NOVEMBER 10, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• IWSR: ‘Wine and beer unlikely to regain volumes for several years’
• Vino-ligopoly: Zero-Sum Wine Game Strategies
• Impact of Calif’s new Marketplace Facilitator Act on AlcBev Licensees
• Wine and spirits count the cost as the next round of US/EU tariffs come into force
• How many off-premise sales make up for on-premise losses?
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service.(Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Constellation & Gallo sign FTC agreement to allow $1.03 billion asset deal
• Winc the Netflix of wine? (Nope)
• How Has The Role Of The Sommelier Evolved During COVID? (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Alcohol sales forecast to fall 8% in 2020
• New EU Tariffs on U.S. Spirits Further Devastates Once Booming Transatlantic Drinks Trade
• Slim pickings threaten 2021 Western Australia’s wine harvest
• France raises wine output forecast after late Charentes rain
• 2020 Best wines list for on-premise sector is out (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Premiere Napa Valley Release Week Begins Today, With Some Of Napa’s Rarest Wines Online For The First Time (possible paywall)
• Why the Vintners Wine BID Impoded
• Why Lodi? The Answer From the British Eye
• Larkmead Vineyards Appoints Victoria Anderson as Client Operations Manager

COVID-19

• 3 UCSF Faculty Named to Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board
• COVID Grinch means Santa is going virtual this year … and the kids are NOT amused.

DIVERSITY

• Chairman of the Court of Master Sommeliers Resigns, Entire Board Will Be Put Up for Election
• The 30-Year Female Winemaking Legacy Continues At Domaine Carneros (possible paywall)
• Florida A&M University Selects Recipients of Southern Glazer’s Against Social Injustice and Racial Inequality Scholars
• Beam Suntory names chief diversity and inclusion officer

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• California wine country adapting to annual wildfire threat

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• 2020 Election a Turning Point for Cannabis

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• U.S. Supreme Court Briefs submitted in Michigan wine retailer shipping case
• Winery & vineyard insurance… So many different coverage options

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

REAL ESTATE

• Paso Robles AVA Vineyard & Ranch
• Less than $15,000/vineyard acre, Paso Robles AVA
• Kenneth Volk Winery
• 194-acre Alexander Valley vineyard estate asks $18.9 million

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• EU and US Wine Sectors Renew their Call for Negotiated Solution to Aviation Dispute
• EU Hits $4 Billion of U.S. Goods With Tariffs in Trade Fight (possible paywall)
• EU imposes 25% tariffs on US rum and vodka

DISTRIBUTORS

• Breakthru Appoints Julian Burzynski to Lead East U.S. Region

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Wine Color Stability – 5 practical tips on how to improve it — Free Webinar

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Researchers develop a new, 100% reliable method of wine identification

MARKETING & SALES

• Tim Ford on Domaine Gayda’s market first, sustainable business model
• Spiritrade launches redesigned platform
• William Sitwell launches ‘world’s smallest online wine shop’

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Vinovalie revolutionises boxed wines, turning them on their heads
• Accolade launches flat wine bottle

MEDIA MATTERS

• Time called on Imbibe

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Texas Tempranillo Is Making Its Name in the State and Beyond
• Why British Beaujolais is having a moment

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Full-Service Restaurants May not Recover until 2025

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Israel’s vineyards want to be part of global boom in colonial wine

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• How to spot a fake whisky