OCTOBER 23, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• How Income Inequality Has Erased Your Chance to Drink the Great Wines (possible paywall)
• Why Virtual Wine Tourism is More Important Than Ever Now
• West Coast Farmers Had a Hellish Summer. It Might Not Be an Aberration.
• Wine, Covid-19 and the loss of smell
• COVID is ravaging rural & small-town America now that cities are getting a grip
• NY restaurant couple mistakenly served $2000 Mouton 1989 after ordering $18 Pinot
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Tasting room sales surprisingly strong despite COVID: SVB Wine Industry Survey early returns. Winery participation still needed.
• Owner of Copa di Vino comments on Shark Tank wine scammer
• Read how Golden State Cider stays nimble and compliant. (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Nielsen/Sovos/Wine & Vines Analytics DtC Wine Shipments & Retail Off Premise Sept 2020 Report (PDF)
• 80% of Napa wineries are moving forward with the 2020 vintage
• 2020 Best wines list for on-premise sector is out (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Sonoma County Tourism hopes virtual tours will boost business (possible paywall)
• Flocking Fabulous Wine Cracks COVID Code
• How Has The Role Of The Sommelier Evolved During COVID? (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• Nielsen Covid-19 Impact Report (PDF)
• Shut-down nothing but net at wine, liquor stores
• Corona Virus Food Assistance Program 2.0 is live

DIVERSITY

• 24 Women Leaders Awarded Scholarships by E. & J. Gallo Winery’s Women Behind the Wine Educational Fund and the Women of the Vine & Spirits Foundation
• Julia Coney, Social Visionary of the Year

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• FEMA assistance available to Napa’s Glass Fire victims
• Creek Fire update, Oct. 22: Why residents cleaning up damaged property should stop
• Very strong offshore wind event to bring extreme wildfire risk Sun/Mon, esp. NorCal

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Wine Helps with Cannabis Classification

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Growing Organically part one: Viticulture and winemaking

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Supreme Court Should Review Texas’s Retail Liquor-Sales Trade Barrier

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• NJ can’t order 96% of the country’s wine for home delivery. But that could change
• Selling Wine, Beer, And Spirits In America*(Sponsored)

REAL ESTATE

• Iconic Williamsburg Winery in Virginia For Sale

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• William Grant CEO resigns

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Hillebrand acquires bulk liquid logistics supplier Braid
• Corby Spirit And Wine: An Investment Thesis

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• U.K. and Japan sign post-Brexit free-trade deal

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Saké makes its debut at Sotheby’s

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Telling The Truth About Wine Scores and Wine Preferences
• How The Language Of Wine Could Be More Inclusive

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• You Could Get Paid to Move to Italian Wine Country and Open a Business

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Kuentz-Bas and the Elegance of Alsatian Wine
• America’s Burgundy? Oregon’s Value Pinot Shows the Way
• Maritime Climates and Diverse Styles Define New England Wine

WINE PEOPLE

• A Woman’s Journey: Small Town Farmer To General Manager Of A Bordeaux Chateau By Way Of Napa
• Helena Nicklin: why she loves judging People’s Choice Drinks Awards
• Onwards & Upwards: Martin Litt on helping with digital needs
• Building a winery from scratch: Chris Wilson & Gutter & Stars
• Behind the Wines with Elaine Chukan Brown | Jancis Robinson, MW (video)

WINE HISTORY

• Would You Drink This 1695-Year-Old Bottle of Wine?

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Online ordering and delivery jumped from 20% to 39% of total franchisee sales during the COVID-19 pandemic

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• MI: Old Mission wineries allege local ordinances unconstitutionally prohibit speech, commerce

DOWN UNDER

• The silver linings for Australia’s wine producers

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Learn the science and processes for successful hard seltzers in this Gusmer webinar
• Boston Beer Reports Third Quarter 2020 Results