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DAILY NEWS FETCH - September 2, 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

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• Consumers increasingly turning to safer and ‘local’ wine brands during the pandemic
• US wineries cannot sue for bad reviews
• Despite a 77% profit fall, Pernod Ricard’s share price is rising
• Cal Fire builds momentum on fire containment in Marin, Napa counties
• Millennials account for more than half of all new mortgages
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• Loire winemaker killed in crash

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wineries must prep now to sustain DTC beyond COVID pandemic
• To Kalon Trial lawsuit gets underway
• 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-19

• Sonoma County Vintners/Foundation, in Partnership with American AgCredit, Launches COVID-19 Testing Program

HEALTH

• Improved yeast strains which could reduce fatigue
• Does Moderate Wine Drinking Impact Male Fertility? New Research Says No

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

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

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Ríos: Organics is the way forward for Chile

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Judge allows Minnesota wineries to use out-of-state grapes
• Review of Irish Liquor Lawyer’s U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief

 

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CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Majestic reverts back to traditional logo
• Pernod Ricard UK appoints wine portfolio director

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Liv-ex 100 rises 0.75% in August

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• New normal is wine without food

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Sweden’s alternative view of wine packaging

MEDIA MATTERS

• A book review of “English Wine”
• ‘Wine By Design’ Author Victor Geraci Talks Wine Country Future

MATTERS OF TASTE

• The grape of things to come
• Wine Traditions are Not What We Think They Are
• How Can Wine Bring More People to the Table? (podcast)

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR LOTS MORE NEWS

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WINE EDUCATION

• WSET candidate figures hit by Covid but buoyed by online

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Harvest decisions and the complexity thereof

EUROPE & THE UK

• Chablis' Tale of Tariffs and Climate Change
• UK shoppers traded up to more expensive wine during lockdown, Nielsen reports
• Majestic Calais business ‘under review’

DOWN UNDER

• Wine Society collapse: Australian company goes bust
• OZ: Wine industry's fears over GM crops

LATIN AMERICA

• Sparkling surprise: Brazil’s wine industry builds its brand on the global stage
• TRACIT highlights the negative effects of alcohol bans on the increase in the illicit trade of alcohol in Latin America

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Lebanon: memorable wines in memorable times

 

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