OCTOBER 2, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• California milestone: 4 million acres burned in wildfires
• Buying wine online: Six months of virtual shopping during the pandemic
• This is how toxic the Glass Fire has made the air in Napa, Sonoma & surrounding areas
• Harvest workers among COVID world’s last regular travelers
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER (scroll to bottom for more wildfire coverage)

• Smoke Exposure: ‘Get Out of Jail Free Card’ for Winegrape Buyers
• R&D Tax Credit for Vineyards and Wineries Affected by Smoke Exposure
• Updates: Details on Glass Fire damage to Napa Valley wineries Fairwinds, Sherwin, Spring Mountain
• Sonoma County officials warn of potential new evacuation orders if winds push Glass fire beyond lines
• What Made This a Record Fire Season? It Started With Lightning. (possible paywall)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Tech and the Boutique Winery, an Interview with Martin Siebert of Tokar Estate (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Colorado Wine Country’s 2020 harvest rises above the tenor of our times
• Sommeliers Choice Awards Announces 2020 Winners (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• UC Davis gets OK to sell its wine
• 2020 Bartender Spirits Awards Results Are Out (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• Wine Enthusiast Companies Announces Partnership with Association of African American Vintners
• NBA’s Moe Harkless Teams with The Prisoner Wine
• Three Black Women Entrepreneurs’ Wine Company Highlighted On Discovery Channel As They Vie For $100,000 In Seed Money

DROUGHT/WATER

• Researchers Use Satellite Imaging to Map Groundwater Use in California’s Central Valley
• Update on the Central Valley Water Board’s Irrigated Lands Program

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

REAL ESTATE

• Luxury château for sale in Bordeaux’s Entre-Deux-Mers

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Walmart returns Asda to British ownership in £6.8bn deal

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Constellation Brands defended on Wall Street despite headwinds

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – September ends with a sparkle
• Parker’s “Magical 20” in 2020
• Fine wine investment: Underlying strengths

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Authenticity and wine scores
• Yahyn partners with renowned sommeliers to offer their expertise and perhaps save an industry

MARKETING & SALES

• How Gigglewater is being built using both DTC & traditional channels

MEDIA MATTERS

• Sonoma County’s Kenwood Press getting new owners
• Film review: Wine Crush

WINE PEOPLE

• Dan Goldfield Keeps Steadily Rolling Forward On His Bike And In His Winery

WINE PLACES

• The Story of the American Dream: Mi Sueño

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Michigan Wine Industry Rallies Around St. Julian Winemaker

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Jennifer Angelosante on a range of viticulture topics (podcast)

EUROPE & THE UK

• Why is one of Champagne’s biggest groups breaking up?
• Beaujolais Nouveau 2020 – intimacy rather than large-scale festivities
• Metropolitan Bond – another scam clone of the legitimate London City Bond site

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Huge vineyard plantings continue in the north and south of Tasmania (podcast)

LATIN AMERICA

• Pandemic takes toll on business of pisco producers in Peru

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Is Farm-to-Table the Future of Craft Brewing?
• Big changes brewing in Northwest hop industry (possible paywall)
• The American sake scene
• India’s Unique Spirit Blossoms in the Bottle