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DAILY NEWS FETCH - October 21, 2020

CREATED BY WINE INDUSTRY INSIGHT   & MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR SPONSORS

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TODAY'S TOP NEWS

U.S. consumer confidence in the economy showing new signs of weakening. Daily Data has the chart. Scroll down.
 

• Sonoma County grape growers expect wildfire smoke damage to cost at least $152 million (possible paywall)
• How will the latest fires affect the wine m&a market?
• Napa winemakers demand looser COVID restrictions (possible paywall)
• The three-tier system fails the competition and choice test
• Medium and smaller brands take lead over private label
• U.S. consumer confidence in the economy showing new signs of weakening
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Two-thirds of US seltzer switching gains come from beer
• Owner of Copa di Vino comments on Shark Tank wine scammer
• Read how Golden State Cider stays nimble and compliant. (Sponsored link)

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE TOP NEWS

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HEALTH

• A whole new way of doing nutrition research

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Matches Constellation Brands’ Donation to California Wildfire Relief
• California fires live updates: Insurers pull back on coverage in California wildfire-prone areas (possible paywall)
• OSU researchers studying impact of wildfire smoke on wine

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Yountville voters will decide cannabis measure in November

AMAZON

• Amazon Prime to screen The Wine Show series three this month

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Fetzer Vineyards Declares Climate Emergency, Commits to Climate Positive Operations by 2030
• Cognac has big ambitions for its environmental footprint

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Responses Filed In Opposition to Wal-Mart’s Petition for Public Ownership of Liquor Stores

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE TOP NEWS

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WINE CRIME

• Punctured Tanks to Pilfered Grapes, Global Wine Crimes and Blunders Run Rampant

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Selling Wine, Beer, And Spirits In America*(Sponsored)

REAL ESTATE

• Take a look at five-acre Loomis estate with wine cave, bonded winery

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Alibaba gets its Whole Foods with new $3.6 billion investment in Chinese supermarket operator

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• ‘Liquid Gold’ for Christmas: Sauternes in 2020

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• How to put on a portfolio tasting in Covid
• When Words Fail

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Using Analytical Chemistry To Put an End to Corked Wine
• Bacardi to move to 100% biodegradable bottle

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• New keynote speaker named for upcoming Cool Climate Wine Symposium
• Millésime Bio on track to take place in January

MEDIA MATTERS

• North Bay Business Journal Publisher Brad Bollinger to retire in 2021
• Book review: Tales of a Vigneron by Barry Johns

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR LOTS MORE NEWS

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MATTERS OF TASTE

• The Next Chapter for New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Is Anything but Traditional
• Grapes of the Rhone Valley: Bourboulenc
• ÖTW Erste Lage single-vineyard wines: Lacking in variety?
• Microwaved reds
• Coming of age
• Bargain Wines

WINE PEOPLE

• Vale Taras Ochota
• ‘We’re Not Through,’ Says Alan Dreeben, Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• What Al Fresco Dining May Look Like When It’s Cold
• Opening Night During a Pandemic

ACADEMIA

• Charles Sturt research to understand Shiraz terroir

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Chasing 3MH thiols with Daniel Sorrell of Cloudy Bay
• The need for weed control

EUROPE & THE UK

• Wine GB appoints Simon Thorpe as CEO
• Bastida: It will take 100 years to tell Rioja’s terroir story

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Cease and Desist Letter Issued to AWRI over "Mis-used research" by Dr. Santiago-Brown
• OZ: Work begins on national Wine Industry Code of Practice for heavy vehicles

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Armenia: making wines its own way

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• NY Couple Finds Prohibition-Era Bootleg Whiskey Stashed In Their Walls

 

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