINE HISTORY

• The original Chianti “formula” translated

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• VeriVin: using spectroscopy for non-destructive testing of wine

EUROPE & THE UK

• French PM promises €250m for surplus wine crisis
• Tuscany’s medieval ‘wine windows’ have reopened to serve wine, Aperol Spritz, gelato, and coffee in a tradition that dates back to the Plague

DOWN UNDER

• Australian drinkers favour locally produced wines

LATIN AMERICA

• Wines of Argentina unveils new export strategy

SOUTH AFRICA

• What wine industry can do to keep its fizz amid rising threats

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Lebanon’s deeply troubled wine sector