JANUARY 6, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Crimson Wine to restate 3+ years of financial results after independent review of “unreliable” accounting errors
• The American Alcohol Consumer Is Changing: Is the Industry Ready to Serve? Rabobank Special Report
• Wine and the Yield of Dreams
• Demand for vineyard real estate on Central Coast is strongs
• $100 Million Missouri Winery Development Planned
• TTB Adds New Standards of Fill for Wine and Distilled Spirits
• Gallo-Constellation deal may stabilize grape, distribution networks
• Gallo Completes Constellation Megadeal (Covered by us last year. See ICYMI.)
• Pandemic Binge Drinking Is a Myth
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service. (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• FTC approves revised Gallo-Constellation blockbuster wine deal
• Pix.Wine Aims to End The Balkanization of Wine
• 2020 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced (Sponsored link)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• What’s new at the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards and how that will help wine brands. (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Governor Newsom to Propose $4.5 Billion for Equitable Recovery for California’s Businesses and Jobs in 2021 Budget
• WineDirect Appoints Andrea Smalling as Vice President of Marketing and Sales
• Push for decarbonizing California Wine Country meets construction industry resistance to natural gas limits

GOODBYE 2020

• Pandemic, smoke and drought among challenges for Lodi wineries in 2020
• These 6 things helped bars survive 2020. They need to stick around.
• Eight ways wine will change in 2021
• Back to Basics for Wine–and Humanity—in 2021
• Well, that was interesting. Goodbye 2020
• Back to Basics for Wine–and Humanity—in 2021

COVID-19

• COVID-19 vaccine distribution: These 5 states are the most behind
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations – Statistics and Research – Our World in Data

HEALTH

• One in five UK adults plan to participate in Dry January
• Trump Administration Rejects Some Changes to Dietary Guidelines

DRY JANUARY

• How Dry I Am: Non-Alkie Bevs Push Sober January
• One in five UK adults plan to participate in Dry January

WINE PEOPLE

• Interview, Part 1: Hess Family Wine Estates Looks Ahead
• New Horizons Q&A: Nick Devlin, Naked Wines
• Joanna Sciarrino Joins VinePair as Executive Editor, Aaron Goldfarb and Dave Infante Join as Writers-At-Large

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Wildfires and wine don’t mix (Possible paywall)

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Top three sustainability food trends for 2021
• Ag remembers conservation champion Rich Rominger

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Direct Wines appoints ex BrewDog and Diageo exec as new CEO

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Social media campaign in Australia targets Chinese-owned wineries

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Will the Sommelier Profession Ever Be the Same After Covid-19?

MARKETING & SALES

• BWS supermarket sales surge 25%

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• On Wine Champagne bottles created out of necessity

IT: INFORMATION [AND] TECHNOLOGY

• FBI, NSA say hacks on US federal agencies ‘likely Russian in origin

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• No Changes To Overtime a Win for New York Farmworkers

MATTERS OF TASTE

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Crop Protection Trends for Fruit and Nut Growers

EUROPE & THE UK

• Takeaway alcohol sales banned in England
• Plans for re-opening French restaurants put on hold