OCTOBER 30, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• “Winc is the Netflix of wine”? WII takes a closer look at the claims
• Head of San Francisco Master Somm non-profit resigns after sexual misconduct allegations (possible paywall)
• Napa wine industry organizations describe disaster losses as ‘staggering’
• Napa Nervous Over Cannabis
• SLO, Central Valley winery participation top SVB Wine Industry Survey so far. Your chance to help make the data more relevant ends Sunday!
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

DIVERSITY

• The Court of Master Sommeliers Has a Sexual Harassment Problem (possible paywall)
• The Wine World Owes Women More Than an Apology, It Owes Them a Reckoning
• An Apology to the Pretty Influencer on Instagram
• Sommelier cheating scandal just part of larger, more devastating problems at Court of Master Sommeliers
• “I Can’t Give You Any Names, But There Must Be Some”: Writing About Women Winemakers And Their Personal Odysseys

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wine Country is stuck in a cycle of burning and rebuilding. Welcome to the climate crisis (possible paywall)
• 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

• Wine Sales Soar During Pandemic Says Leading Wine Educator Kevin Zraly
• Red states drink beer, Blue states drink wine
• 2020 Best wines list for on-premise sector is out (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Rebuilding a dream on the mountain: Behrens Family Winery and the Glass Fire
• Santa Barbara County’s Wine BID Abandoned
• Kinsman: We won’t make single vineyard Cabernet in 2020
• How Has The Role Of The Sommelier Evolved During COVID? (Sponsored link)

COVID-19

• Why booze matters: Fixing alcohol laws during covid-19
• France imposes new national lockdown as virus deaths mount

ONLINE PRIVACY

• California data privacy law, Prop 24, set to have major impact on ad targeting

HEALTH

• How much alcohol?

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• California cannabis market isn’t slowed by COVID and should reach $6 billion by 2025

AMAZON

• Amazon reports $96.1 billion in Q3 2020 revenue: AWS up 29%, subscriptions up 33%, and ‘other’ up 51%

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Monoculture wars – the vineyards killing ecosystems

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Wine Shippers Are Duping “Unsuspecting Consumers”
• Selling Wine, Beer, And Spirits In America*(Sponsored)

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Investors back Pacific Consolidated Holdings to merge leading LA-based liquor and weed-delivery companies

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Ag faces ‘new normal’ in Australia-China trade

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Spotlight on Joseph Phelps
• This Barrel of Rare Burgundy Could Sell for More Than $180,000 at Auction

DATA & TRENDS

• Early Results / Last Chance: SVB Survey Closes Sunday Night
• What’s changed in 20 years of wine?

MARKETING & SALES

• Wine Industry Experts Discuss A Shift In Marketing For Millennial Generation

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Carbon-friendly ways of packaging wine samples
• TTB rulings provide more flexibility for alcohol labeling

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Brave Old World of Quincy
• What does wine mean to you? Part 2

WINE PEOPLE

• Meet the four contenders shortlisted for the IWSC Wine Communicator award
• Bibiana González Rave on Studying in France, Finding California and Fifty Shades

WINE PLACES

• 15 years on Justin Keay travels back to see how Georgian wine is changing

WINE EDUCATION

• The wine scholars

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Underground delivery goes to market

EUROPE & THE UK

• Importing wine from the EU: the lowdown
• Austria’s ‘Ruster Ausbruch’ given DAC status
• Rémy Cointreau makes a comeback in Champagne

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Heineken consumer study: Millennials are turning to alcohol-free beer during COVID-19