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DAILY NEWS FETCH - August 31, 2021

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

Wine DtC Shipment Volume & Dollars Lagging 2020 COVID Boost: Nielsen

Scroll down to Daily Data for the chart and link to lots more data

 

• Wine DtC Shipment Volume & Dollars Now Lagging 2020 COVID Boost: Nielsen
• Bringing wine sense to cannabis marketing: Terry Wheatley of Sonoma County’s Vintage Wine Estates
• JancisRobinson.com Sold To Recurrent Ventures
• Napa Winemakers Using Sunscreen to Deal With Climate Change
• No more Nazi nerve gas for Calif vines
• Bye, Bye Wine Direct: The Quick Books of wine DTC has launched! - (Sponsored link)

 

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CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Free Ag Mediation Available in California
• The Vineyard Team executive director to retire as program director
• Spring Mountain’s Wineries Re-Open, But Struggles Continue
• The Wine Press: A fundraiser for the Napa Valley Wine Library [paywall?]
• Get smart on Wine Chemistry with Clark Smith’s new online course - (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• This Black Female Vintner Launched A Wine Brand “For The Culture”
• 20 Minutes With: The McBride Sisters, Founders of the Largest Black-Owned Wine Brand in the U.S.
• DLynn Proctor Chats Live on His Storied Career
• OR: Forum raises female voices

HEALTH

• A single glass of wine or beer immediately boosts risk of irregular heartbeat
• How Alcohol Can Cause A-Fib and Other Heart Issues [paywall?]

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Champagne group gets sustainability certification for English vineyard

 

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AGRIFOODTECH

• Facial recognition AI helps save multibillion-dollar grape crop

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Willamette: The Pinot Noir Auction goes hybrid, earns high praise

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Wine Scholar Guild to develop new way to assess wine

MARKETING & SALES

• New Strategies for Building Your Alcohol Brand

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Flexible Packaging, the One to Dethrone Plastics and Glass

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Matter of Media

MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

• California North Coast high-profile internship program launches industry careers

MEDIA MATTERS

• Influential Bitish wine critic Jancis Robinson sells her website, with plans to increase California focus [paywall?]
• All change, no change

MATTERS OF TASTE

• Sparkling Wine Surprises from England to Bali
• White Wine Categories That Deserve A Second Look [paywall?]
• For these barrels of wine, it’s “merroir” … not “terroir”

 

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While creating this issue:

Becca liked this song best: I Wish by Skee-Lo

Lew liked this song best: Last of the American Girls by Green Day

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This NewsFetch was hand-crafted for you by Editor Becca Yeamans-Irwin (The Academic Wino) and Publisher/Executive Editor, Lewis Perdue.

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