OCTOBER 7, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Wine Country Starts Picking Up the Pieces
• COVID making fundamental changes in buying: Constellation
• Imported packaged wine volume up +13%, down -14% by value in last 2 months. Total AlcBev imports decline
• Women likely to increase wine consumption across 6 key markets
• When it Comes to Representation in Wine, Whose Stories Get Told?
• Nielsen: Most Americans feeling insecure financially. They will use these shopping tactics more as the COVID recession deepens
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COVID-nomics

• Wine enjoying mini-boom in the Covid-19 era, but economic clouds on horizon
• Strong momentum for online wine buying post-pandemic in US, China and UK
• Drowning our sorrows? American adults are drinking more alcohol amid COVID-19, study finds

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Has Napa lost 80% of its Cab to fire & smoke?
• Vintage Wine Estates smoke-taint insurance lawsuit scheduled for trial; Could set precedent
• Interview with Marcus Rafanelli, Winemaker, L’Ecole 41, Walla Walla, Washington
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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• 2020 Best wines list for on-premise sector is out (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Santa Rosa firm adds robotic wine bottle screenprinter
• Sonoma County wine storage facility makes acquisition
• Robert Hall Winery Announces New Leadership with Caine Thompson, Managing Director
• Jon Nathaniel and the Fabulist: A father and son’s new winery in St. Helena
• How Has The Role Of The Sommelier Evolved During COVID? (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• California Wildfires: How You Can Help
• Here’s where the 65,000-acre Glass Fire remains a concern
• What Wildfires Mean for California Wine (podcast)
• Calling California: Celebrating and supporting the local wine community
• Santa Cruz Mountains Winemakers Grapple with Aftermath of Fire
• Wine Institute Urges Congress to Extend Critical Wildfire Assistance
• California Wildfires Latest News: Fires Have Burned 4 Million Acres This Year

COVID-19

• 13 people test positive for Covid-19 at Diageo facility

DIVERSITY

• 6 LGBTQ Winemakers you need to know
• 12 scholarships and programmes to improve diversity in wine, beer and spirits

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Selling Wine, Beer, And Spirits In America*(Sponsored)

REAL ESTATE

• VA: Williamsburg Winery, with 342 acres and Wedmore Place, on the market for $40 million

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• COVID making fundamental changes in buying: Constellation

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Bonhams to offer ‘encyclopaedic’ collection in HK
• iDealwine update: No Mean ’fite

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Blind Tasting Cannot Block all Biases

MARKETING & SALES

• On Wine Influencers

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The value of familiarity in wine

WINE PEOPLE

• Jean-Marc Vincent: A Champion of Burgundy’s Underdog

EUROPE & THE UK

• One French co-operative winery is looking beyond the crisis for new opportunities

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Hacking Vodka: Why It Tastes The Way It Does