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DAILY NEWS FETCH - June 18, 2021

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TODAY'S TOP NEWS

By-appointment tasting room visitors almost 2X as likely to join your wine club than drop-ins

Check out the Silion Valley Bank chart at Daily Data. Scroll down now.

 

• How drinks brands can make a success of DTC
• Planning, reservations, appointments: In a post-COVID drinking world, spontaneity will be gone [paywall?]
• Juneteenth 2021: Most banks will be open this year
• By-appointment tasting room visitors almost 2X as likely to join your club than drop-ins
• AVA Avalanche
• The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! - (Sponsored link)

 

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COVID-19

• Wisconsin Judge Pauses Debt Relief For Black, Disadvantaged Farmers
• The restaurants that sued the SBA for discrimination received almost $1 million in Restaurant Revitalization Fund grants
• UK hospitality firms threaten legal action over continued lockdown
• UK: How the on-trade can overcome Covid-19

DROUGHT/WATER

• The West has a dangerous lack of water and will
• Calif. farmers making tough decisions because of drought

REGULATION & LEGAL MATTERS

• Three American Viticultural Areas Established

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Constellation Brands Invests in Aaron Paul & Bryan Cranston’s Artesanal ‘Dos Hombres’ Mezcal

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Oregon Winery Buys into Burgundy
• NZ: Villa Maria without a buyer after all

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE TOP NEWS

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• US punitive tariffs suspended for five years

WEBINARS/ONLINE MEETINGS

• Registration Open for WAVEx Webinar: Working with High pH Wines

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Sixth Annual Willamette: The Pinot Noir Auction to Feature 92 One-of-a-Kind Wines from the 2019 Vintage with Record-Breaking Winery Participation

BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

• How Bordeaux winemakers are setting their prices after the pandemic
• Bélair-Monange 2020 En Primeur: “outstanding”
• ‘Highly successful’ Pontet-Canet 2020 released as more big names emerge

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Must we taste like a pro? [paywall?]

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• David Kermode: ‘all the fun of the fair’ at all-new Millésimes Alsace
• BC Wine & Spirits Summit Set for June 24th

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR LOTS MORE NEWS

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MEDIA MATTERS

• By the Bottle: Ron Washam

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Unraveling Geologic Metaphors
• Matching trellis to terroir
• Summer in the Vineyard Sets the Stage for Harvest
• How sweet it is [paywall?]

WINE PEOPLE

• Will Loïc Pasquet of Liber Pater turn Georgia into a fine-wine frontier?
• Aileen Sevier, VP of Strategy and Marketing for Early Mountain Vineyards (podcast)
• Mike Cox, La Prenda (podcast)
• Jordan Mackay, author and journalist on Conversation with Jason (video)

WINE HISTORY

• How Two Centuries of Failure Finally Birthed American Wine
• Wine History Mystery: The Case of the Holy Bone Luge and the King’s Missing Arm

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• SC: L&C to Serve New Gallo Winery Complex
• MSU researchers analyzing novel technique to improve Michigan wine production

EUROPE & THE UK

• Chianti Classico introduces new sites
• Enhancing synergies between the three Provence appellations

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Ningxia Xiaopu Winemaker Ian Dai on China's Evolving Industry