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DAILY NEWS FETCH - July 21, 2021

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TODAY'S TOP NEWS

80 Million Amazon Ratings Show Why 5-Star Ratings Suck (A Key Reason Netflix Abandoned Them

The shocking chart is at Daily Data. Scroll down.

 

• California Winery Owner Arrested over Lobbying
• Shaken, stirred, and on the fence: States decide fate of cocktail-to-go laws
• Napa vintner pushes for fire prevention in wake of Glass Fire
• Judge Upholds California Insurance Commissioner’s Order to Expand FAIR Plan Coverage
• 80 Million Amazon Ratings Show Why 5-Star Ratings Suck (A Key Reason Netflix Abandoned Them)
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! - (Sponsored link)

 

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WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Australian wine exports drained by China
• OZ: Surging UK exports fail to offset China wine decline
• Oz wine exports to UK highest in a decade
• Aussie Wine Exports to Hong Kong Soar After China Tariff Hit [paywall?]

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Vintage Wine Estate President, Terry Wheatley, Keynote Speaker for Wine & Weed Symposium 2021—“There will definitely be some 100% not politically correct storytelling.”
• Napa Valley’s Brandlin Estate names Becky George associate winemaker

COVID-19

• Ontario to deliver $10million relief package to wineries and cideries
• Diners Loved Wine to Go During the Pandemic; Some States Will Keep It While Others Pull the Plug
• COVID-19 exploitation: Alcohol in India tops 2020 list of most-counterfeited product cases as criminals cash-in on crisis

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Researchers at the American Chemistry Society (ACS) Are Tweaking Grapes to Help with Climate Change Effects
• Grape Growing and Organic Farming Unite in Oregon

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE TOP NEWS

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FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Scheid Family Wines Reports First Quarter Results
• Potential US bidder for UK's Morrisons mulls joining rival

AGRIFOODTECH

• Zero-emission tractors to be used at Napa, St. Helena farms, others around Bay Area [paywall?]
• Nicholas-Jay Winery Will Soon Employ Oregon’s First Self-Driving Tractor

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Auction of Washington Wines Announces First-Ever Hybrid Event, Annual Gala on August 14
• Bordeaux en primeur 2020: an investment opportunity?
• Are the tables turning for Bordeaux’s “greatest” vintages?

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Examining the psychology behind wine brand loyalty

MARKETING & SALES

• How to Drive Wine Sales at Convenience Stores

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Who's responsible for terroir: God, nature or man?
• OZ: Why organic Shiraz is a true taste of terroir
• This Wine Is Infused with the Sound of More Than 500 Musicians
• Changing Places

WINE PEOPLE

• Fred Frank: The Quiet Frank, Empire Builder
• Jeff Weissler Can Find a Wine Pairing for Anything or Anyone, Whether It’s the Rolling Stones or Arya Stark

WINE PLACES

• Washington State: Five reasons it should be on your radar

 

SCROLL DOWN FOR LOTS MORE NEWS

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FOOD & RESTAURANTS

• The Costs of “Big Food”

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Indiana: Industry Veteran John Esposito Joins Oliver Board of Directors

ACADEMIA

• Brock OEVI student recognized for innovative grapevine virus research

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Redox potential: management and control in the winery (video)

EUROPE & THE UK

• UK drinks makers bet on summer splurge after pandemic drought
• The United Nations of the wine world yet to vote on relocation to Dijon

LATIN AMERICA

• Digitally savvy and adventurous wine consumers will drive Brazil’s wine market

SOUTH AFRICA

• Vinpro interdict hearing to take place Wednesday

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• The rise and rise of whisky at auction

 

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