DECEMBER 8, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Leisure/hospitality sector continues to take the brunt of pandemic business closures
• Gift Cards Spark New York Wine Spat
• The Discussion to Define Alcohol DTC in 2021
• Sonoma Valley’s Annadel Estate Winery sells for nearly $6M
• ‘Free-fall’: 10,000 restaurants have closed over the past three months, according to the National Restaurant Association
• How Wine by Sam’s winemaker got back into the cellar with vintrace.(Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• Legendary Jacques Puisais dies at 93

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Bob Hartzell, Former ExDir of Calif Assn of Wine Grape Growers, has died
• Vineyard House, Constellation To Kalon battle may be over soon.
• Winc’s actual customer retention rate — here’s how the math works
• 2020 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Anatomy of Georgia’s Wine Export Surge
• What’s new at the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards and how that will help wine brands. (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Large Napa County ranch, used communally for 42 years, sold for $15.7 million (possible paywall)
• Sonoma County supervisors eye changes to rules governing vineyard development
• Napa’s Kenzo Estate winery wins approval for underground expansion
• Wine Country CPA firm Meineke hires Anulo

DIVERSITY

• Key Takeaways From ‘Be The Change’ Diversity Job Fair

HEALTH

• Seven Drinks Pros Launch Side Gigs in the Health Space

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• France to help farmers to abandon glyphosate weedkiller

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Guns ‘N’ Rosé: Craft Beer’s Intellectual Property Theft Problem
• A welcome opinion based on common sense trademark analysis as Molson Coors wins fizzy hard seltzer name argument against Brizzy maker at 5th Circuit

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Brown-Forman sales slide 1% in H1

AGRIFOODTECH

• The first yield monitor sensor is on its way

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• West Bank Samaria settler olive oil and wine to be exported to Dubai

BREXIT

• No-Deal Brexit Will Inflict Serious Pain on Europe, Too

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Lodi: The Wine & Grape Market
• Chaucer’s Books to hold virtual talk about winemakers

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• New Report: The Fine Wine Market in 2020
• Ten most traded fine wines on Liv-ex in 2020

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• The Problem with Wine Terminology in the Virtual World

MEDIA MATTERS

• Next Glass Acquires Hop Culture

WINE PEOPLE

• John Colley, Majestic Wine

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• New York City Restaurants Continue To Get Creative As They Face A Potential Indoor Dining Shutdown

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• VT: Boyden Valley to stop wine production; will focus on liquor
• KS: Wine, electronics, tools stolen from Salina winery
• OR: Advocates Didn’t Obtain Beer and Wine Tax, but Gov. Kate Brown’s Budget Proposes Tax Increase on Hard Liquor

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK: Record breaking November for grocery market expected to lead to rosy Christmas
• Dom Perignon winemaker moves to Kent
• Stress and anxiety rise amongst drinks trade professionals, survey finds

DOWN UNDER

• Study reveals drop in business confidence, but spike in innovation among South Australian wine businesses
• OZ: Small wineries to bear brunt of tariffs
• NZ: Top critic’s review of Ekleipsis pinot noir leaves bad taste in mouth for Canterbury winemaker