Home Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, October 2 Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, October 2 By Editor - October 2, 2020 145 0 Advertisement FRIDAY, OCTOBER 02 TRENDING STORY Smoke Exposure: ‘Get Out of Jail Free Card’ for Winegrape Buyers Another year of catastrophic wildfires in California is once again raising concern about smoke exposure in winegrapes. President and CEO of Allied Grape Growers, Jeff Bitter said most vineyards are being harvested without analysis of smoke impact. The potential of damage to winegrapes has been enough for some buyers to steer clear of this year’s crop altogether… TODAY’S NEWS Napa’s Winemakers Discover Scorched Vines and Close Calls Some vintners in Calistoga, Spring Mountain and Howell Mountain have been able to inspect the Glass fire’s damage, but the blazes continue as they try to salvage harvest… Wine Institute Urges Congress to Extend Critical Wildfire Assistance Wine Institute called on Congress today to immediately reauthorize a critical U.S. Department of Agriculture program to provide direct emergency funds to wineries and grape growers during this unprecedented wildfire season… Heat Helps Bring Many Wine Grapes in Before the Fires A drier winter. Coronavirus pandemic and its resulting economic upheaval. Dayslong heat spikes punctuated by massive wildfires. All these have combined to make the 2020 North Coast wine grape harvest an accomplished pitcher of curveballs for growers and wineries… Wine Consumer Trends in the COVID-19 Era Patterns Are Changing, but People Are Still Buying Alcohol: Constellation Brands CEO Rebuilding Wineries: A Post-Fire Checklist Wine Country Fires Yet Another Blow to Farmworkers Reeling from COVID-19 Colorado Wine Country’s 2020 Harvest Rises Above the Tenor of Our Times Wine Unify Announces 20 Welcome Award Recipients Wine Enthusiast Companies Announces Partnership with Association of African American Vintners UC Davis Gets OK to Sell Its Wine It Looks Like Robert Foye Is Continuing to Expand the Australian Wine Industry Globally Is France Falling Out of Love with Its Favourite Tipple? Robert Parker’s ‘Magical 20’ Thriving in 2020 WINEINDUSTRY.JOBS Production/Maintenance Operator Recruiting Associates Network – Fairfield, CA, USA Newsletter Designer Wine Scholar Guild – Anywhere (Remote) Winemaker/Partner Honey Bear Ranch Orso Dolce Winery – Camino, CA, USA More Wine Industry Jobs INDUSTRY EVENTS Orange Wine Trade Panel October 7 – Webinar Online Marketing for Natural Wine with MYSA October 7 – Webinar Smoke Taint Compounds and MLF October 7 – Webinar Bridging the Gap: Wine Marketing for a New Generation October 15 – Webinar Late Clonal Field Day October 16 – Webinar TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK Meadowood Resort, Newton, Burgess and Behrens Among Napa Wildfire’s Many Victims California’s Historic 41-Year-Old Napa Valley Winery ‘Consumed’ by Glass Fire Grape and Bulk Market Activity Increases as Wineries Seek Ways to Supplement a Smaller, Smoke Plagued Vintage Winemakers Face Up to Smoke Taint Reality Vineyards Help Protect Wine Country During Glass Fire Fast-Moving Wildfires Erupt in Napa, Spread to Sonoma, Striking Another Blow to 2020 Harvest We’ll Make It Even Better: A Q&A with Meadowood Co-Owner Bill Harlan The Next 48 Hours May Shape Napa Valley for Years to Come Over 10,000 Gallons of Red Wine Floods Winery After Tank Breaks, Social Media Reacts: ‘Holy God, What a Waste’ Sonoma County Harvest Fair Winning Wines Announced Sex and Garlic: New Weapons Against the Most Notorious Vineyard Diseases? New TTB Ruling on Nutrition Labeling and Advertising Images as the Glass Fire Raced Across Napa Valley Candy Mountain Becomes Washington’s 16th American Viticultural Area How to Calculate Wine Grape Smoke Damage Payable Loss for Crop Insurance Claims Advertisement
