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DAILY NEWS FETCH - October 29, 2020

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TODAY'S TOP NEWS

Holiday retail sales projected to be slightly lower than 2020, but ecommerce set to soar. Daily Data has your chart. Scroll down.
 

• Wine Country is stuck in a cycle of burning and rebuilding. Welcome to the climate crisis (possible paywall)
• Incoming CEO David Dearie On The Ste. Michelle Game Plan (possible paywall)
• Beam Suntory fined US$19.6 million in bribery probe
• How Age Affects Salivary Flow and Aroma Perception in Wine Tasting – A Preliminary Study
• Holiday retail sales projected to be slightly lower than 2020, but ecommerce set to soar
• Power shut-offs are in your future. Keep crush moving. Click to reserve your generator NOW! (Sponsored)

OBITUARIES

• Jack Day, founder of RoxyAnn Winery in Oregon passes away
• Ohio wine pioneer Arnulf "Arnie" Esterer dies

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Global wine production remains below five-year average
• 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)

 

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WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• How winery, vineyard owners can maximize insurance coverage after Glass, Walbridge, Hennessey fires
• California fires live updates: North Complex Fire claims 16th victim after hospitalized man dies (possible paywall)

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• CBD Is More Like Wine Than You Think
• How To Build A Vertically-Integrated Cannabis Empire

DROUGHT/WATER

• Winter Drought Relief Unlikely in Western U.S.

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• For wine to be ethical, does it need to be expensive? One winemaker says yes (possible paywall)
• 'Sleeping giant' Arctic methane deposits starting to release, scientists find
• ICS welcomes legally binding agreement to significantly improve the carbon efficiency of shipping

 

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CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Announcing The Sorting Table, a new online wine retailer
• How to Get a Handle on State Reporting
• Selling Wine, Beer, And Spirits In America*(Sponsored)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Tiffany agrees to revised terms on LVMH takeover deal

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Australia's wine exports top $3b as trade with China grows, despite allegations of dumping

DISTRIBUTORS

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Makes Leadership Appointments in Nevada

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Zachys to auction entire barrel of rare Burgundy in November sale
• What fine wines trade at the weekend?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Is the Coravin the key to the virtual tasting paradigm? An interview with Coravin inventor Greg Lambrecht.

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Surge in Bag-in-Box sales in UK and France

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Champagne’s Rule-Breaking Winemakers Have a Sweet Secret
• Icewine Uncorked: Canada’s frozen gem
• What’s The Deal With Carbonic Maceration In Wine?
• We Can’t Do Without Taste Talk

 

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WINE PEOPLE

• The Untethered Path - A Woman's Journey To Inspire The Wholesale Industry
• She Made Winemaking History. She's Beating the Odds Again (possible paywall)
• Doug Caskey and Drink Local during the pandemic (podcast)
• Sharing my on-trade expertise – Guillem Kerambrun
• “Everybody Has Their Own Wine Journey,” Says Cristie Norman, Wine Enthusiast Educator of the Year

WINE PLACES

• New Zealand: North Island (video)

WINE EDUCATION

• Why I’m crowdfunding to become a Master of Wine

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Canada: CCOVI to co-lead $6.2-million national research program supporting clean plant program for grapevines

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Found in Ohio

EUROPE & THE UK

• IGP du Tarn wines aim to join Pays d’Oc
• Beale: 'The threat of VI-1 forms is still very real’

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• China's Major Winemaking Region Dreams Big

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Wine from Israeli-held Golan Heights to hit Dubai shelves

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• AB InBev: ‘Our Q3 results show our strengths as a company and the resilience of the global beer category’
• Machine will help automate hop trellis twining (possible paywall)

 

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