Afternoon Brief, May 27

Premium Wine Falls Victim to Coronavirus
Premiumization might be over for wine as producers look to offer value ahead of prestige to an uncertain market…

Off-Premise Wines Sales Remain Strong, but Consumers Are Spending Less on Alcohol
Nielsen Beverage Alcohol Practice reports the year-over-year growth rate for total off-premise alcohol dollar sales within Nielsen measured channels is +29.4%, though -4.1% compared to the previous week…

State Efforts to Ease Restrictions on To-Go Wine Clash with Napa County Regulations
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control wants to make it easier for some bars, wineries, distilleries and breweries to sell alcohol to-go during the coronavirus pandemic, but there are local hurdles…

How Santa Barbara County Wineries Are Enduring the Shutdown
Like small companies everywhere, Santa Barbara Countys wineries employ highly individualized business models…

Healthy Soils Make for Healthier Vineyards

Beverage Alcohol Will Take Five Years to Rebound from Coronavirus, Predicts IWSR

Santa Barbara County Temporarily Allows Wineries to Serve Food

UC Tests Biological Tools Against Vine Mealybug

Is Oregon the New Burgundy? Ask a Wine Producer

Cider Summit Portland Celebrates 10th Annual Event with Festival To-Go Tasting Kit, Collaborates with Northwest Cider Association on Virtual Event

Wine Values Are Holding Steady Through the Pandemic

New Steps Forward for Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore D.O.C.G.’s Path Toward Sustainability

Bullish Chinese Imported Wine Drinkers Up Purchase Volume and Spend on Wine in Wake of Coronavirus

South Africa to Lift Alcohol Sales Ban for Home Drinking

Australian Chardonnay Is Back

Wine Goes Up the Down Staircase (Coronavirus Recession Edition)

WSWA Responds to USA Today Opinion Piece

Early Season Insect and Disease Management in Vineyards – Webinar Review

How Technology Partnerships Improve DtC Compliance

Managing Mites in Your Vineyard: Strategies for Success

Outside Sales Representative
GOfermentor –  USA

Facilities Maintenance Supervisor
Trinchero Family Estates – Lodi, CA, USA

Broker Sought for US Markets
C.G. Di Arie Vineyard & Winery – Windsor, CA, USA

More Wine Industry Jobs…

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Breakthru Beverage Group Chief Financial Officer Gene Luciana to Shift to Strategic Advisory Role, Melissa Calderwood Named as CFO Successor

Susan Johnson Joins Bucher Vaslin North America as Area Sales Manager

Winemaker Jamie Benziger of Sonoma Valley’s Imagery Estate Wins North Bay Forty Under 40 Award

Hatch Mansfield: It’s Important to Avoid Knee Jerk Reactions to COVID-19

Kylie Minogue Launches Wine Range

Crush Facility Focuses on State-of-the-Art Winemaking with Premium Producers in Mind

The Compelling Benefits of Texting

Craft Beverage Consultants Offers Critical COVID-19 Advice to Alcohol Producers

The “In” Drink for Tasting Rooms

More Supplier News…

The Donum Estate Celebrates June 1 Reopening with Open-Air Sculpture Walks of Its One-of-a-Kind Sculpture Garden

Gehricke Wines Debuts DTC Program with Limited Production, Single Vineyard Sonoma County Wines

Domaine Serene Wine Lounge in Lake Oswego to Open Its Doors Once Again This Week

Papapietro Perry Winery Raises Thousands for Hunger Relief

T.P. Reserve Wines Arrive Unique Label for the Quarantine Life, with a Philanthropic Twist