OCTOBER 28, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Global wine production remains below five-year average
• Former Treasury Wine Estates CEO to take helm of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
• Save the World: Drink More Wine
• Napa Valley tasting rooms and COVID headed for a train wreck?
• Constellation Brands: All Eyes On Reorganization
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wine 2020: A Guide for the Overwhelmed
• Owner of Copa di Vino comments on Shark Tank wine scammer
• See how Arrington Vineyards turned an audit from the TTB into NBD (No Big Deal).(Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Napa 2020 ‘not lost’ despite smoke taint concerns
• Global demand is steady for Australian wine
• Australian exports grow despite tensions with China
• 2020 world wine production first estimates
• A 2020 Harvest Update From Chablis: “A Great Vintage”
• English wine: Harvest in the time of coronavirus
• Opening America’s Cellar: From Prohibition to Covid
• VA: James River Cellars Winery in Hanover County battles back after ‘shortest harvest season on record’
• 2020 Best wines list for on-premise sector is out (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Registration for the 2021 Virtual Unified Wine & Grape Symposium Opens November 3
• Is it time for a Lodi Ancient Vine Accord?
• No smoke worries for table grape harvest
• How Has The Role Of The Sommelier Evolved During COVID? (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• Napa Valley wineries permitted to host indoor tastings as winter approaches
• A (very thin) Silver Lining from Covid 19?
• Spain’s Rioja wine region bans wining, dining as pandemic curbs grow

DIVERSITY

• BIPOC students studying wine and viticulture encouraged to apply for scholarship
• The Question of Cancel Culture and “Feminine” Wine

HEALTH

• Investigating hsCRP as a clinical inflammation marker for human Bisphenol A food contamination offers protocol suggestions for conducting replicable, causal dietary intervention studies

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Experts To Western States: Time To Finally Fight Wildfires With More Fire

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• $10M in funding coming to BC researchers for improved grapevine and cannabis management

DROUGHT/WATER

• Calif State Water Board grants petition for statutory adjudication of the Fresno River watershed

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• The De Martinos of Chile
• No wine left behind: How Germany wants to adapt to climate change

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• New financial year starts off strong for Digital Wine Ventures

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Constellation Brands Inc. Cl A stock falls Tuesday, underperforms market

DISTRIBUTORS

• Emeritus Vineyards Expands Distribution Partnership with Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Into California

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Study Reveals Bioplastics Are as Harmful as Traditional Plastic

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• Crisis Communications in the Wine Biz (podcast)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference new dates confirmed

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• TikTok transitions with Shopify e-commerce deal

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Talk Video: The Authors of Bestselling Wine Graphic Novel ‘The Drops of God’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• “A wine favored by the worst kind of thieves.” On the origins of the ampelonym Garganega.
• The Things That Remain
• So, what’s new in the world of orange wine in 2020? We ask the on-trade

WINE PEOPLE

• Wine’s Dynamo Sister Team
• How a drop-out conquered the wine world

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Oregon Micro Fund Launches Second Fund Serving Oregon-Based Wineries

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: VI-1 import certification postponed for six months
• France: Lockdown pushes up prices of vine posts

DOWN UNDER

• Marlborough to study if farming hurts air quality

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Covid-19: Challenges and opportunities in the Chinese wine market
• Impact of Covid on China’s wine distribution channels