AUGUST 12, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Wine- & tequila-based cocktails driving consumption. Spirits growth rate almost 2X as fast as vino.
• Shake-up in top 10 off-premise wine growth brands. Category driving more sales than last year
• How wineries, vineyard ops can forecast a path through the cash crunch of the coronavirus pandemic
• What will COVID-19 cost the world’s top alcohol brands?
• Streamlining a Large Custom Crush Operation for Clients and Cellar Staff (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Covid Online Wine Boom On The Wane
• 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

• Tuscany’s Wine Harvest At Risk As Seasonal Workers Blocked By Italy’s Black List
• German 2020 vintage likely to be a week ahead of long term average
• Covid-19 Presses the Washington Wine Industry
• Turrentine Grape Market Update, Aug 2020 (video)
• Soaring Costs to Move Goods by Plane and Ship Set to Go Higher
• How To Really Send Your Samples To Prospective Distributors and Importers (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Thankful for outdoor space, large new Sonoma winery opens
• Results Are Out For The First Edition Of Paris Wine Cup (Sponsored)

COVID REDUX: RE-OPENING

• Milan Wine Week – how will the world’s 1st post-Covid festival work?

COVID & HOSPITALITY

• Italian sisters and brothers, you are my heroes! This is what a life in wine can be like in the time of the pandemic.

DIVERSITY

• Charting a Path Forward: A Live Chat with Mac McDonald
• With the Michael Jackson Foundation for Brewing & Distilling, Garrett Oliver Aims to Create Lasting Change in Beer and Spirits
• People Of Color Break Barriers In White-Dominated, ‘Impenetrable’ Alcoholic Beverage Industry

HEALTH

• Plans to change alcohol guidelines ‘seriously flawed’
• The Neo-Prohibitionists are Back

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

• Naked’s Covid-19 Support Fund turns focus to South Africa
• Cost-Conscious Drinkers Drive Sales for Concha y Toro in Pandemic

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Wine industry braces for more EU tariffs

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• ‘Goldilocks’ 2018 vintage shines at all new Willamette Pinot Noir auction
• MOMENTUM 2.0, The V Foundation Wine Celebration, Raises Over $3.6 Million

DATA & TRENDS

• “What the Tech?!” with Emetry

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Massive drinks packing and storage solution emerges at key time for the UK wine trade

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• 10 Steps to Expand Your Winery

MEDIA MATTERS

• A book review of “Platter’s South African Wine Guide 2020”
• Lost in Translation?

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Chardonnay, Our Most Beloved Globetrotter Grape
• Proof that old vines add value
• What Does It Mean to Make Wine Right Now?
• Guess which very popular wine has more residual sugar?

WINE PEOPLE

• Cape Town native ‘Belongs’ in Napa wine industry
• From Australia to Napa: Ewart builds social media business in wine country
• James Palgé, oenologist, Château Ksara
• Kerry Damskey Wraps Up His Series As a Global Winemaker (video)

WINE HISTORY

• Archaeologists Uncover Evidence Of An Ancient Pub In Central Europe
• Anthropology professor finds evidence of wine, caffeine in 500-year-old pottery

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• More Than Half of Internet Users Have Purchased Groceries Online
• How Much Worse Will It Get for New York’s Restaurants?

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Ste. Michelle celebrates 20 years of Eroica Riesling
• Groundwork laid for program to elevate Arkansas wine, encourage consumers

EUROPE & THE UK

• Hospitality biggest casualty as record UK recession confirmed
• UK: Rosé and boxed wine lead lockdown sales
• Not so sparkly for the UK sparkling wine market

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Wilyabrup sub-region push thwarted

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African Wine’s Political Nightmare
• Alcohol ban poses a risk to SA’s largest trade partnership

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Russia’s wine revolution

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Cider, Or Wine? Both, Says Deidre Heekin. Also: Same Thing.