SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Extreme weekend heat set to disrupt Calif North Bay firefight & strain power grid
• Wine drinkers not very interested in knowing a lot about what they are drinking
• National Black Farmers Association asks for a court injunction ending Roundup sales
• Tastry Offers Testing for Smoke Taint in California Wines
• Cowboys Fighting Fires in Napa County
• Robin Burcell shares her love of Lodi wine in an international best seller
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• Cornas legend Alain Voge dies
• Tom Seaver, Hall of Fame Pitcher and Napa Vintner, Dies at 75

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Consumers increasingly turning to safer and ‘local’ wine brands during the pandemic
• To Kalon Trial lawsuit gets underway
• 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

• Colorado’s Wine and Cannabis Industries Reel from Wildfire Smoke and Ash

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• 2020 NZ harvest “exceptional”
• How To Really Send Your Samples To Prospective Distributors and Importers (Sponsored)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• California’s Lead Women Winemakers Show Slow, Steady Progress from 2011 to 2020
• NapaStat | $21.8 million: That’s the total Napa County lodging room revenue in July. In June revenue was $14.1 million.
• Lodi Winegrape Commission Partners with SommFoundation for Masterclass and Scholarship Competition
• Alisos Canyon Wine Appellation Approved
• California Table Grapes: ‘The Season is Going Well’
• Results Are Out For The First Edition Of Paris Wine Cup (Sponsored)

COVID-19

• COVID-19 Has Transformed Wine Shopping. Here’s How Vivino Is Adapting

DIVERSITY

• Kentucky Distillers’ Association Establishes Scholars Fund With UK’s Distillation, Wine and Brewing Studies Program
• Uplifting Marginalized Voices: A Live Chat with Tonya Pitts

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Cannabis, broccoli share similar gross value in Monterey County
• How To Build Your Online Presence To Drive Your Delivery & Curbside Sales? (Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• CA Farmer Perspectives on Groundwater Management
• Delta Council: Progress report on implementing AB 1668 and SB 606: Making conservation a California way of life
• Delta on the edge (possible paywall)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Going for stable and sustainable in Washington
• Organic winemaking: where nature sets the pace
• Chile’s future lies in the south

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Monsanto appeals Roundup ruling to California Supreme Court
• Farm wineries win as court declares Minnesota law mandating use of majority in-state wine ingredients in wines made by farm wineries facially unconstitutional in light of SCOTUS Dormant Commerce Clause jurisprudence

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Hot Topics for Alcohol Delivery 2020
• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Pernod Ricard commits to ‘innovation’ on wine

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 1000 gains 0.09% in August
• The Annual Ornellaia Vendemmia D’Artista Auction, In Conjunction With Sotheby’s, Is All Virtual This Year

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• New era for Halliday Wine Companion

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Ball to build new beverage can plant in Pittston, Pennsylvania

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Overstating terroir: the effacing of the vigneron
• Taste, Smell, and Cognition
• Assessing Structure
• What does it mean for a wine to taste like it’s ‘supposed to’? (possible paywall)

WINE PEOPLE

• Michael Mondavi: Leadership and Mentorship in the Wine Biz (podcast)
• Chrishon Lampley Wants to Bring Love Cork Screw National: ‘Now You See Me, So Let’s Roll’

WINE TOURISM

• How South America is setting new standards for wine tourism

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• ‘The Best Overall Appellation in the State’: Washington Gets a New AVA
• Texas Wine & Food Alliance Debuts Today To Help The State’s Culinary Community
• Walla Walla winery fights back about poor rating from BBB

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Untapped export potential key to industry recovery
• UK: Dismemberment of FMV’s portfolio begins apace

LATIN AMERICA

• Chilean Vineyards Recognize Potential In Amphora-Aged Wines

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Moonshine and fruit wine – a postcard from post-Covid Latvia