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DAILY NEWS FETCH - October 26, 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

Boomers still lead, Millennials still lag in wine purchases, but GenX is pushing for #1. The Silicon Valley Bank chart is at Daily Data. Scroll down.
 

• Can California’s top wine region survive the era of megafire?
• Climate change has affected 2020 wine harvests around the globe. Growers are concerned. (possible paywall)
• Boomers still lead, Millennials still lag in wine purchases, but GenX is pushing for #1
• Many California farmworkers fear a winter of hunger and homelessness amid the pandemic
• The end of the sommelier?
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• Ken Evenstad, Co-Founder of Oregon's Domaine Serene Winery, Dies at 77
• Nigel Kemp obituary

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• How Income Inequality Has Erased Your Chance to Drink the Great Wines (possible paywall)
• Owner of Copa di Vino comments on Shark Tank wine scammer
• See how Arrington Vineyards turned an audit from the TTB into NBD (No Big Deal).(Sponsored link)

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE TOP NEWS

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WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Pope Fire containment reaches 80 percent in Napa County
• California faces highest fire risk of 2020 with 70-plus mph winds, record dry conditions

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• 10 animals used as vineyard helpers
• Natural habitats can shape vineyard pest outbreaks

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• As People Drink Less But Better, Low-Alcohol Wines are on the Rise
• Selling Wine, Beer, And Spirits In America*(Sponsored)

DISTRIBUTORS

• IN: Monarch Beverage Details Employment Changes Amid Acquisition

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• CWI webinars to give ‘accurate story’ of harvest across Cali

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE TOP NEWS

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INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• How You Can Spot Fake Wines

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Do You Believe the Wine Critic or Your Lyin’ Nose?

MARKETING & SALES

• Nouvelle, not Nouveau: Beaujolais Charts a Reboot for Its ‘Happy Wines

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Saying Goodbye to the Glass Wine Bottle

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• Oregon extends farm housing rules through winter

MEDIA MATTERS

• Should we worry about Artificial Intelligence in wine writing?

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR LOTS MORE NEWS

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WINE PEOPLE

• Grounded: A Chat with Napa Valley’s Josh Phelps
• The Observation And Intuition Of Rebekah Wineburg
• The man who visited every winery in Italy

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Canadian vineyard suffers grape theft

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• It's a Bug's Life in the Vineyard
• Extended harvest date alter flavonoid composition and chromatic characteristics of Plavac Mali (Vitis vinifera L.) grape berries
• Red Blotch Testing, Research, and Plans for the Future (PDF)

EUROPE & THE UK

• New Côtes du Rhône Villages appellation granted – Nyons
• French MEP Éric Andrieu advocates de-alcoholised wine, ingredients labelling and planting authorisations

DOWN UNDER

• OZ - Biosecurity alert: Fall armyworm
• 'No Truth' To Report Andrew Forrest Wants Penfolds

AROUND THE GLOBE

• The Beirut Explosion, Twelve Weeks Later: A Closer Look At Its Continued Impact On Lebanon’s Wine Industry

 

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