OCTOBER 14, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• EU wins tariff clearance on $4 billion of wine, spirits and other U.S. imports
• How the James Beard Foundation Failed the Most Prestigious Restaurant Awards in the Country
• Dolores Cakebread, who helped turn Napa Valley into a food and wine destination, dies at 90 (possible paywall)
• Miller Family Wine Company Acquires BNA Wine Group’s Portfolio of Wines
• US beer, wine, liquor industries seek extension on tax breaks amid coronavirus pandemic
• Owner of Copa di Vino comments on Shark Tank wine scammer
• Consumer comfort with eating out dropping on COVID fears. Other leisure activities also stagnate as new surge looms.
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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Silicon Valley Bank’s annual survey more critical than ever! Click and do it now!
• Vintage Wine Estates smoke-taint insurance lawsuit scheduled for trial; Could set precedent
• Read how Golden State Cider stays nimble and compliant. (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Lower Champagne yields bring down French crop estimates
• Bordeaux 2020 weather and harvest report
• Why Northern Michigan winemakers are excited about 2020 harvest, predicting ‘full-bodied’ wines
• 2020 Best wines list for on-premise sector is out (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Frank Family Vineyards’ Rich and Leslie Frank donate $7.5 Million to University of Illinois’ College of Media
• Small vineyards and the I-Block
• How Has The Role Of The Sommelier Evolved During COVID? (Sponsored link)

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Preparing for Rain After Wildfires
• PG&E May Cut Power to 162,000 Californians for Days on Fire Risk (possible paywall)
• Get Well Soon, Napa Valley

COVID-19

• Pandemic Planning — Wineries Cut Costs, Some Change Benefits
• In an Italian Wine Region, Question Marks over Quarantine
• Still wine increasingly a ‘beneficiary’ of lockdown & restrictions

DIVERSITY

• At D.C.’s Domestique, Rebekah Pineda Is Working to End Inequality in Wine
• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Makes Online Diversity and Inclusion Courses Available at No Cost to High Schools
• My Funniest Wine Industry Discrimination Story Ever ~ It’s a Classic

DROUGHT/WATER

• Developing groundwater allocations: Findings and recommendations

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Converting wine leftovers into biofuel

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Motion to Dismiss and Response Filed in Ohio Retailer Shipping Case

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Speakeasy Co., Leading DTC Solution for Alcohol Brands, Receives Strategic Investment from Goat Rodeo Capital to Accelerate Growth
• Selling Wine, Beer, And Spirits In America*(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Crimson Wine: Undervalued Land, But No Clear Path To Monetization

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits to offload Moncigale wine brand

AGRIFOODTECH

• 45% of wineries grade themselves a ‘C’ or lower on technology adoption

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Vinexpo NY to host first webinar on US market

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• How The Digital World Is Transforming Fine Wine In 2020

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The legendary Maynard Amerine’s shibboleths are timeless lessons in wine appreciation
• Locavore, Schmokamore! A Good Idea Made Into A Promotional Gimmick

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Glass bottles for wine: exploring the science

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Wine industry foundations: How education and training leads to early career progress

MEDIA MATTERS

• Book review: Stalin’s Wine Cellar

MATTERS OF TASTE

• “Fruit Bombs” are Misnamed
• The Year that Changed the Wine World

WINE PEOPLE

• From Fashion to Fermentation: Philippe Pascal of Domaine du Cellier aux Moines

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Could a Tool to Combat Coronavirus Also Protect Grapevines from an Annual Threat?

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Welcome to the Reducer’s Christmas

DOWN UNDER

• Direct to consumer wine sales up 7% in Australia

LATIN AMERICA

• Chile ‘needs to push its green credentials’ to stand out, winemakers agree

SOUTH AFRICA

• Why you should buy South African

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Beer Heroes Battle Hops Disease In Great Lakes State