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DAILY NEWS FETCH - October 19, 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

Without another stimulus, consumer spending will be in trouble. More than 50% of Americans relyng on check to pay bills. The chart & report from Moody's and Morning Consult is at Daily Data. Scroll down.
 

• Many California wineries will make no wine this year because of wildfire smoke (possible paywall)
• California ABC provides additional Covid guidance on virtual events and charitable promotions
• In 2020, Sky-High Tariffs Are Crippling The Fine Wine Industry
• With no safety net, Sonoma County farmworkers struggle through pandemic and aftermath of wildfires
• Turbulent Conditions Shift The Global Flow, And The Price, Of Wine (Part Two)
• Struggling Through: Household Finances In the Pandemic
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• Wine trade pays tribute to Terry Threlfall

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Napa's Fire Response Overwhelmed and Underfunded
• Owner of Copa di Vino comments on Shark Tank wine scammer
• Read how Golden State Cider stays nimble and compliant. (Sponsored link)

 

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WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Saving Venge Vineyards, in the owner’s own words and photos
• Napa Valley's Spring Mountain, ravaged by Glass Fire, says it will rise from the ashes
• Washington, Winemakers Hopeful Grape Crops Remain Undamaged by Wildfire Smoke

DROUGHT/WATER

• Why 2020 Has Given The U.S. The Worst Drought In 7 Years

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Fundamental Reform of Alcohol Laws Is Coming —Are You Ready?

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• How to buy wine in a pandemic
• Selling Wine, Beer, And Spirits In America*(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• LVMH’s Q3 results show ‘marked improvement’

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Marie Brizard to sell Moncigale wine brands, Boisset invests in rosés

 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Canada-US border will stay closed until America gets COVID-19 under control

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – Strong start for Fine Wine in Q4

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Who Judges the Wine Judges?
• Authenticity, Food Rules, and the People Who Break Them

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Traditional wine bottles take a back seat to inventive product designs

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• WineFuture is back to address global issues with online event in 2021
• How ProWein 2021 will work

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Why Wines From Santorini Will Surprise You
• Most people don’t like wine the first time they taste it
• I’ve Always Loved Wine, But Home Gardening Made Me Appreciate It Even More

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR LOTS MORE NEWS

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WINE PEOPLE

• French winemaker Lulu Peyraud taught Americans 'joie de vivre,' and we owe her for that
• Germán Bruzzone of Bodega Garzón on Uruguay's Wine Evolution
• McBride Sisters Wine (Part 1 of 2): Robin McBride and Andréa McBride John (podcast)
• The Belong Wine Co. Love Story
• Oscar Renteria on The Taste with Doug Shafer (podcast)
• Steven Mirassou - The Lineage Collection (podcast)

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Proposed lighthouse-shaped wine tasting tower not getting glowing reviews in West Kelowna, B.C.

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Loss of trans-resveratrol in young red wines

EUROPE & THE UK

• Italian Police Smash Fake Wine Ring

DOWN UNDER

• Australia's changing vineyards

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African wine prices predicted to recover again in ‘next few years’

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• Will the Pandemic Burst the Craft Beer Bubble?

 

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