DECEMBER 21, 2020 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Wine Tourism Takes an Optimistic Outlook
• Wine tourism (not so optimistic): No recovery until 2022
• White House secures ‘three martini lunch’ tax deduction in draft of coronavirus relief package
• Profit in a wine tube
• The Men are Afraid of the Women
• Millennial comfort with leisure activities edges up amid COVID surge
• Read how Golden State Cider stays nimble and compliant with vintrace.(Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Smoke Taint Reduces California Wine Crop
• 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

• Stuck at Home, People Are Splurging on Wine and Spirits (possible paywall)
• Selling Wine, Beer, And Spirits In America*(Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• DtC Bottle Prices Decline as Retail Rises
• Colorado vineyards say an October freeze will chill their 2021 vintage
• What’s new at the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards and how that will help wine brands. (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Craft Beer Brewers Sue Gov. Gavin Newsom Amid Pandemic Shutdown Orders
• California town says no to tough virus rules, then yes
• Forty years from the UFW heyday, unionized farmworkers are sparse in Napa Valley

COVID-19

• Resveratrol for Cold and Flu: Anti-Aging Compound Shown Promise as Flu and COVID Treatment
• New science reevaluates risks of indoor dining
• Blocking a Key COVID-19 Enzyme with Diet

DIVERSITY

• African American vintners hopeful over future after Black Lives Matter movement

ONLINE PRIVACY

• Ad Tracking by online wine shops is variable

HEALTH

• A Master of Wine’s Study of the Relationship Between Alcohol and Cancer

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Why Smoke Damaged Grapes Are Causing Some Wine Makers To Become Distillers (possible paywall)
• Napa County faces a burning problem
• Napa Valley’s Meadowood resort prepares for Glass Fire comeback
• Why Smoke Damaged Grapes Are Causing Some Wine Makers To Become Distillers (possible paywall)
• ‘There’s good fire and bad fire.’ An Indigenous practice may be key to preventing wildfires

DROUGHT/WATER

• Wine grapes in dry regions have a strategy to conserve water

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate change: 2021 will be cooler but still in top six warmest

BREXIT

• Wine brands prepare for an uncertain post-Brexit future

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Risk and reward: The cost of investing in drinks companies
• Five Liv-ex member success stories to take into the year ahead

DATA & TRENDS

• 7 Drinks Trends To Watch In 2021

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Master Sommelier Jill Zimorski on the Future of Sommeliers in America
• Wine Scores Have Their Place But Don’t Take Them Too Seriously

MARKETING & SALES

• Tropicana apologies for ad campaign suggesting alcohol was the answer to pandemic relaxation

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Alenza Ribera del Duero: When a Wine Is a Transcendent Pleasure
• Both Music And Early Picking Influence French Wines From Château Gaby (possible paywall)
• Best Of Both Worlds: Burgundy Producers Craft High-Quality Wine In Willamette Valley (possible paywall)
• The Space Between the Notes

WINE PEOPLE

• The Wine Serendipity and Resilience of Philippe Langner
• Ray Kaufman, Adelante Wines (podcast)
• The Language of Wine – In conversation with Eric Asimov and Stephen Satterfield (podcast)

WINE EDUCATION

• Wine School of Philadelphia moves into 2021 offering diverse list of online instruction
• This academy seeks to promote training in the wine and spirits sector in Mexico

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Screening assay for monitoring of fenhexamid residues on peel of wine grapes: When to properly start harvesting in vineyards?

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK hospitality sector down £53bn in lost sales during 2020 with further hardship ahead

LATIN AMERICA

• Cristobal Undurraga: Chile can be ‘world leader’ in organic viticulture

OLIVE OIL

• Global Olive Oil Production Dips to Four-Year Low

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Is there such a thing as a California-style whiskey? Finally, the answer is yes (possible paywall)
• Whisky’s Pandemic Immunity: Macallan Breaks Launch Record With $2 Million In Orders At Prestige Drinks Retailer Le Clos (possible paywall)