JANUARY 14, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Boom Times May Be Ahead for US Wine industry
• Owner of Williams Selyem winery in Healdsburg sells minority stake to French wine family
• How will the rise of e-commerce impact wine format packaging?
• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service. (Sponsored link)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Premium Wineries Sustain Pre-Tax Profits Despite Lower 2020 Sales Growth: SVB Wine Industry Report
• Crimson Wine to restate 3+ years of financial results after independent review of “unreliable” accounting errors
• 2020 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced (Sponsored link)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Commerce7 and Ekos integrate to help wineries sync DTC sales, inventory and accounting
• Selling Wine, Beer, And Spirits In America*(Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• A brutal 2020 harvest in Napa Valley could give way to an opportune 2021, experts say (possible paywall)
• Ciatti Global Market Report – January 2021 (PDF)
• Wine Curmudgeon looks at the SVB report
• The Brits have drunk more Champagne during the pandemic
• What’s new at the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards and how that will help wine brands. (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• French Laundry celebrity chef Thomas Keller exits Twitter after year of growing backlash (possible paywall)
• CDTFA extends the due dates for two CA winery reports (video)

COVID-19

• Bruce Jack on the devastating human and industry cost of Covid-19
• PPP Loans Open to Small Banks Friday, All Lenders Tuesday

DIVERSITY

• Les Dames d’Escoffier New York Webinar Focuses on Confronting Harassment in the Hospitality Industry
• Somm Launches Language Scholarship for BIPOC Hospitality Workers

HEALTH

• Sagan Schultz on Dry January and Wellness in the Wine Industry (podcast)
• Wait, Should We Be Using Red Wine as a Sports Drink?

DROUGHT/WATER

• The dry truth of drought in Burgundy

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Illinois Bill that legalizes retailer delivery passes both houses

REAL ESTATE

• The Napa Estate Behind Ovid Wine Is on Sale for $18.5 Million
• French Laundry garden parcel sold for $9 million (possible paywall)

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Advanced Sommelier Erik Segelbaum Joins the Grand Reserve Wine Advisory Board

AGRIFOODTECH

• German Scientists Present Digital Nose for the Mass Market and Plan for a Collaborative Database of Smells

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The future of en primeur
• Covid or not, En Primeur week will go ahead in Bordeaux and other venues
• The new entrants in the Liv-ex 2020 Power 100

DATA & TRENDS

• Sommelier Roundtable: Reasons to Be Optimistic in 2021

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• CO: CAVE adapts annual wine conference to COVID-19

MEDIA MATTERS

• Swipe Films boards sales of champagne-themed documentary ‘Sparkling’

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Alternative style Lodi wines reflecting the wave of the future — part 2, new interpretations of heritage grapes
• Fizz facts

WINE PEOPLE

• The Midwesterners Creating Their Own Natural Wine Scene

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Washington considers new grape pest quarantine rules

ACADEMIA

• Brock U Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute’s lecture series return next week

EUROPE & THE UK

• Ukraine: Cabinet settles issue of minimum prices of wine products
• Vall Llach’s Cellar Roof Collapses Under Record Snow in Spain, Jeopardizing 3 Vintages of Wine

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Do we want to save the China wine market?

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Chinese cops bust fake Penfolds wine operation worth $26 million

SOUTH AFRICA

• Alibaba may offer South African red wines
• Extended alcohol ban likely to further hurt wine farmers (podcast)

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Land of wine and honey? Israeli settlers export to UAE, to Palestinian chagrin