DECEMBER 3, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• China Says Current Tariffs on Australian Wine to Last 4-9 Months
• This is what diversity looks like in action
• Core wine drinkers (upper income Americans) continue to recover financially
• The wide variety of tastes among smoke-tainted California wines (not all bad).
• Southern-Glazers Gobbledygook BS about “helping” online wine sellers
• Wine humor: One more reason why young people don’t buy wine (video)
• Vineyard 29’s harvest went from overwhelming to organized. Find out how. (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Millennials Finally Thirsty for Wine
• Winc’s actual customer retention rate — here’s how the math works
• 2020 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• China Fast Replacing Europe In Global Supply Chain
• What’s new at the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards and how that will help wine brands. (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Here’s what California workers need to know about the state’s new coronavirus workplace rules
• NEW Cal/OSHA Emergency Standards for COVID-19 Prevention
• California issues updated guidance for restaurants, bars, and wineries
• Napa County needs time to unravel Sinskey winery requests
• New mystery metal monolith appears on a Central Coast California wine country mountaintop

COVID-19

• Canada PM Trudeau indicates U.S. border restrictions to last a long time
• From hospitality to homelessness

DIVERSITY

• Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal, Elite Wine Group Elects New Board (possible paywall)

HEALTH

• Mental Health Efforts Become Priority for Beleaguered Wine Country Residents

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• States’ measures to favor in-state residents in cannabis licensing are the new Commerce Clause battleground.

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Two in three independent French winegrowers belong to an environmental scheme

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• WA: Bledsoe Wine Estates expands its SeVein Vineyard acreage

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Aussie wine buffs prepare for falling prices after China exit
• Australian Grape and Wine calls for a fast pivot to other markets as China export evaporates
• ‘We can shift’: West Australian wineries ready to pivot to avoid China crisis

BREXIT

• ‘Huge confusion’ over what Brexit means for bulk
• The End of a Wonderful Friendship and the Beginning of Trade Woes

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 100 rises 0.84% in November

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Meet London’s top restaurant group wine buyers

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• ProWein 2021 has been cancelled
• March 2021 Eastern Winery Exposition Postponed

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Mourvedre: Sidelined by Phylloxera No More
• Menetou-Salon and the Saga of Jacques Coeur
• Hungarian varieties in the spotlight
• On wine and good health in the pandemic circa 1348 (my Georgetown Humanities Initiative lecture).

WINE PEOPLE

• Greg Brewer, Wine Enthusiast’s 2020 Winemaker of the Year, is disciplined about doing things the same way year after year
• Steven Spurrier’s hopes and triumphs

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• TX: Seasoned Winemaker Brings Expertise to a New Wine Incubator at Kerrville Hills Winery

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Jascots slides into administration