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DAILY NEWS FETCH - August 24, 2020

CREATED BY WINE INDUSTRY INSIGHT   & MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR SPONSORS

Publisher/Executive Editor, Lewis Perdue -- Editor, Becca Yeamans-Irwin

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TODAY'S TOP NEWS

Coronavirus cases are finally decreasing in states with masks, social distancing & other restrictions. How's your state doing? Find out at the interactive chart at Daily Data. Scroll down.
 

• Napa, North Bay growers face a softened, fluid market for premium grapes
• LNU Lightning Complex up to 21% containment ahead of high wind event
• Top Santa Cruz Mountains winery survives fire, but owner’s home destroyed (possible paywall)
• Coronavirus cases are finally decreasing in states with masks, social distancing & other restrictions
• Weather report indicates that North Bay wine country has dodged the latest dry lightning threat
• A Deep Dive Into the Many, Verifiably False Claims of ‘Clean Wine’ Companies
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• Hope Merletti Passes Away in New York

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Deadly LNU fire in North Bay at 219,000 acres already one of California’s largest ever
• Mabray beats back defamation lawsuit by Philip James, strengthens fair commentary protections
• Harvard-controlled LLC in $120+ million deal with anonymous LLC connected with Canadian pension fund.
• Ruby Grapes sues Intercoastal Wine charging criminal pandemic profiteering.
• Streamlining a Large Custom Crush Operation for Clients and Cellar Staff (Sponsored)

 

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COVID REDUX: RE-OPENING

• Napa County drops off California coronavirus watch list — with disclaimers

COVID & HOSPITALITY

• COVID-19 turned the hotel industry upside down, but it won’t change what people want

DIVERSITY

• This Black Women-Led Whiskey Brand Is Honoring The ‘Entrepreneurial Spirits’ Of Female Bootleggers

HEALTH

• Wine Antioxidants: A Greater Perspective

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• How To Build Your Online Presence To Drive Your Delivery & Curbside Sales? (Sponsored)

DROUGHT/WATER

• Old Readings on California Water

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Shifting Climate Alters Prime Vine Locations In Burgundy
• What About the Workers? Why Wine Certifications Don’t Go Far Enough
• BrewDog's global craft beer business goes carbon negative

 

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REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Court Denies NC Motion to Dismiss Retail Shipping Case

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Grow Your Delivery and Curbside Pick Up Business*(Sponsored)

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• MA: Broken Creek Vineyard & Winery in Shrewsbury for sale

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• More info on China’s case against Aussie wine
• Co-operation best bet as China investigates Australian wine imports

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Zoom users are reporting significant outages that are preventing people from joining or creating meetings

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Invest in tech indexes, but hedge your bets with fine wine and stamps, says this strategist
• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – 2020 Northern Hemisphere harvest begins

DATA & TRENDS

• Much variation in wine duties in Europe

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• C is for Context
• Churro, the blog’s associate editor, and why Millennials and wine don’t get along (podcast)

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Bag-in-box wines enjoy sales boost during UK coronavirus lockdown

 

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MEDIA MATTERS

• When Wine Makes Great Video: Human Conflict And Universal Themes In An Emmy-Nominated Series On Netflix
• Behind The Camera, Behind The Wine: The Realities Of Filming “Reign Of Terroir”
• Goode Guide to Wine: a Manifesto of Sorts (video)

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Three Misunderstood Topics in Spanish Wine
• Chile’s Cabernet Country is Ripe with Winemaking Innovation
• Why is a ‘clean’ wine generating controversy?
• Wine, Good Food, and Grace
• Wine’s Very Own Imitation Game
• It’s all ‘Zin’ the name: Zinfandel Uncorked

WINE PEOPLE

• Talking Terroir With Tom Fitzpatrick
• Anthea Mirkowski, Fairmile Vineyard
• Clive Paton: 40 years of wine and conservation

WINE PLACES

• What makes wines from these European islands so unique?

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Bird damage management in vineyards: Comparing efficacy of a bird psychology-incorporated unmanned aerial vehicle system with netting and visual scaring

EUROPE & THE UK

• Warning scam clone site: Barkingside Premier Storage
• Champagne Pushed into Uncharted Territory
• UK: Fine wine merchants report rosé boom in lockdown

DOWN UNDER

• Australia ready to fight China over wine dispute
• Australia must prepare for the collapse of China trade

LATIN AMERICA

• First it was Cab, now Chile has mastered Chardonnay

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• How Beer Is Driving Growth in Convenience Stores During Challenging Times
• Brewing Mesopotamian beer brings a sip of this vibrant ancient drinking culture back to life

 

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