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TODAY'S TOP NEWS

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• Shortages of Major Spirit & Wine Brands disrupt retailers
• TWE diverts thousands of cases of China-bound wine to other markets to avoid new swingeing tariffs
• Calif wildfire victims screwed by failure to release $1.3 billion in relief funds
• Behind The Scenes Of Developing And Marketing Wine During The Pandemic (possible paywall)
• Facebook’s AI Mistakenly Bans Ads for Struggling Businesses
• Vineyard 29’s harvest went from overwhelming to organized. Find out how. (Sponsored link)

OBITUARIES

• Oregon's Sanjeev Lahoti has died (1964–2020)
• Ken Evenstad (1943–2020): Remembering the Domaine Serene co-founder

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Millennials are into wine, but the industry is clueless about that
• Winc falls way short of being “The Netflix of Wine” when it comes to customer retention
• Constellation & Gallo sign FTC agreement to allow $1.03 billion asset deal
• Winc raises $3+ million in latest offering, but fails to disclose federal court case brought against it by state of Ohio
• 2020 USA Wine Ratings Winners Announced (Sponsored link)

 

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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Fresno County tops nation in agricultural output
• Bordeaux 2018: Between Hype and Reality
• What’s new at the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards and how that will help wine brands. (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• How new Calif property transfer rules will affect wine in 2021
• Calif issues new COVID occupational rules (PDF)
• Sonoma Valley: Winery guideline efforts move forward

DIVERSITY

• Wine2Wine: Diversity and inclusion key to bringing new voices to the industry
• How Women of the Vine & Spirits is acting on diversity & inclusion

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WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• How resilient is your wine business for wildfires, pandemics, other crises?
• Nektar ID helps winemakers dealing with smoke taint (PDF)

• Top exec Sonoma County’s CannaCraft sees cannabis industry as another entrepreneurial adventure

• LAST CALL: Dec. 1 Day of Action Planned to Urge Congressional Passage of  Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act Before Year-End Deadline

• Holiday Shipping: Avoid Delays During the Busy End to OND
• Selling Wine, Beer, And Spirits In America*(Sponsored)

• NY authorities fine Total Wine over out-of-state gift cards

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FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Henkell Freixenet buys remaining stake in UK online retailer Slurp

• 'Will not be bullied': citizens around the world told to buy Australian wine in stand against China
• Provisional measure to be implemented on Australian wine imports into China
• There’s More Than Wine in Australia-China Trade Tension

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Launches Business-to-Customer eCommerce Team

• Penfolds auction set to break records as demand booms
• Why efficient settlement matters
• This high-tech, Bavarian bunker is secretly storing the world’s finest wines

• These Are The 4 Top Alcohol Trends This Winter (According To Drizly) (possible paywall)

• The Mystery Of Charles Shaw. Better Known As Two Buck Chuck.
• Virtual tastings spin new avenues
• How The Good Wine Shop more than lives up to its name

• The lessons learnt from the ‘Covid test’ label for red Bordeaux
• Mouton Rothschild Will Pay For Your Artwork in Wine

• Vinexpo webinar tackles brand priorities for 2021

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MEDIA MATTERS

• Flashback: Malbec & Maradona

• Meet the woman behind the only Black-owned winery in New Orleans

• Italy’s Irpinia Wine Region: ‘A Huge Genetic Database’ (possible paywall)
• Why Travelers Are Heading to France's Jura Region for Wine and Comté

• Cereal, olive and vine pollen reveal market integration in Ancient Greece

• A Badly Timed Disruption for Wine Sales in the New York Area
• NM: Winery owner charged in Thanksgiving slaying
• Deeply Rooted In Its Maverick Past, Texas Wine Heads Toward An Innovative Future (possible paywall)
• Owner of French restaurant in Mexico City murdered 'while delivering fine wine'

• Head vs. vertical cordon trained old vines, and the skilled labor behind it

• UK: Research highlights supply chain plight
• UK: Trade bodies call for revamp of alcohol duty system
• The National Office of Vine and Wine of Moldova has a new director: Cristina Frolov (PDF)

• Why Were Rabbis Pouring Away Gallons of Kosher Wine?

• One Sommelier’s Mission to Elevate Korean Spirits
• The State That Quietly Became the Midwest’s Craft Spirits Capital

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