DECEMBER 18, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Smoke Taint Reduces California Wine Crop
• The wider problem of sexism in the wine trade
• Can Water Saving Traits Help Wine Survive Climate Change?
• 2020 CyberWeek Website DTC Revenues Doubled at WineDirect
• Amorim TCA Claims: Where’s the proof?
• A virtual Christmas will pave the course for 2021
• How “new school” technology lets L’Ecole No. 41 produce amazing “old school” wines.(Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wine Fraud Rudy’s Fate is Sealed
• Ohio State Attorney General Has Commanding Lead In Direct Shipping Litigation Tournament 4-2-1
• Winc’s actual customer retention rate — here’s how the math works
• 2020 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced (Sponsored link)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Kentucky’s Unconstitutional Alcohol Shipping Law Debuts
• Selling Wine, Beer, And Spirits In America*(Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Covid puts a dent in revenues of French wine exports
• What’s new at the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards and how that will help wine brands. (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Napa supervisors won’t consider major winery rule changes
• Honoring the wine legend Ulises Valdez (possible paywall)
• About Napa Valley, where modern American wine began (possible paywall)
• Remi Cohen Uncorks a Wild First Year at Domaine Carneros

COVID-19

• One Year In: How wineries across the country have adapted during the pandemic

DROUGHT/WATER

• Estuary in Collapse: Zero Delta Smelt and Sacramento Splittail Reported In November CDFW Survey

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Daou Family Estates outlines climate strategy

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Henkell Freixenet CEO reflects on 2020’s challenges as it looks to 2021

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte and Castelnau announce merger
• What the Freixenet Copestick Jascots deal really means

DISTRIBUTORS

• Provi Launches eCommerce Toolkit for Beverage Alcohol Distributors Nationwide

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Ensuring the authenticity of wine: the role of NMR
• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – Wine Spectator’s Wine of the year leads trade

DATA & TRENDS

• Wine trends to watch in 2021
• RNDC And LibDib Look To Take Data Analytics To The Next Level

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• China-Australia tensions are likely to transform the role of provenance when making wine choices

MARKETING & SALES

• The NBA’s Wine Obsession Is Opening Up A New World Of Opportunity For Players
• From Snoop Dogg to Joe Montana, every celeb seems to have their own wine. But why?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• In praise of half bottles
• Beverage Alcohol Label Approvals Can Be a Hassle, But Technology Can Make Them Better

MEDIA MATTERS

• Wine Business Institute’s Research Journal Rescoped and Renamed to Wine Business Journal
• A book review of “On Bordeaux”
• Review: Richard Mayson – The Wines of Portugal

WINE PEOPLE

• Ben Tombs: New Zealand Winemaker of the Year
• Samuel Ndichu’s career in wine

WINE EDUCATION

• How Rioja Wine Academy is upskilling wine trade on Rioja

WINE HISTORY

• The Story of Taylor California Cellars, Coca-Cola’s Forgotten Foray Into the Wine Industry

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• Restaurant Industry Changes I Want to Keep After the Pandemic (possible paywall)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Alabama: Illegal wine operation found on Rainsville city property

ACADEMIA

• Grower input wanted for Penn State survey on anthracnose diseases

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Patritti brings new life to historic urban vineyards

LATIN AMERICA

• In Uruguay, A Tiny Wine Region Makes a Big Impression

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• The cheap wine versions of “A Christmas Carol” and ” ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”