OCTOBER 1, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Vintage Wine Estates smoke-taint insurance scheduled for trial; Could set precedent
• Napa Valley’s famed castle, Castello di Amorosa, loses building containing all of its bottled wine
• Cal Fire focused on remote vineyard in probe into cause of Glass Fire
• Could US wine, rum and vodka face EU tariffs?
• Could the Coronavirus Kill In-Store Black Friday?
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WILDFIRES & WEATHER (scroll down to bottom for more wildfire coverage)

• Glass Fire Benefit for Evacuees and Families
• How to calculate wine grape smoke damage payable loss for crop insurance claims
• FEMA aid made available for Glass fire survivors
• Fourth person killed in Zogg fire in Shasta County
• California Fires Have ‘Broken Almost Every Record’ This Year
• Vineyards Help Protect Wine Country During Glass Fire

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Fires Leave Napa Harvest on a Knife Edge
• Feds charge man with using Lodi-area vineyard as right-wing militia training camp
• Tech and the Boutique Winery, an Interview with Martin Siebert of Tokar Estate (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Napa Valley harvest report: Another devastating fire
• Beaujolais announces “positive” vintage
• U.K. Vineyards Start To Weigh Up Their 2020 Harvest
• Early Burgundy Vintage Confounds Expectations
• Sommeliers Choice Awards Announces 2020 Winners (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Coronavirus, fire crisis lessons for Sonoma County wine business: Safety first; form relationships
• 2020 Bartender Spirits Awards Results Are Out (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• Wine consumer trends in the Covid-19 era led by increased wine drinking
• Chilean winery Survalles says agility and flexiblity are key to Covid-19 response

HEALTH

• Science Might Have Identified the Optimal Human Diet

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Canopy to Bring Cannabis Beverages to the U.S. Next Year

AMAZON

• Amazon Starts Offering Virtual Tourism With Amazon Explore

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Can California’s wine country survive the climate crisis?
• Tapping into organic growth

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands: Fiscal 2Q Earnings Snapshot

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• AB InBev finalises Craft Brew Alliance purchase

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Three Australian wine businesses to complete Chinese government questionnaire on dumping

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Is it Time to Redefine ‘Sommelier’?

MARKETING & SALES

• Sex doesn’t sell after all

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Wine Paris, Vinexpo and Sitevi trade fairs not part of Comexposium safeguard plan

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Crémant comes into its own
• Philosophers Sometimes Say Dumb Things about Taste

WINE PEOPLE

• MD: Boordy Vineyards’ founder remembered for his wine, nursery and significance to the industry

WINE PLACES

• This Tuscan Prison Island Is Producing Top Quality Wines

WINE HISTORY

• 2,600-Year-Old Wine Press Discovered in Lebanon, but What Were They Drinking?
• Living through wartime Bordeaux

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• SAQ Threatens Canadian Wineries on DTC Shipments

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• From the Vineyard (#1): Post-veraison berry shrivel and discoloration – symptoms, causes, and conditions

EUROPE & THE UK

• Online wine shopping continues to increase in Germany

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Breweries in California’s Wine Country Grapple with Wildfires