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DAILY NEWS FETCH - September 21, 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

The pandemic is accelerating retailer AR/VR and other emerging tech adoption. Daily Data has a revealing chart. Scroll down.
 

• Smoke and Mirrors: Fixing a Fiery Vintage
• $14 Billion More For Farmers Hit By COVID-19, grapes included
• Recalling Justice Ginsburg as a Champion of the Wine Industry
• Wine meme update: Let’s not forget about premiumization
• The pandemic is accelerating retailer AR/VR and other emerging tech adoption
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• Sicilian wine pioneer Diego Planeta dies

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Wine up 17.9% in off-premise channels vs same week 2019. Table wine dollars grew by 14.0%, outpaced by sparkling which was up 33.3%
• TerrAvion Chapt 11: up to $50 million in liabilities, less than $50K in assets
• How two winemakers organized four brands from grape to bottle at two facilities. (Sponsored)

 

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COVID-19

• CAWG Statement on USDA Adding Winegrapes to Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2
• Restrictions on gatherings continue to sting Napa Valley's events industry
• Five strategies for success during COVID-19
• Tasting room trends that may last after the pandemic

DIVERSITY

• California's Next Generation Lead Women Winemakers and the Promise that Accompanies their Success
• National Black Farmers’ Association boycotts John Deere

HEALTH

• A warning about risk assessments
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder amid COVID-19 in Canada: Fewer services, potential boost in rates
• Kefir and wine by-product: Combination of paraprobiotic and prebiotic may work as potential anti-obesity functional ingredient

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• California, North Bay cannabis tax collections surge

 

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AMAZON

• Amazon Fresh Opens, Whole Foods Cuts Prices And The US Grocery Sales Boom Slows Down

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• The ROC certification could become the gold standard for wineries, and the earth (possible paywall)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

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

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – New releases from Liv-ex Power 100 brands

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Are fast food wine pairings becoming the newest food trend?

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Sustainability of wine packaging alternatives: What is the consumers’ perception?

MEDIA MATTERS

• How TV Shows Use Drinks to Develop Characters

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Don’t Call Them Pét-Nat
• To Live Decadently

WINE PEOPLE

• Legendary Vineyard Manager Ulises Valdez Sr.'s Children Carry on His Legacy
• Tom Rinaldi on The Taste with Doug Shafer (podcast)
• Talking Miraflores Winery With Ashlee Cuneo
• Michelle Smith on looking for her next buying role

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR LOTS MORE NEWS

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WINE EDUCATION

• MA: Commonwealth Wine School Splashes into Harvard Square

WINE HISTORY

• Gallo-Roman wine press uncovered in Touraine

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Canada’s Napa Valley Seeks Elusive Audience: Canadian Wine Drinkers (possible paywall)
• BC Extends Patio Service Area Expansions Until October 2021

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• pH, TA, and acid adjustments

EUROPE & THE UK

• 22 premier cru sites in Pouilly-Fuissé approved
• Rhone Valley Wine Legend Michel Chapoutier Using Bioresonance Therapy For His Vines
• Bordeaux enters a new era (PDF)
• Vines in Rhineland Pfalz vandalised

DOWN UNDER

• Aussie grapes could be on the shelves year-round thanks to 20-year-old dwarf grape gene
• PCF says seasonal workers from the Pacific must be given urgent entry to New Zealand

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine imports are drying up in China

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Abu Dhabi, UAE's Conservative Capital, Ends Alcohol Licenses

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• It’s now possible to detect counterfeit whisky without opening the bottle
• Brewdog loses latest trademark battle over Elvis Juice beer

 

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