NOVEMBER 4, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Court of Master Sommeliers Suspends 5 Master Sommeliers (possible paywall)
• US wine exports down, imports up: Rabobank
• King of Wine Fraud Facing Freedom
• Pandemic Pantry Loading: A Half Bottle of Wine and a Half Bottle of Spirits
• Food & beverage vastly outpacing all product categories in post-COVID “homebody economy”
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service.(Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Winc the Netflix of wine? (Nope)
• ‘Layers of crises’: Napa wine and tourism industries navigate the virus and fires
• How Has The Role Of The Sommelier Evolved During COVID? (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

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

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• How Napa Valley winery Faust Haus opened its tasting room amid coronavirus, wildfires
• Napa Winery Tries Out New, Disease-Resistant Grapes
• What Cal/OSHA has — and hasn’t — been doing for workers?

DIVERSITY

• Statement from Female Master Sommeliers
• Sexual Harassment Scandal Roils Court Of Master Sommeliers (possible paywall)
• The Court Needs to Adapt or Die

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Château Cantenac Brown plans new ‘earth’ winery

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• China trade body urges ‘retrospective tariffs’ on Australian wine
• Is China Really Banning Australian Wine Imports?
• Australian exporters to China face $6 billion ‘D-Day’

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 100 rises 1.16% in October

DATA & TRENDS

• Increased trust in American wine continues to strengthen amongst US regular wine drinkers

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• H-2A wages to be frozen, then tied to inflation

MEDIA MATTERS

• Book Review: The Wines of South Africa

MATTERS OF TASTE

• This Seawater-Infused Wine Is Sweet, Thick, and Not at All Salty

WINE PLACES

• Mythmaking in Southern Italy: A Tour of Campania, Part 1

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Revealing the Virtues of Precision Viticulture

EUROPE & THE UK

• Bollinger Family Group appoints new chief operating officer
• UK wine drinkers become less influenced by wine descriptors
• UK: The cost of lockdown 2.0 in numbers
• Burgundy’s benevolent haunting
• After Liber Pater, Loïc Pasquet continues to wind up the Bordeaux wine industry

AROUND THE GLOBE

• After the Beirut Blast: ‘We will continue to make wine in these difficult times’

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Beer consumption suffered during lockdown