AUGUST 31, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Robert Mondavi Winery vs The Vineyard House: To Kalon Trial set to begin today
• Spirits dominate AlcBev e-com growth, stealing share from wine
• Bon Appetit appoints new editor-in-chief after race controversy
• Sonoma fire threatens water supply for most county residents
• Oral Argument in 8th Circuit’s Retailer Dormant Commerce Clause Matter Set for September 24
• The colour of money is pink
• China investigating Australian wine subsidies, doubling down on dumping probe
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Off-premise AlcBev sales growth continues to outpace all consumer goods by a large margin – Nielsen
• Harvard-controlled LLC in $120+ million deal with anonymous LLC connected with Canadian pension fund.
• Ruby Grapes sues Intercoastal Wine charging criminal pandemic profiteering.
• Streamlining a Large Custom Crush Operation for Clients and Cellar Staff (Sponsored)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Walbridge fire containment grows to 58%, while Meyers blaze almost fully contained
• Hennessey Fire in Napa County now 57% contained, more evacuations lifted
• Eckerson: Pouring wine as Napa burns
• Wildfire Preparedness & Recovery: Wine Institute
• $1 billion federal-state agreement seeks to reduce California wildfire risks (possible paywall)
• Everything We Know About the 2020 California Fires
• Why California’s 2020 lightning fires got so big so fast
• Why California’s wildfire year could be the worst in decades

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Don’t write off the 2020 vintage, says Sonoma vintner Jake Bilbro
• Superb 2020 vintage bolsters New Zealand wine industry
• Updates From French Vineyards: Vintage 2020 Harvest Is Underway
• How To Really Send Your Samples To Prospective Distributors and Importers (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Paso Robles tasting room owner threatened with fines, jail time for moving indoors during wildfires
• California Wine Month Launches with Virtual Events and Offers
• Results Are Out For The First Edition Of Paris Wine Cup (Sponsored)

COVID-19

• Six feet may not be enough to protect against coronavirus, experts warn
• Has Covid Affected our Wine Habits?
• Calif Gov Newsom Puts Brakes on COVID ‘Dimmer Switch’
• Launched in a Crisis, Seasonal Pop-Up Bars Could be the Future of Hospitality
• If You Can Serve Them, Customers are Eager to Buy

HEALTH

• As Harvest Begins, Organizations Are Mobilizing to Protect Vineyard Workers From Covid-19

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

DROUGHT/WATER

• OZ: Perth weather watchers worry below-average winter rainfall leaving landscape vulnerable

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Australia’s exciting new national wine climate atlas

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Lebamoff’s Cert Petition to Be Considered By Court on September 29. Petition Supporting Cert Filed By Oenophiles.
• Ohio Wholesaler Group Intervenes in Ohio Retailer Litigation
• Mississippi Case Not Heading to Supreme Court, Yet.

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Wine sold online increases in popularity
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Beer, Band-Aids And Ben & Jerry’s: Why Venture Capitalists Gave Two 27-Year-Olds $1 Billion To Build The Ultimate Online Convenience Store

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• China’s anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine is politically motivated, industry figures say

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Interview with Eduardo Chadwick ahead of next week’s Seña 2018 release

DATA & TRENDS

• SipSource Issues Second-Quarter Data, Providing Unique Industry Insight

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Why We Still Need Classic Barolo

MARKETING & SALES

• Impulse buying, because you know…. Wine Marketing 101

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• As TikTok Teeters, These 3 Social Networks Are Ready to Pounce

MEDIA MATTERS

• Writing About the Business of Wine (video)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• An International Viewpoint On The Willamette Valley Wines Of Oregon
• Wine, Food, and Life Itself

WINE PEOPLE

• Walking the Walk: A Live Chat with Terry Arnold
• Bruliam’s Dr. Overstreet on Harvest in a Pandemic and a Way Forward for Small Wineries
• Meet Château Maris’s Bertie Eden: the Languedoc’s godfather of organics
• A Glimpse Of Utopia With Dan Warnshuis
• A Tale of Three Somms
• Women in Wine: Jane Forrest Waghorn
• Behind the Wines with Elaine Chukan Brown | Cory Empting, Harlan Estate (video)

WINE PLACES

• Let’s Raise A Glass To Winehaven In Richmond, Which Was Once The Wine Of Capital Of California

WINE TOURISM

• Inside World Of Wine, Portugal’s Latest Tourist Destination

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• 3D reconstruction of grape bunches
• Introducing TDN, a compound responsible for petrol aromas in Riesling and other white wines

DOWN UNDER

• Is Vinodiversity Dead in Australia?
• OZ: New tricks for wine’s old guard
• NZ: New agreement strengthens wine training and research
• NZ wine company reports $7m profit after owner gives nearly $400,000 to Trump

SOUTH AFRICA

• Distell Counts Lost Billions From Alcohol Sales Ban

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Ray Isle and everything you need to know about corkscrews

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Modern Brewers Are Embracing An Ancient Winemaking Apparatus
• Spanish Cider Stands at the Crossroads of Culture and Innovation